In a poem, a writer uses language, form and structure to present an idea in a new way; the words on the page become a way to communicate between the poet’s mind and the reader's. When reading poetry a ...

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For 23 years, A.O. Scott was a film critic for the New York Times. For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ ...

With much of the literary world talking about gender balance in publishing, we invited three poets to talk about the relevance of gender, and gendered thinking, within their poetry itself. Is “women’s ...

Sunlight: New and Selected Poems by John O'Donnell (Dedalus Press, 152pp) combines work from three previous collections with a selection of recent material. O'Donnell's register throughout his work is ...