Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most important writers of the 1800s. He is known for changing how we write short stories, detective stories, and horror stories about the mind. Poe was born on January ...

By JAKE COYLE In Simón Mesa Soto’s “A Poet,” Oscar Restrepo (Ubeimar Rios) is a failed Colombian writer who keeps a photo of ...

A Poet” — 3.5 stars In Simón Mesa Soto’s “A Poet,” Oscar Restrepo (Ubeimar Rios) is a failed Colombian writer who keeps a photo of the author José Asunción Silva above his ...

Written and directed by Colombia's Simón Mesa Soto, the movie strikes a complex tone of envy and artistic frustration while also yielding plenty of comic pain.

Grunge artists showed a vulnerability in the 1990s that wasn’t all that common in popular music until the alternative rock ...

Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis poet, wife and mother, was shot and killed Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, setting off nationwide protests over the ...

For those of us north of the equator, winter officially arrived last week. The early darkness and the chill in the air demand a change in our habits. For many, the season provokes an unmistakable turn ...

From daring contemporary collections to the long-awaited definitive edition from one of the major poets of the 20th century, this is our pick of the best poetry books of the year. Whether you’re a ...

After Rashan Brown finished his first major gig as a spoken-word poet — opening for bestselling author and poet Rupi Kaur at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, in December 2022 — he stepped ...

As I have every year since 2014, in 2025 I set aside a couple of months to peruse the year’s books of poetry — at least those books I had on hand. In the past, I’ve titled my annual roundup — one ...

You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. The study, "Adversarial Poetry as a ...

They keep certain items around as a means of comfort. Sadness can be debilitating and lonely. While many people claim to be sad because they couldn't get their favorite item at the grocery store or ...