California gubernatorial hopeful Eric Swalwell once penned a graphic, sex-charged college poem boasting of lovers “kissing till veins imploded and exploded” — with “blood rolled down our chins,” ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Against the Encroaching Grays,” by C. D. Wright, and his own poem “Almost Home.” The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “A Worldly Country,” by ...

This guide is produced in partnership with Blue Peter. Poems Aloud, written by Joseph Coelho and illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett, is the fifth title in the Blue Peter Book Club. A book full of ...

It stiffened any creative impulse. And it made him think, Schuyler later said, “Well, if this is poetry, I’m certainly not going to write any myself.” Thankfully he did. But Schuyler preferred a very ...