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fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago

From "Sometimes Tropic of New Orleans"

A persona navigates poetry, truth, and sex through bees and roses imagery, memory lapses, and the performative force of language.
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Why Miriam Toews Writes

In it, Wiman looks back on the violence that marked both his childhood in West Texas and his family's history, and seems to gather that his past made his writing career inevitable. His conclusion is somewhat counterintuitive, because when he first began reading poetry, in college, he believed that "it had absolutely nothing to do with the world I was from." But he no longer believes that assumption was entirely accurate.
Books
#memoir
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
Books

What we're reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in August

Contemporary poetry, memoir, and mixed-genre work illuminate parenting, disability, lyrical observation, and environmental care with humor, lucidity, and poetic prose.
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago
Humor

Poet Edward Hirsch discusses his new memoir 'My Childhood in Pieces'

Edward Hirsch's memoir "My Childhood In Pieces" blends humor with poignant recollections of family, love, and loss.
#mindfulness
Arts
fromFuncheap
1 week ago

Free Community Day: Black Gold Stories Untold (SF's Fort Point)

An afternoon of exhibition tours, artist beading workshop, and staged performances featuring Destiny Muhammad and guest poets at Marine Dr., San Francisco.
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Racing Mount Pleasant Makes Quiet Emotions Sound Grand

The Frank O'Hara poem "Katy" features seven lines of self-assessing declarations. It is the fifth line that I get the most mileage out of: "I am never quiet, I mean silent." When I am teaching writing workshops, specifically with young writers, teen-agers who-in many cases-have not let their sense of wonder be battered by waves of irony or cynicism, I ask them what distinctions they see between "quiet" and "silent."
Music
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Out of all the languages I know, Persian is the one that speaks directly to my soul and offers a new way of being | Shadi Khan Saif

Persian uniquely unlocks deep emotional expression and cultural elegance, enabling powerful personal connection and belonging across diverse places.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Poem of the week: New Republic by Michal Rubin

Three poems mourn Hiba Abu Nada, reimagining her afterlife and proposing an artful bridge amid war, divided loyalties, and profound grief.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

Irresistible Contentment

Speech becomes a striving to reach the poem's heart, transforming opaque morning feelings into nested, golden realizations.
History
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
3 weeks ago

Bedlam regicide's eulogy for a squirrel to go on display

An illustrated poem eulogizing a deceased squirrel by James Hadfield is on display for the first time at the Bethlem Museum of the Mind.
fromThe New Yorker
4 weeks ago

"I Was a First Alto in the 1980s"

I remember my voice entering the blend, the anonymous shallows clean and barely rippling, or sharing a duet with Krista, a bent harmony, our first altos meeting and crossing like a pair of notched sticks.
Writing
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Alexandrian Sphinx by Peter Jeffreys and Gregory Jusdanis review the mysterious life of Constantine Cavafy

Constantine Cavafy, a poet who collaborated with notable figures, became a significant literary figure through his enigmatic works and enduring legacy.
#identity
Writing
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Poet Q&A: Charity E. Yoro, winner of a 2025 Oregon Book Award for 'ten-cent flower & other territories' * Oregon ArtsWatch

Charity E. Yoro won the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry at the 2025 Oregon Book Awards.
Yoro began writing poetry in seventh grade, influenced by her English teacher, Ms. Jones.
She advocates for Hawaii's issues through her writing, which reflects her deep connection to home.
Yoro emphasizes that writing is an ongoing practice, involving continuous learning and refinement.
#james-schuyler
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Faith

How do the small birds in the street know how not to die— that whatever they gather, hunger for, is never enough to keep them in the road when our wheels bear down upon them?
Portland food
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Half-Mountain Cloud Station / Qing Studio + Li Nu

Located at the foot of Nankun Mountain in Huizhou, Guangdong, Half-Mountain Cloud Station serves as a key node in the 'Two-Mountain Architectural Art Program'. The project is inspired by Su Dongpo's 'Sixteen Joys of Life in Huizhou', specifically the verse 'viewing mountains after rain from a tower'. It responds poetically to tensions between city and nature, memory and future.
Renovation
#mental-health
#gaza
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

All Day I Look at Things | The Walrus

If I were dying Thursday, this might be the last smoke bush I see. Its red hair on fire.
Toronto
#nature
Music
fromDefector
1 month ago

Craig Finn Can Write A Great Song, But Can He Write A Good Short Story? | Defector

Craig Finn's music poignantly depicts the lives of burnouts and failures, capturing their struggles and lack of escape.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Empire of Forgetting by John Burnside review last words from an essential poet of our age

John Burnside was a prolific poet whose final collection poignantly explores mortality.
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Field Notes: 'Black Spaces' at OCMA, East Bay Skyline Trail Hike, and Tenderloin Museum Turns 10

San Francisco's staycation guide recommends experiencing local highlights like the Beacon Grand hotel, House of Nanking's dumplings, and sunset cocktails at Charmaine's.
SF music
Books
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

What Andrea Gibson Understood About Very Simple Poetry

Andrea Gibson transformed poetry through spoken word and online performance, influencing contemporary engagement with emotional and visual storytelling.
Music
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Michael D Higgins set to release album of poetry recorded in the Aras

Ireland's outgoing President has recorded an album of spoken word tracks entitled Against All Certainty, featuring ten of his poems.
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Free Outdoor Poetry Festival + Free Food at India Basin Waterfront Park (SF)

Poetry on the Bay Pt. 2 is a free spoken word event at India Basin Waterfront Park on July 25, highlighting local artists and community spirit.
SF music
Books
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

Cristina Rivera Garza's Crimes of Reading

Literary analysis becomes an essential tool for solving crimes involving a murderer inspired by poetry.
Python
fromHackernoon
1 year ago

To Gunicorn or to Poetry, That is The Question | HackerNoon

Use Gunicorn for production with concurrency requirements; use Poetry for simpler, development scenarios.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and identity, dies at 49

"Andrea Gibson died in their home (in Boulder, Colorado) surrounded by their wife, Meg, four ex-girlfriends, their mother and father, dozens of friends, and their three beloved dogs."
LGBT
LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Andrea Gibson, poet and subject of documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, dies aged 49

Andrea Gibson, a renowned poet and performance artist, died at 49 after a battle with terminal ovarian cancer.
Portland
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Poem of the week: Poem in which I'm a transnational drug smuggler by Bethany Handley

Disability and ableism are intertwined themes, revealing complex perceptions of bodily experience and societal expectations.
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library

Join San Francisco Main Public Library for a poetry jam every second Thursday at 6 pm, featuring talented poets in a welcoming environment.
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library

Talented poets gather monthly for a free poetry reading series at San Francisco Main Public Library.
#climate-change
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

An Adolescent Crush That Never Let Up

John Updike had a 55-year professional relationship with The New Yorker, contributing over 150 poems and 160 stories.
Books
fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

J. R. R. Tolkien Reads from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings & Other Works

J.R.R. Tolkien's voice was featured in the 1967 album 'Poems and Songs of Middle-Earth' from Caedmon Records.
Writing
fromIndependent
2 months ago

My Money: 'I spent a quarter of my pension lump sum on a Waldorf Astoria suite and a 1988 Lafite Rothschild'

Thomas McCarthy is a significant Irish poet shaped by his university experience and literary revival in the 1970s.
fromCounterPunch.org
2 months ago

Don't Mess with the Zohran

He knows New York is just a state of mind Like Coney island, come to think of it, where the wind howls like the laughter of children.
US politics
#creativity
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Barbados poet laureate on mission to share stories of enslavement

Esther Phillips uses poetry to highlight the injustices of slavery and connect modern society with the past experiences of enslaved individuals.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Poem of the week: The Song of Arachnid by Gillian Allnutt

The poem celebrates the transformation of Arachne into a revered figure symbolizing motherhood, creativity, and the interconnectedness of existence.
#literary-festival
fromFuncheap
2 months ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Int'l "Flor Y Canto" Literary Festival w/ 18 Free Events (June 20-22)

fromFuncheap
2 months ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Int'l "Flor Y Canto" Literary Festival w/ 18 Free Events (June 20-22)

fromFuncheap
2 months ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Int'l "Flor Y Canto" Literary Festival w/ 18 Free Events (June 20-22)

fromFuncheap
2 months ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Int'l "Flor Y Canto" Literary Festival w/ 18 Free Events (June 20-22)

Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Tell us: what poem would you choose to read at a wedding?

Weddings are evolving, yet traditional poetry remains popular—an opportunity exists to introduce fresh alternatives.
fromFaithandfearinflushing
2 months ago

They're Pullin' Tylor Megill in the Evenin'

My father opened up the book, found his Kipling, and read aloud, the way he would when he wanted to share something he considered amusing from that day's Wall Street Journal.
New York Mets
NYC music
fromBravo
2 months ago

Next Gen NYC's Dylan Geick Opens Up About His Lucrative OnlyFans Career | Bravo

Dylan Geick transitions from a wrestling career to digital entrepreneurship, expressing emotions through poetry and art.
#art
Retirement
fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

Dear Pepper: All the World's a Life Stage

Navigating the complex emotions surrounding motherhood and career transitions is challenging, yet writing can provide catharsis and clarity.
Writing
fromThe Nation
3 months ago

Antigone Kelefa and the Art of Exile

Antigone Kefala remains a largely overlooked figure in Australian literature despite her notable contributions and unique cultural background.
San Francisco
fromFuncheap
3 months ago

Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library

The San Francisco Main Public Library hosts a monthly Poem Jam poetry reading series every 2nd Thursday at 6 pm.
fromFuncheap
3 months ago

Love and Truth From the Western Addition and Beyond

The event features readings from Shizue Seigel's collection, exploring themes of love across differences, followed by an open mic with contributors from various anthologies.
San Francisco
Photography
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 months ago

'Nostalgia Is So Yesterday': David Hume Kennerly and Charles Jennings talk politics and their collaboration of photos and poetry in advance of June 1 event * Oregon ArtsWatch

Kennerly and Jennings continue to create impactful work together, emphasizing civility amid chaos, showcased in their latest book at the Nostalgia Is So Yesterday event.
fromFuncheap
3 months ago
San Francisco

Pick a Poem: Community Open Mic

Join an open mic poetry event featuring local poets and community participation.
Bring a favorite poem to read aloud or have it read on your behalf.
Arts
fromThe Washington Post
3 months ago

Review | The D.C. poet whose 'brazen' work inspired generations of artists

Essex Hemphill was a daring poet who unflinchingly addressed difficult topics, influencing the representation of Black gay men in literature.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Eagle
3 months ago

PREMIUM 12-year-old Brooklynite reckons with Russian-Ukrainian heritage in award-winning poem

Sasha Keehner, a 12-year-old Brooklynite, won first place in BPL's Teen Writing Contest for her poem reflecting on heritage and identity.
Writing
fromDefector
3 months ago

Close Reading Is For Everyone | Defector

The novel critiques modern reader expectations, emphasizing the disconnect between literature and personal experience.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Tell us about a poem that reminds you of someone you've lost

The Guardian's new video series 'Poems to remember' invites viewers to engage with poetry that resonates with personal loss, celebrating the lives of departed loved ones.
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London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

He lived inside poetry': Toby Jones and Helena Bonham Carter perform poems in memory of lost loved ones

Celebration Day honors lost loved ones through poetry recitals performed by notable actors, inspired by traditions like Mexico's Day of the Dead.
fromKqed
3 months ago

In Rising Voices of El Cerrito's Young Poets, a Message About Resilience | KQED

"And arts programming is really important for imaginative life," Taylor said.
Arts
SF parents
fromKqed
3 months ago

The Poetry of Resilience | KQED

Resilience manifests through creativity, community, and shared experiences, as depicted in personal stories from various individuals in California.
Writing
fromKqed
3 months ago

How Poetry Helps Dementia Caregivers Find Shelter from the Storm | KQED

Self-expression through poetry can help caregivers cope with the stress of caring for loved ones with dementia.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
453 years ago

Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson's extensive writings during the Jacobean Era not only showcased his talent but also positioned him as a literary figure second only to Shakespeare in influence.
History
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Poem of the week: Find Me by Shanta Acharya

The poem "Find Me" captures the intersecting themes of grief and hope within the lives of child refugees.
Shanta Acharya's use of the ghazal form in "Find Me" highlights personal and collective anguish alongside a yearning for recognition.
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