Mary Jo Bang is professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at Washington University. Her fifth book, "Elegy," which won of the National Book Critics Circle Award, examines the ...

In this exercise, you will use the knowledge you have gained from class discussions about poetic language and poetic structure to move beyond our classwork and interpret poems you have not seen before ...

The Met Goes Oceanic, Mayan, and Edo in the Reborn Rockefeller Wing Why We Still Whisper A Case for Science as an Ally of Faith Audio By Carbonatix James Matthew Wilson is an award-winning professor ...

Editor’s intro: Today, Bertha Rogers, teaching artist with Teachers & Writers Collaborative, shares how poetry can teach the world and make students feel at home in it. She also shares tips and ...

One answer is to say that poetic forms offer the poet a pre-­existing structure on which to hang their thoughts, the way an ­arbour offers a climbing rose its shape. These structures have proven their ...

“I’ve looked at pictures, slides my parents took afterwards, and remember how gray and cold and dreary England was in comparison to the vibrant colors of Africa,” said Mark Ford. Born in Nairobi, ...

Metrics is often defined as a discipline that concerns itself with thestudy of meters. In this volume the term is used in a broader sensethat more or less coincides with the traditional notion ...

Throughout the month of June, the Adirondack Center for Writing has been celebrating pride and self-expression. On Saturday they’re hosting an open mic night. During the day, you can sign up for a ...

Every year on March 21, UNESCO celebrates World Poetry Day. Adopted in 1999, the occasion honours poets and pays tribute to expanding linguistic variety and sharing oral traditions through poetic ...