Approximately 105 people die every minute globally. This is nothing but data until in some specific wretched minute, someone dear to us adds a plus one to that digit. When those we love die, their ...

On his 52nd birthday, we celebrate Sonu Nigam—one of India’s most cherished voices known for his remarkable range and emotive ...

Vona Groarke will be the 10th Ireland Professor of Poetry, taking over from Prof Paul Muldoon. The position will run from September to November 2028. Groarke said: “It may seem strange for the ...

This article recommends recently published books by Vermont authors for summer reading. The books span various genres, including fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, children's literature, and poetry.

From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf.

With words that pulse with vulnerability, sensuality, retrospection, and joy, a gifted collective of Black queer poets are crafting literary works that ...

McCrae has been exploring the afterlife in his poetry for several years now, and here his reimagining of Dante’s Inferno is immersive in the best ways — captivating, terrifying and ...

Here’s the third installment in our Pride 2025 books round-up, with a fascinating collective of books on queer history and queer leadership, the fabulous Ballroom culture, as well as recipe books from ...

German poet Durs Grünbein and British translator Karen Leeder have won the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize for the collection Psyche Running. The $130,000 prize is the world's largest prize for a ...

Lucknow: The UP Sangeet Natak Akademi on Friday witnessed a mesmerising confluence of poetry, ghazal, and kathak during Bayan-e-Ghalib, a soulful even.

“Mirza Ghalib loved mangoes, but his friend didn’t,” he said, as he recalled a popular mushaira involving Ghalib’s love for mangoes.

Acclaimed Canadian author Margaret Atwood has been named the recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize's 2025 Lifetime Recognition Award. The Ottawa-born Atwood has published over 50 books — poetry ...