For those of us north of the equator, winter officially arrived last week. The early darkness and the chill in the air demand ...

The poem “Quarantine” by Eavan Boland, who died in April, opens with the words, “In the worst hour of the worst season/ of the worst year of a whole people.” Originally published in 2001 and depicting ...

Thanks to poet Rae Armantrout, and the Poetry Society of America’s timely and remarkable “Reading in the Dark” series, I was able to pause amid the current malaise and reconnect with William Carlos ...

There is a modesty and reticence in these poems, so tender or rare for his gender. It is levity once called light. It is joy in minor splendor. Forest to fortress, intelligence is its ruler. Deathwish ...

It's a cloudy monsoon night and you can hear thunder rumbling outside your window. You light a candle and let the scent of cedar wood waft through the air. In the kitchen, a cup of hot cocoa is ...

The girl had been raped as a child. Years later, she was in juvenile detention in Seattle, telling her story to Richard Gold, who was helping her write a poem. “The girl is telling me how her mom’s ...

A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

Sure, it sounds a little absurd: a Two and a Half Men star just got a book deal for a collection of poetry about dead actresses. But don’t laugh! It’s much more credible than it sounds. The book, Dark ...

These are dark times; our feeds are filled with news of shootings as well as the hateful speech that always results. Every year, writing this preview, I think of how poetry is one of our surest ...