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When Financial Times columnist Susie Boyt first read Philip Larkin, she found his hoity-toity poems insulting; they were insensitive and trivialized her working-class roots. She broke it off with his...

Remember when C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien used to hang out at the Arm & Trout pub in Oxford? Good times. Anyways, Rae Armantrout - whose  Pulitzer...

Adam Bojelian is wowing the poetry world, one blink at a time. The 10-year-old, who suffers from cerebral palsy and other health issues, communicates his verse by blinking. Though it...

Do Wordsworth’s poetic dictums – stemming from his fascination with both inner and outer worlds - still hold true today?  How about "All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of...

The AP reports that celebrated Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko has given his house and art collection over to the state: The two-story museum in the writer's colony of Peredelkino, just outside...

Ugly Duckling Presse--known for its letter press, limited edition, hand-sewn, art books as much as for its perfect-bound books--has become an unlikely player in the e-books game. The Publishing Perspectives blog...

Scampering behind the roadrunner-esque poetry radio post from yesterday that asked if poetry had to be so somber and serious (David Shapiro sez: "no") is the wily Rick Lupert, whose...

Canada’s contemporary poet laureates (17 in all) have come a long way since the post was instituted 400 years ago in King James’ court. The current crop of progressive poets...

An old book scout (and Guardian columnist) went looking for rare books in Hay and turned up a rare copy of Auden: There has been a distinct up-marketing of the Hay...

We all know that Sarah Palin has a unique way with words. But did we know that more than a few Palin-ites also have a way with the words?...