Welcome mats bearing the legend “difficult” and “allusive” are the ones often placed by critics at the door of T. S. Eliot’s ...

The discomfort of loneliness shapes us in ways we don’t recognize—and we may not like what we become without it.

How is it that some of us are privileged and many are not? This subject is at the heart of a new collection of poetry.

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.

There are several researchers who point to poetry’s remarkable ability to not only decrease feelings of fear, sadness, anger, ...

For Muriel Spark the process was simple. First, the novelist said, “I write the title, and then I write my name.” Then, she ...

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News about Poetry and Poets, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush have delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration in a video ...

Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier will face Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever in the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final on Tuesday.

In a lopsided 22-8 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday Night, Tampa Bay Rays shortstop José Caballero had to abandon his usual position to take the mound.

St. John's coach Rick Pitino has made his feelings known about adapting to the NIL (name, image and likeness) era for college athletes.