POETRY
A Poet Goes Political
How many Oxford-educated poets decide to make a political play in the former murder capital of America? Precisely one.
Tired of the Social Media Void? Try Connecting Over Poetry
Gen Zers are tiring of Twitter and increasingly drawn to poetry.
Books & Guns: A Tale of Two Americas
What happens when a well-meaning guy with a gun threatens another well-meaning guy with a gun? .
How to Swear Like a 19th-Century Sailor
They’ve made pretty salty contributions to English language and culture, starting with some well-known profanity.
How Instagram Could Stifle a New Generation of Poets
The social platform is an ideal forum, but algorithms are commodifying Instapoetry.
This Black Children’s Magazine Started Nearly 100 Years Ago
It ran for just two years in the early 1920s, but The Brownies’ Book altered the landscape of Black children’s literature.
This Poet Slams the Competition. Is Broadway Next?
At 21, Mecca Verdell is at the forefront of Baltimore’s thriving slam poetry scene.
The Power of Poetry: Putting a Female Spin on Rumi
This is what happens when a Persian woman brings insight to an ancient poet’s words.
The Poetic Power Punching of Gwendolyn Brooks
Doing something extraordinary using totally ordinary means is a magic we should all be lucky enough to master.
He Dreams, and a Nation’s History Evolves
Only a few can tell the Epic of Manas, the spiritual tale of an ancient Kyrgyz warrior.
When Katty Met Carlos
From the BBC and OZY comes a fresh perspective on the debate about America’s future as a nation and its relation to the world during the 2020 US election.
In Tajikistan, They Build Statues to Poets
Who better to represent a country’s cultural history and legacy than its literary giants?.
The Morphine Queen Who Defied the Nazis
This Prussian baroness wrote erotic poetry and mainlined morphine — until Nazis took exception to her decadence.
