Anne Sexton (1928-1974) was an American poet who epitomized the style of confessional poetry which emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Other exemplars of this style include her friend Sylva ...

Before she ever shared a poem with anyone, Josie Nabhan-Warren filled the pages of her diary. Josie turned to writing as an outlet to record thoughts and questions about the world around her. Over ...

American poet Emily Dickinson. A mystical recluse, she lived all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet whose name has become synonymous with classic ...

I’m Ann Fisher-Wirth, the Poet Laureate for Mississippi 2025-2029, and I want to tell you about my new podcast series called “The Favorite Poem Project,” available through the Mississippi Arts ...

ZIONSVILLE, Ind. — Artwork from the Hoosier state is out of this world. A poem written by a Zionsville artist and several others will now be featured on the moon. Joyce Brinkman has always loved ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A woman’s poem about being bullied in a California school 25 years ago has brought her former classmates to tears. Now, they’re creating a scholarship fund in her name and have ...

On a recent reading tour, I had the good fortune to visit, in the old towns north of Boston, the American poet and translator Len Krisak (b. 1948). And we spoke a little, as people do, of poems and ...

PJ Harvey's new album, I Inside the Old Year Dying (out July 7), further illuminates the world Orlam brought to the page. Originally Harvey planned a theater piece to expand upon the work, but these ...