While the term “Instapoetry” may be unfamiliar to most, I assure you it is more familiar than you think. You’ve likely seen books of it cluttering the shelves of Target, or — as the name suggests — ...

What is poetry and what is poetry for? To ask the first question is to ask the second. To answer both questions in light of the western tradition stretching back to Homer, and against much modernist ...

In 1993, a poetry anthology appeared that seemed to speak directly to the spirit of the times and, in so doing, appeal to an audience far larger than what poetry in English could generally boast. More ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Literary critic Foster (How to Read Literature Like a Professor) explicates the fundamentals of reading and understanding poetry in this accessible guide designed for the lay audience. He addresses ...

That is the proper definition of poetry, but much like most creative spaces, the literary art form doesn’t fit neatly into one box, lane or style. It’s an expansive place of connection, bravery and ...

AGNI was founded in 1972 at Antioch College by undergraduate Askold Melnyczuk, a then-aspiring (now accomplished) writer with his own vision of a vehicle for alternative news, visual arts, and ...