The close passing of the poetry critics Marjorie Perloff and Helen Vendler is a moment to recognize the end of an era. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Alan Thomas; Lilian Kemp / Radcliffe ...

WINTER HAVEN - Maya Angelou is an American brand with an identity as well established as those of Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss & Co. or Starbucks. But Angelou, a poet, dramatist and professor, is capable ...

NEW DELHI: Sarah Kay is a poet but ask her to define a poem and she says, "I wouldn't". In fact, her mission as a poet is to bring down the walls that "alienate" several readers from the literary form ...

This year’s National Poetry Day has the theme of Freedom. Among the events inspired by it is a reading - at Glasgow’s flourishing poetry club, St Mungo’s Mirrorball - devoted to modern Russian poets ...

Dubai: The issue of prose poetry remains a problematic and controversial topic on the cultural scene, according to academics speaking on the fifth day of the Dubai International Poetry Festival (DIPF) ...