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Articles tagged poetry
Sonnets and the Stage
Actor Jonathan Epstein teaches “five-finger exercises for the soul.”
12.16.11
“In the Bee-Loud Glade”
The Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Café in Boulder, Colorado, sells beverages, pastries, and poetry—nothing else.
10.19.11
“The Swerve,” by Stephen Greenblatt, Named a National Book Awards Finalist
The Cogan University Professor’s recent book, and works by other Harvard authors, reach the finals of the prestigious competition.
10.13.11
On “Inspiration” and an Ohio Swimming Hole
Orator Joyce Carol Oates and poet Henri Cole at the Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises
5.24.11
Lepore and Longfellow
The historian reexamines the poet.
3.22.11
Bishop Redux
New collections of poems, prose, and correspondence by Elizabeth Bishop
2.23.11
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
12.16.10
Noir Romantic
Romanticism, a new collection by poet April Bernard, mixes disillusionment with emotion and playfulness.
10.19.10
Dickinson’s Trinity
In a new critical work, Helen Vendler assesses one of Emily Dickinson’s deceptively simple early poems.
10.19.10
Physician Poet
Experiences as patient and doctor have shaped David Moolten’s commitment to writing.
8.19.10
Echo Chamber—and Amplifier
Adam Kirsch reviews The Art of the Sonnet, by Stephen Burt and David Mikics
7.1.10
“Panic in the Year Zero”
A poem by D.A. Powell, from the 2010 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises. [audio]
5.25.10
Sijo: Korea's Answer to Haiku?
Professor David McCann wants an ancient form of Korean poetry to catch on the way haiku has.
7.1.09
"Days With the Family Realist"
A poem for the 2009 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises