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From haibun to haiku, ghazals to concrete poems, our poets have been experimenting with form with a serious engagement.
Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...
Normal, American poet and writer Victoria Chang will open up to share her creative process with the Illinois Wesleyan ...
I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...
Many of us have tussled online with internet trolls but did you know that trolling has its roots in Ancient Greece?
In trying to intertwine several narratives, this book becomes impractical by confusing its variation of themes ...
When Eliza Acton’s second collection of poetry was denied publication, she pivoted. The result—an engaging recipe book geared ...
NISHTER is a Persian word and it means a lancet, a surgical knife or blade. The 72 nishters or lancets, or 72 heart-pricking couplets, of Mir Taqi Mir was the mantra in Urdu criticism ever since ...
Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...
For the American-British poet T.S. Eliot, April was the “cruellest month”. For me, an African-Asian Brit, April has often brought sweetness and light. Things happened that that changed my life, ...
A rare manuscript version of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, discovered by Dr. Leah Veronese, reveals how the poem was politically ...