Art is the greatest form of human expression. This form of expression has been essential in vocalizing pain as a common human experience. Confessional poetry perfectly embodies this. It focuses on ...

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/to-write-machine-desk-flowers-1700787/ We are halfway through April, National Poetry Month, so it’s a great time to release any ...

Back when America was careening from the Eisenhower era—the “tranquillized Fifties,” as Robert Lowell called them—toward the Age of Aquarius, American poetry was undergoing a dramatic shift as well. A ...

Editor’s Note: Patricia Grisafi, PhD, is a freelance writer whose work has been featured in The Guardian, Salon, NBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Mary Sue, The Daily Dot and elsewhere. The views ...

Sunu P. Chandy, author of My Dear Comrades; Credit: Fid Thompson Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and ...

Sylvia Plath, a brilliant American poet and novelist, captured the raw edges of mental illness and identity in ...

The New Trad is a poetry journal and self-described experiment, published by a small press in Sydney, Australia. This little literary platoon is determined to revive poetry’s place in the public ...

National Poem in Your Pocket Day is Friday, April 29, and it’s the perfect day to dive into a good poetry book. Whether you’re on an emotional healing journey, or you want to escape to a world built ...