Despite the undertone of madness, it is one of the most lucid poems about sadness and loneliness I have ever come across. It also belies simplistic judgments about mental illness. I love the ...

At a time of growing anxiety, uncertainty and violence a revival and reassertion of one of humankind’s oldest forms of expression and social commentary — poetry — is desperately needed. Speaking for ...

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the ...

"All That We Ask of You Is To Always Be Happy," Durham poet Bridget Bell's debut collection, comes out on February 4.