Eminent writer Vinod Kumar Shukla would have turned 96 on January 1. His poems have also faced bitter criticism, especially the imagery, metaphors, and symbolism used in his novels. The writer talks ...

A melancholy December vision in Liverpool invokes a Dickensian ghost with more worldly but still warm realism Down on the canal on Christmas Day Down on the canal on Christmas Day a man walks towards ...

A new study has shown that prompts in the form of poems confuse AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude — to the point where sometimes, security mechanisms don't kick in. Are poets the new hackers?

Finch defends her daring to practise the male profession of poetry using heroic couplets and subversive jokes The Apology ’Tis true, I write; and tell me by what rule I am alone forbid to play the ...

Those who follow Nandini Somaya Sampat’s social media posts will mutually agree that it’s an inspiring mix of her achievements as a successful, architect and urban planner, as well as of a serious ...

Daryln Brewer Hoffstot is the author of a collection of essays, “A Farm Life: Observations From Fields and Forests.” My husband loves all the trimmings of Thanksgiving, particularly mashed potatoes. I ...

A cache of newly unearthed works is not the “thrilling literary discovery” their publisher claims By Terry Eagleton A long time ago, I ran into Iris Murdoch at a party where the host had unleashed a ...

One by one, poets shrug their way to the stage, pausing for a breath before diving in. Without fail, someone from the crowd offers the rallying cry: "Let's go, poet!" The room answers in its own ...

Thanksgiving often inspires us to get a little poetic. Thinking and speaking about the things we’re grateful for is a time-honored tradition, but it can be hard to put those feelings into words.

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