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In a Poem, Just Who Is ‘the Speaker,’ Anyway?

Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so…

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No Deposits This Year at Love Bank, a Museum of Affection Hit by Fire

Efforts are underway to restore the Love Bank museum in Slovakia, which celebrates the “world’s longest love poem” and rents…

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Perfection and Precision in a Poet’s Miniature Worlds

The poems in Mary Jo Bang’s latest collection, “A Film in Which I Play Everyone,” are full of pleasure, color,…

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A Poet of His Time, for Better and Worse

A new biography and a career-spanning collection of Anthony Hecht’s work show how fluent he was in his period’s style,…

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David Ferry, Poet and Translator Who Won Acclaim Late in Life, Dies at 99

After nearly 40 years as a professor, he began a new career writing poems and translating classics. He won a…

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Five Louise Glück Poems to Get You Started

The American writer, who won a Nobel Prize in 2020, wrote with cool clarity and often puckish wit.

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‘Why Does God Keep Making Poets?’

In the heat of the summer, this slow curve of the midyear, I find myself wanting to pause and catch…

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Florida School Restricts Access to Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem

A grade school in Miami-Dade County said “The Hill We Climb,” which Ms. Gorman read at President Biden’s inauguration in…

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A Poet of the Night Whose Muses Have 9 Lives

The South Korean writer Hwang In-suk feeds stray cats on late-night walks through Seoul. The routine informs her poems about…

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