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It shouldn't surprise those of a poetic persuasion to learn that similar brain activities control both empathy and the ability to process metaphor. The human tendencies to relate to others...

Apparently, superstar novelist Jonathan Safran Foer did not “write” his newest book, but is instead carving a new book out of an already existing book. Good Design Daily reports: To...

Have you ever felt embarrassed about pushing your own work? About discussing it in public or even posting a link to a publication on Facebook? British poet Tony Lopez...

Poet, performer and visual artist Edwin Torres is interviewed in the new issue of Rain Taxi. Torres is the rarest of all poets: a writer who straddles multiple...

The Yale Herald would like you to know about its prestigious poetry prize that Louise Glück is no longer judging: There might be a revolution going on in American poetry, but...

The face of someone you once met long ago at a party may have been supplanted by the latest issue of Poetry. Science: Doing its part to give you high-brow...

In a form like hip hop, where stylistic differentiation, competition, and the pursuit of precision advance the craft at such a rapid pace that whole genres and sub-genres will emerge...

On Harriet back in 2007, Kenneth Goldsmith called Kurt Schwitters' "Ursonate" "the greatest sound poem of the 20th century" and posted nine audio versions by sound artists. Turns out...

Let's all take a look at John Cusack on set as Edgar Allan Poe.

Phil Buehler’s All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy is a novel which attempts to recreate and continue the manuscript pages of Jack Torrance’s writing in The...