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John Berryman had troubles. He suffered from depression; he was twice divorced; he ruined his life with alcohol. He won the ...

William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our critic A.O. Scott, and then play a game to memorize it.

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America continues to reckon with the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday, with prominent figures and protesters responding with a mix ...

Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis poet, wife and mother, was shot and killed Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, setting off nationwide protests over the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...