America Magazine17h
The Emily Dickinson poem about love that you should read
By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.
Mother Jones1d
Poet Aja Monet’s Cure for Loneliness
She's reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and ...
12 Books for the Single or Brokenhearted This Valentine’s Day
There’s now a thriving industry based on expediting heartbreak. The lovelorn can check into a Heartbreak Hotel on London’s Broadway Market; do Yoga with Adriene classes to help them “tend to” their ...
AI companions claim to help with loneliness — but they might make it worse
Research shows that AI companions can help lonely individuals, at least in the short term. A 2022 study found that ...
Woman's 'Genius' Idea To Feel Safer at Night Watched by a 1 Million
The idea came to Emily Wilson while she was navigating an unfamiliar area using Google Maps, the New York City resident told ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
When This Brilliant Author Died, She Left Behind a Legacy of Grief, Haunting Poetry and Surprising Resilience
Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...
The Paris Review4d
The Image of the Doll: Tove Ditlevsen’s Worn-Out Language
If we read Ditlevsen’s poems through the lens of Lessing, you could say that Ditlevsen’s so-called sentimentality is a poetic anachronism that functions as a subversive tool, an anachronism on a par ...