The American scholar of 20th-century literature and culture Elizabeth Outka has argued that works such as The Second Coming ...

Carl Phillips’s latest collection, Scattered Snows, To The North (Carcanet), is rich in his by-now familiar long, ...

Stephen Campbell’s book reminds us of the lies and self-congratulations we employ to create useful history, making historical ...

On March 3rd, pupils at Blackpool Gateway Academy were treated to an inspiring visit from 15-year-old author Zia Adam as they ...

We present an extract from John Montague: A Poet's Life, Adrian Frazier's new biography of the celebrated poet, who passed away in 2026 aged 87.

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and must document the destruction and horrors of war. But can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten a peaceful resolution? Perhaps ...

Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk ... In this it resembles all the old thinking. The idea, for example, that each particular erases with its island willows, silly music from ...

Pickel’s memo also banned a biography on Albert Cashier, a Civil War veteran, from elementary school reading. Cashier was born a girl in Ireland but joined the Union Army as a man, fighting at ...

Selena: A Little Golden Book Biography is now available for readers of all ages and fans of the icon of Tejano music who was also a beauty and fashion maven. The Little Golden Book series was ...