A brief history of the muses: the Greek goddesses who provided divine inspiration for ancient poets
There were muses specifically for comedy, tragedy and even erotica. The oldest was Calliope, mother of the legendary musician ...
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One of Ukraine’s most celebrated poets is currently touring the U.S.
Marianna Kiyanovska lives in Ukraine, but she’s reading her poetry at more than a dozen U.S. universities in October. Her latest poetry collection is called The Voices of Babyn Yar.
Poems of shelter, unexpected verse, and the Word festival
Since 2010, the Improbable Places Poetry Tour, started and hosted by Colleen Michaels of Montserrat College of Art, has been ...
16 of the most romantic love letters ever written—and how to write a great one yourself
The King of England for 38 years, Henry VIII wrote his lover, Anne Boleyn, a collection of secret, romantic letters for her.
100 years of surrealism: how a French writer inspired by the avant-garde changed the world forever
The surrealists rejected traditional modes of understanding. They attempted to upend the established order of things by ...
The best poetry books of 2024 so far
October: Monster by Dzifa Benson “One language is never enough”, Dzifa Benson writes in the first section of Monster, her ...
‘Loved by everyone.’ Renowned Charlotte poet, author & columnist, Dannye Romine Powell, dies
Dannye Romine Powell on Monday, July 6, 2015. Powell, a poet and former longtime Charlotte Observer book editor and columnist ...