Poetry can literally give you chills. A Free Press intern explains why — and how to start reading it without fear.

An unmissable book for every year of your early life – with recommendations from Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Katherine Rundell and more ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

Books & the Arts / Why do we misunderstand one of modernism’s great writers? David Schurman Wallace No one understands Gertrude Stein. For this, we should all give thanks. It is almost a cliché to ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State English Professor Robert West has written “A Clear Eye,” a collection of 59 poems offering reflections on nature and human experience.

An eye-opening new book seamlessly intertwining science with poetry—"kinpoetics"—depicts other animals as individuals with dynamic personalities, emotional lives, and subjectivity.

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Artless,” by Brenda Shaughnessy, and her own poem “The World Was All Before Them.” The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Against the ...

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. The first sentence of Article II of the Constitution introduces the executive ...

How does the individual interact with their culture’s moral decrees, and what happens when they decide to tear themselves loose from it? Leslie Tong PO ‘29 discusses Sakaguchi Ango’s Discourse on ...

Priest is uncannily able to step back in this piece to consider the sleight-of-hand, or mystery, which underpins the story, ...