Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

I admit, I’ve not moved on from this. ‘ I would like to make sure my own son is taken care of as well as myself, especially since my husband is a much older father the second time around. ’ ...

Mark Fuller has lived in Amsterdam for over 40 years and is convinced that the Dutch capital’s combination of free expression, openness and decency was a crucial factor in his development both ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

I rarely touch myself. I rarely touch myself—the story ... Patrycja Humienik is the author of the poetry collection “We Contain Landscapes.” With the girl beside him, he has all that he ...

Nadia does not for a single moment not have an admirer or a boyfriend or a better half. Then her husband disappears forever. “I turned myself into myself and was Jesus.” ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

The poetry community now seems decentralized from ... poetics entered into some of my work. I do still consider myself primarily a lyric poet, and that's really important in terms of my artistic ...

also known by its opening line "I bind unto myself today", is currently included in the Lutheran Service Book [Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod], English Hymnal, the Irish Church Hymnal and The ...