Shortly after they were inaugurated as Colorado’s poet laureate in 2023. Andrea Gibson explained in their Substack Things that Don’t Suck their response to their own question: “How can I accept a two ...

Guido Reni and the Poets, currently on view at the National Pinacoteca of Bologna, examines the friendship and collaboration between Bolognese poets and painters including not only Reni, but also ...

Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets ...

Aesthetics and Beauty Us football watchers are unreliable narrators on the matter of beauty, a domain where even poets don’t ...

And though Trump refrained from inviting a poet to speak at his first inauguration, in 2017, poets across America read protest poetry, organising evenings of resistance. Carol Ann Duffy ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

Fish selfies may be a red flag on dating apps, but the fisherman aesthetic is something worth swiping right on in 2025. According to Pinterest’s latest trend report and, of course, the style ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

The Japanese writer and nationalist, a darling of the US far right, was haunted by the aesthetics of self-destruction. By Yo Zushi In April 1951, General Douglas MacArthur went to the US Congress to ...

The score and libretto take inspiration from the era's poetry, music, and aesthetic ideals to artistically re-create vibrant scenes and the cultural milieu of the period. "Opera must fully embody ...

You can send these poems to the person you love and express warm affection. Poetry gives voice to those who find it hard to concoct emotional speeches. As readers, we also feel attached to those ...