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The Washington Post reports that the president of UVA, Teresa Sullivan, has ordered an official inquiry into what led up to Kevin Morrissey's suicide: "The untimely death of Kevin Morrissey ....

On Whitman by Pulitzer prize-winning poet C. K. Williams is part critical analysis and part ode of appreciation. Williams mostly reminds us of all there is to love about Whitman,...

Well, that’s what Jonathan Swift thought. He blamed rule-bending poets in his 18th-century “Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue” for diluting the strength of the English language....

Back in the 13th century, Rumi was loved by Christians, Muslims and Jews alike. Rumi’s prolific production of bite-sized verses now feeds the American appetite for easy-to-digest wisdom and morality....

Professor, poet and critic Maureen McLane talks to the Economist about World Enough, her second poetry collection. Rhythm, form and the notion of “place” as both a physical and emotional...

The Poetry Foundation has just announced the five winners of this year’s Ruth Lilly Fellowships. Brooklyn Copeland, Miriam Bird Greenberg, Nate Klug, Dora Malech, and Christopher Shannon were selected from...

Y'all probably saw this yesterday, but still.

This morning, the New York Times rounded up poetry smartphone apps and we were quite flattered to find our app listed as "essential." The article made special mention of...

It could only happen in Berkeley: In lieu of submitting a candidate’s ballot statement for his fifth bid for the Berkeley City Council, Kriss Worthington turned in a poem instead....

In anticipation of the Ginsberg biopic Howl, postmodern Renaissance man James Franco has penned an essay for Vanity Fair chronicling his character study. In preparation for taking on the role...