Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ...

Whatever your poetry is, below you'll find some of the best poetry books to read now. Immerse yourself in dazzling collections from must-read modern poets, such as the award-winning Raymond Antrobus ...

Julie Sohn is a newcomer in translation, currently living in Seoul with her husband and two sons. Born and raised in Chicago, ...

The pioneer of modern Japanese poetry and the lyricist of Howl's Moving Castle's ending song, Shuntaro Tanikawa, passes away ...

Shane Ingan is a translator from Indiana, United States. Having an English teacher father, Ingan was introduced to literature from a young age, as his father would tell stories from 'The Iliad' and ...

when girls like us asked them to leave. Praise the lovers who never returned. You helped us no longer be afraid of ghosts. For girls like us, the wound never fully heals. The gentle rhythm of its ...

Has the bell finally tolled for Shakespeare and Byron? New research conducted by philosophers of science Brian Porter and ...

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.

In this difficult-to-classify book, Ian Sansom – best known for his mystery novels, which I’ve read and enjoyed – rambles through (or beside) one of the great modern poems: ‘September 1, 1939’ by W H ...

Writer Josh Zetumer and director Michael Lennox talk about filming sensitive historical moments and trying to draw attention ...

and the influence of the Catholic Church over Irish politics and society are just a some of the major modern Irish problems and barriers to progress highlighted and the poem does nothing to gloss ...