Jacobs, the founder of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry, has written two previously acclaimed collections: Pelvis with ...

The Milwaukee Poet Laureate program, which was started in February 2000, aims to celebrate local poetry and is supported by the Milwaukee Public Library and the Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library ...

It is the dark matter of conversation, the white space around a poem. For Rilke, listening is receiving the divine ...

The Florentine poet’s richly detailed vision of a journey through hell and beyond has inspired other writers and artists for ...

Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best form of poetry is our ...

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Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

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Yet can I really escape it? How much of my creative life is now affected by it, how many poems has the insidious smog crept its way into? Too many. When I come around, through the train window ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

"This is a major archaeological discovery, because it is extremely rare to be able to study in its entirety an ancient monetary deposit in its archaeological context," the statement said.

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...