John Montague: A Poet’s Life by Adrian Frazier: ‘ruthless intimacy’
Adrian Frazier’s no-holds-barred biography of the American-born Irish poet acknowledges the cost of a life turned ‘into the ...
Life ‘out of nowhere’ at the ‘scraping of midnight’: two illustrious poets illuminate the times
Where the poetry of David Brooks and Jill Jones intersects is their detailing of domestic life and drawing attention to ...
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Louisiana evolutionary biologist/poet wins prestigious Cave Canem poetry prize
Born in Houma, the recipient grew up in Lafayette and has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology. His award-winning book will be ...
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Louisiana evolutionary biologist and poet wins prestigious Cave Canem poetry prize
Born in Houma, the recipient grew up in Lafayette and has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology. His award-winning book will be ...
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Mary Jo Salter on what makes a poem good
"Poetry should speak about contemporary matters and to one's contemporaries," Salter says. "On the other hand—and poetry's ...
Nourished by tradition: The lyricist who writes hit pop songs as beautiful as ancient poetry
Wearing a kind of traditional Chinese robe emerging in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), renowned lyricist Vincent Fang Wenshan, ...
Nikki Giovanni’s Wondrous Celebrations of Black Life
I n the last years of her life, Nikki Giovanni felt her memory fading. At the beginning of the 2023 documentary Going to Mars ...
Horror, myth and a feminist reworking of Thomas Mann: Olga Tokarczuk’s The Empusium defies classification
The Empusium – her first novel since The Books of Jacob, the 900-page opus that clinched her the Nobel – marks the latest ...
The Kyiv Independent’s picks for best Ukraine-related books of 2024
The year 2024 proved to be another landmark for books about Ukraine and Ukrainian literature in translation, with a continued ...
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Literary festival born in occupied West Bank brings night of Palestinian voices to Minneapolis
The Palestine Festival of Literature will come to Minneapolis for the first time on Dec. 9. The event will feature ...
A language for longing: Five of Hozier’s best lyrics on love
Hozier has a true talent for turning feelings into poetry, especially when it comes to articulating feelings of longing, love and desire in his lyrics.