I wrote a poem similar to Robert Louis Stevenson’s “My Shadow” about my cancer diagnosis. I look inside and say I’m brave and try to banish dread. I may feel weak, I may be slow, but still I’m not yet ...

Through the occasional poetry interlude, we catch glimpses of a young woman grasping to hold onto her voice in a world that seems to misunderstand her. Without giving too much away, Within a Shadow ...

A new book from Columbia's Heather Bartel reimagines the essay as she writes to and alongside Sylvia Plath, David Lynch, ...

Kieran Mitton tells us about the life of Gaz, a former Sierra Leonean gang member who became a poet and then a farmer. His ...

Cuffing season comes early this year, and an expert astrologer shares her insights on how and where to find a partner or keep ...

Educators are conscious of the value of exposing students to great works of poetry, but the teaching of poetry often lacks a ...

Folger’s Poetry Program Manager Teri Ellen Cross Davis gives a rundown of fall’s best poetry and lit happenings in the ...

Elizabeth Wettlaufer remains one of the worst serial killers in Canadian history. Armed with an insulin pen, the nurse ...

Dozens of characters live and yearn in PJ Harvey's songs. There's the Devil-plagued stalker narrating "To Bring You My Love"; ...

A Life Reimagined" covers her breakout semi-autobiographical novel "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" and her searing ...

Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, a former leader of China's shadow banking sector that declared insolvency last year, used ...