The city is as much a character in Katyal’s poems as the lost lover – it city is a stage for memory, fantasy, and moments of ...

Pakeezah (1972) is a nostalgic journey into a bygone India of thumris, shayari, and Nawabi grace. The film stars Meena Kumari ...

A poem about dog loss can offer comfort, honour cherished memories, and help you navigate the grief of losing a beloved ...

Avoiding pain might feel like protection—but it could be the reason you’re not feeling love fully. Here’s how pain can be the ...

A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it ...

At times the collection is remarkably self-aware, questioning the role of poetry and interrogating the limits of poetic form.

Even when in despair over his failure to repel “the dark and the ugly” with his singing and wondering why he has not heard ...

Growing up in Minneapolis, Bao Phi carried with him the quiet weight of a family history shaped by war and survival. His family had fled during the violence and upheavals around the ending of the war ...

Two Philadelphia artists – a photographer and a performance poet – combine their shared passion for observing and documenting ...

Poetry and translation are both about picking the just-right word. But reading multiple translations makes an implicit case ...

Father and son duo Leon Walker and Rob Young will blend spoken poetry and hip hop, gospel and soul music to carry the ...

Pain and pleasure are powerful motivators of behaviour and have historically been considered opposites. Emerging evidence from the pain and reward research fields points to extensive similarities ...