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 ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leila’s Hair Museum, and glass cases ...

With the world in disarray and the future uncertain, the controlled chaos of rave music and poetry might help tune out that external noise — at least for one night. A “Poetry Rave” will take place at ...

Poetry therapy uses poems, stories, song lyrics, imagery, and more to help people overcome a range of conditions including suicidal thoughts.

Wine is many things. It is a product of nature. It is a scientific construct. It is poetry in a glass. And the wine you and I ...

To very different ends, Alice Diop’s short film “Fragments for Venus” and Bingham Bryant “Doomed and Famous” both observe ...

Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi’s new collection, Dreams for Earth, spans over five years weaving together motherhood, climate grief ...

New memoirs from Margaret Atwood and Arundhati Roy, buzzy fiction by Mona Awad and more notable reads this season ...

Conversely, Priest believes art and storytelling can be a form of personal release — a subject she explores in an essay entitled “The Secret Medicine.” At a recent speaking event, someone inquired how ...