The close passing of the poetry critics Marjorie Perloff and Helen Vendler is a moment to recognize the end of an era. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Alan Thomas; Lilian Kemp / Radcliffe ...

WINTER HAVEN - Maya Angelou is an American brand with an identity as well established as those of Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss & Co. or Starbucks. But Angelou, a poet, dramatist and professor, is capable ...

This year’s National Poetry Day has the theme of Freedom. Among the events inspired by it is a reading - at Glasgow’s flourishing poetry club, St Mungo’s Mirrorball - devoted to modern Russian poets ...

In 1993, a poetry anthology appeared that seemed to speak directly to the spirit of the times and, in so doing, appeal to an audience far larger than what poetry in English could generally boast. More ...