John McCutcheon has been at the forefront of the folk music movement since the 1970s, racking up six GRAMMY nominations along the way. He just released his 45th album, “Field of Stars” and he’s not ...

Hellerstein, who is also the former director of the Jewish Studies Program at Penn, has authored multiple translations, ...

Quinnipiac students have won titles in the Connecticut Poetry Circuit. Students are brought on tour to read their work.

Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Both poets explore love as a transformative and omnipotent force, delving into its complexities and transcendence. Donne ...

Some things never grow old, including those classic lines from the John Donne poem written in 1623: “Send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.” Each of us, at some stage ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

Irish poet Michael Longley has died aged 85. The acclaimed poet was born in Belfast in July 1939 and lived in the city until his death. Mr Longley went to school at Royal Belfast Academical ...

Tributes have been paid to the acclaimed Belfast-born poet Michael Longley, who has died at the age of 85. The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins said he regarded him "as a peerless poet" and ...

He studied classics at TCD, and his knowledge of Greek and Roman antiquity had a profound influence on many of his subsequent poems At Trinity he met his future wife Edna - later a professor at ...