Poetry isn't as scary as you think. These 14 collections of poems tackle everything from grief and race to family and love.

Kalidasa, often hailed as the "Shakespeare of India," was a classical Sanskrit poet and playwright whose works continue to ...

Marginality, mass death—these are just a few of the reasons why the oeuvre of Essex Hemphill, who died of the virus in 1995, ...

In 2012, when Thattathin Marayathu — now considered a cult Malayalam film — released, one of the most striking elements for ...

It does not happen regularly that authors devote parts of a novel to epistolary storytelling. It is a risky terrain, that too ...

By encouraging people to imagine beyond their own experience, reading poetry can help them see things from a different ...

Pune is witnessing a resurgence of poetry, with numerous clubs and events providing platforms for literary enthusiasts. These ...

True love knows no distance. These five romantic poems capture the feelings of a heart in love, dreaming of a reunion despite ...

McWilliams, author of The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, discusses the larger-than-life Southern poet who died in 1978 at ...

This occurs when our planet of the mind and the mouth, poetry and slander, short trips and high wires, is within one degree ...

“It is never owed to anyone as a right or a matter of desert or justice. It always, therefore, transcends the realm of strict ...

Despite her solitude, Emily Dickinson tended deep bonds with others by writing hundreds of letters. There are lessons in that ...