I began writing this on Mother’s Day, as my heart seemed buried by the weight of my son’s recent diagnosis of an incurable, debilitating disease –– an inherited illness that remained silent for ...

Is it just me, or is Poetry Month everywhere this year? Poet Mary Ruefle had something to say about this: Every April, since the establishment of National Poetry Month, I receive a call from my local ...

Oates’s first poetry collection in 25 years addresses the political as well as the personal, showcasing her talent as a storyteller and her powers of observation. In urgent and unsettling verse, she ...

Sometimes things are only “underground” out of ignorance. The poetry scene in Dallas is an established one, home to both talent and venues, each with its own style. To develop this guide, I spoke with ...

Appreciating poetry and studying the natural world are both contemplative pastimes. The search for subtlety of meaning, whether in Shakespeare’s sonnets or a pileated woodpecker in the Tennessee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 23 years, A.O. Scott was a film critic for the New York Times. For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most ...

As Jack Stepanian prepares for a meaningful show this weekend, he’s focusing on the power of poetry with just the right blues and rock music.

Organized by species and botanical family, this compendium of poems, essays, and letters spans from the 18th century to the present. Works by Lucille Clifton, Natalie Diaz, T.S. Eliot, Louise Glück, ...