His novels demand stamina, his poems flicker like lightning, and his South is a place of ghosts and contradictions.

Born in Shiraz between 1310 and 1325, Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hafeẓ Shirazi, known by his pen name Hafez, is best known for his collection of poetry known as “Divan,” which is still read and ...

Discover why Chef Akane Eno, head of Ichigo Ichie, prefers the rich vocabulary of Japanese poetry and how it inspires her ...

In James Merrill’s Collected Poems, all the “Previously Uncollected Poems” appear bunched together at the end, thus depriving ...