Poetry

In her new book, Ewing uses poetry as a form of historical investigation, revisiting the deadly riots that tore through Chicago a century ago.

After Illinois cut funding for mental-health services, Cook County Jail now handles a large portion of the state's patients. A new book tells their story.

A new anthology urges us to look at the Earth with renewed wonder—and then to take action in its defense.

Yoon's debut poetry collection draws together contemporary political critique with tales of the comfort women conscripted into sexual slavery during World War II.

New National Endowment for the Arts research finds arts attendance is rising, but remains below 2002 levels.

We spoke to Rickey Laurentiis about what he recommends reading, watching, and listening to.

Looking back at Adrienne Rich's politics and prose—and toward a radical feminist future.

The NEA reports an increased interest in poetry—but when we focus too much on numbers, we diminish the experience that makes poetry so vital.

In his latest collection, the poet Terrance Hayes finds common ground with the many threats to our democracy.

Two landmark Supreme Court rulings made clear that juvenile life sentences are unconstitutional. Yet hundreds remain in prison, many of them without access to educational programs.

Daniel Borzutzky's new collection confronts the perverse logics of fascism and the free market.

Celebrating three poets whose work is as trenchantly political as anything on an op-ed page: a poetry of labor, of representation, of hope.

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People visit the exhibition "Haneen, a Collective Work of Lebanese and Syrian Artists on the Impact of War on Childhood," in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, on February 20th, 2018.

At the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, readers and writers celebrate the lyrical beauty of rural existence.

New research suggests vivid imagery is key to poetry's aesthetic appeal.

The sociologist and poet talks about how creativity allows her to tackle social problems in almost limitless ways.

Pacific Standard traces a history that includes Alice in Wonderland, Sibylline prophecies, and B-E-N-G-H-A-Z-I.

In his new book-length poem, Tommy Pico sends up Hollywood and literary archetypes with a protagonist who begrudges the great outdoors.

Two members of a prominent medical school faculty make the case for incorporating arts-related training into the curriculum.

Upon leaving her cabin in the woods, Alexis Coe realizes that not finding the answer to what you're looking for is sometimes just as good as finding it.

Notes from 20 years of adjunct politics.

In 2015, Casey N. Cep is attempting to surround herself with verse.

Ever year, hundreds of commercial fishermen gather in Astoria, Oregon, to present their poems and talk about an industry in flux.