Poetry offers something that news and visual imagery cannot in times of crisis: depth over immediacy and meaning over spectacle.
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Where the poetry of David Brooks and Jill Jones intersects is their detailing of domestic life and drawing attention to environmental changes.
Challenging oppression, advocating for justice, and inspiring social change are the hallmarks of Soyinka’s life.
Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination.
Letters from Byron to his best friend Elizabeth reveal the intense emotions of one of his first queer relationships.
Bard Hedd Wyn was killed in action in France in 1917.
A celebrated poet and Nobel laureate, Louise Glück wrote about mortality, broken families and human frailty with devastating wryness and quiet beauty.
Cranogwen was a trailblazer who challenged expectations of women during the Victorian era.
Many established poets published lockdown poems offering their perspective on the power of poetry to make sense of the pandemic.
Sylvia Plath left behind a complicated legacy. Contemporary writers influenced by her work must juggle inspiration with some problematic imagery – as a poetry expert explains.
Is the writer’s appeal less about the power and complexity of his prose, and more about the view of him as a perennial underdog?
Ada Limón is the first woman of Mexican ancestry to be named U.S. poet laureate. Through her understanding of social media and the power of connection, she strives to make poetry accessible to everyone.
Poet, soldier and critic of postcolonial elites, Hadraawi was the greatest poet of his generation.
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Associate Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Fellow, King's College London
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Lecturer in African and African Diasporan Literature, University of Lagos
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Emeritus professor of English, University of South Wales
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Professor of Stylistics, Aston University
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Professor in Creative Writing (Poetry), University of East Anglia
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AHRC Funded Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in History, University of Nottingham
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Professor of English, College of Charleston
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Associate Professor of Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, Amherst College
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Professor of Welsh, Swansea University
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PhD Candidate in Refugee World Literature, University of Limerick
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Professor in Writing and Literature, Deakin University