The Bulwark7d
The Poetry of Bombs and Trenches and Mustard Gas
Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...
Exploring the enigmatic charm of poet Ayyappa Paniker
How do you write about the life of a man who was “all his life… patiently learning how not to live at all”? Poet, critic, translator, and teacher — Ayyappa Pani ...
For Igor Stepanenko, a twice-widowed Ukrainian, war is proving that 'there's always worse than the worst'
In 2023, a father fled Kherson, where his wife died and Russian occupiers destroyed his apartment. The young widower found a ...
The Unsung Power of Maya Angelou’s Activism
The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...
Smithsonian Magazine17d
Discover Why ‘The Raven,’ Edgar Allan Poe’s Narrative Poem About a Distraught Lover and a Talking Bird, Remains an American Classic
He’d already penned and published short ... his death remains a mystery, “The Raven” lives on as one of the author’s most influential works—not to mention one of the most famous poems ...
Top5 on MSN4d
The Most Romantic Poems of All Time and What They Mean
Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...
The New Yorker18d
What We Learn About Our World by Imagining Its End
Some fear we’ll be buried in brimstone; others expect to be extinguished by A.I. But is there comfort to be found in our ...
Growing Up Murdoch
Rupert’s shocking decision was the climax of a succession battle that had pitted James and Lachlan, born just 15 months apart ...
Dadi, Dadi, Where Have You Gone?
Always have a person in your life with whom you can share all your secrets' For me, you were that person, dadi ...
KCRW2d
Ripple effect of trauma is continuous: ‘Death By Numbers’ writer
Death By Numbers,” now nominated for an Oscar, follows Sam Fuentes as she recovers from the Parkland school shooting and ...
Correspondence school with cartoonist Howard Cruse: How I met my late mother through their letters
When I picked up the phone to call Cruse — always Howie to me — the most important thing I knew was that he had known my ...
The Nation on MSN10d
Vigdis Hjorth and the Novel of Ugly Love
In If Only, the Norwegian novelist distills a story of romance into all its private discomfort and claustrophobia. Its ...