Jane Hirshfield is the author of seven books of poetry, including most recently Come, Thief, and the classic collection of essays, Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry. Who better to ask: Why write ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. What we gain by forgetting “Buying Shrimp at Bennetts Point,” a poem by Roey Leonardi ...

When Jeff Bezos defended major layoffs at The Washington Post last week, he reached for poetry. Pressed on why he would not ...

“The poet is the priest of the invisible“, this quote by Wallace Stevens encapsulates a lot in itself. However, times are changing, social media is a real deal, and who doesn’t want a bite of it. So, ...

At the heart of Mahogany Browne’s poem “Working Title” is a question: how does a poet begin to address the killing of Michael Brown? Browne, who began working as a full-time writer in 2006, began the ...

‘There is not a particle of life that does not bear poetry within it’—Gustave Flaubert I read this quote to the small group of assisted living residents who had signed up for my weekly poetry writing ...