Judy Collins, Mandy Patinkin, Renée Fleming, Michael R. Jackson, Melissa Errico, Tony Kushner, Sherman Irby and New York ...

The result was Poems on the Underground, a project that turns 40 this year and has been copied in cities around the world. Since 1986, many millions of London Underground passengers have seen posters ...

In a culture where so many texts feel rushed or uninspired, sending something with weight something that Vladimir Nabokov might have written, is more than romantic. It’s intentional, the most powerful ...

William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our ...

The spoken word event featured poet Sarah Kay and performances from Stanford’s Spoken Word Collective, which disentangled ...

From saints to candy hearts, these Valentine’s Day facts aren’t what you expect.

Le Guin’s relationship with cats is the subject of a new posthumous release, the aptly named “Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of ...

In ‘I Had a Dream’, the poet persona wakes up “in a field of green” where lovers are “half-moons” in a vibrant sky. This ...

From Ae Fond Kiss to Coming Through the Rye, Burns songs are as powerful as ever for a new generation of performers on the BBC’s Burns Night celebration ...

Luke Norris’s Royal Court drama, about a couple at their baby’s 20-week scan, ruthlessly cuts through cliches and taboos ...

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There are performances that entertain, and then there are performances that seem to breathe alongside you — where words wait, ...