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Award-winning poet, wildland firefighter, and co-founder of Left Margin Lit, Rachel Richardson has a new book, “Smother.” ...
An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.
A conversation with the anonymous creator of the popular account about their new collection of poems.
Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.
And I read a lot of poems. Here, I’ve compiled some of my favorites ... the value of language and the purpose of poetry—this would be a good poem for her to read. “...and my friends, / my beautiful, ...
I’m reminded of my friend Richard Berlin, another psychiatrist/poet, who has a series with the Psychiatric Times called “Any Good Poem.” He begins each installment with a quote from the poet ...
In his debut novel, Ocean Vuong took pains to be illegible, then blamed the reader for reading. In his new book, he is ...
Good and bad, the two sides to every story ... The 22-year-old told the audience he wrote his poem with friends and family in ...
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One Irish man, Arun Sharma, explains how his upcoming poetry book has given him pause for reflection on his experiences growing up in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and become catharsis for the ...