MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed ...

The 19th-century English poet was a "prolific reviser" who tested out many variations of his work before publication. A new ...

Lookout: Who are you, strangers? Beowulf: My friend, we are Geats and we come in peace. I am Beowulf and I wish to speak with Hrothgar, your king. Lookout: If you are truly the famous Beowulf then ...

A forgotten copy of Shakespeare's famous Sonnet 116 was found tucked away in a 17th-century manuscript in the Oxford Library. It was hidden among the papers of Elias Ashmole, founder of the ...

Then, when it was screened on TV in 1987, a national furore erupted. "FOUR LETTER TV POEM FURY" thundered the front page of one British newspaper, condemning the "cascade of expletives".

The scene cuts to displaying the book publishing editor reading Ae-sun's original poem manuscript and crying. The editor looks exactly like Ae-sun's mother, Gwang-rye. When Life Gives You Tangerines ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

And the artworks have an unexpected connection to a precious manuscript in Melbourne. The Cluny tapestries have been the subject of debate ever since the museum acquired them in 1882. Dating to ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...