Two collections that deal with the war in Gaza are competing at the National Book Awards. The poets discuss poetry's power in times of great suffering and what the awards mean for Palestinian voices.

Two remarkable new poetry collections are reshaping conversations about Black American identity and experience. Brad Walrond’s Every Where Alien and Cheryl Clarke‘s Archive of Style: New and Selected ...

Mississippi State University English Instructor Brett Hanley will celebrate the publication of her debut poetry collection “I Was Your Bird” with a virtual book launch and reading on July 15 at 6 p.m.

Poetry takes the pulse of the times. These times are dark: wars raging; a pandemic that, though it has ebbed, still has everyone confused and afraid; monstrous, hate-filled social media posts ...

From daring contemporary collections to the long-awaited definitive edition from one of the major poets of the 20th century, this is our pick of the best poetry books of the year. Whether you’re a ...

From a new translation of Homer’s “Iliad” to the strange new world of AI verse, it’s been an epic year for the art of poetry. Only a god or an algorithm would presume to list the best poetry ...

Our poetry editor recommends collections that revel in nature, family life, hard work and language. By Gregory Cowles If we’re being honest here, a true starter pack of modern American poetry would ...

Palmetto Publishing has released Soaring Higher, a posthumous poetry collection by United States Army veteran Ed Markow, who wrote under the pen name "The Hawk." The poems were discovered on Markow's ...

When Leanne Fournier began writing poetry during the pandemic, she wasn't necessarily planning to publish a book.

Eight hundred miles away from his family during COVID lockdown, Chicago poet José Olivarez was thinking about love: familial, brotherly, romantic, platonic and self kinds of love. "It felt to me ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...