Poem
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Books
In a Poem, Just Who Is ‘the Speaker,’ Anyway?
Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so fun to try.
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World
No Deposits This Year at Love Bank, a Museum of Affection Hit by Fire
Efforts are underway to restore the Love Bank museum in Slovakia, which celebrates the “world’s longest love poem” and rents tiny boxes to house romantic keepsakes.
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Books
Perfection and Precision in a Poet’s Miniature Worlds
The poems in Mary Jo Bang’s latest collection, “A Film in Which I Play Everyone,” are full of pleasure, color, sound and light — but also torment.
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Books
A Poet of His Time, for Better and Worse
A new biography and a career-spanning collection of Anthony Hecht’s work show how fluent he was in his period’s style, and hint at the ways it might have restrained him.
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Newyork
David Ferry, Poet and Translator Who Won Acclaim Late in Life, Dies at 99
After nearly 40 years as a professor, he began a new career writing poems and translating classics. He won a National Book Award when he was 86.
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Books
Five Louise Glück Poems to Get You Started
The American writer, who won a Nobel Prize in 2020, wrote with cool clarity and often puckish wit.
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Newyork
‘Why Does God Keep Making Poets?’
In the heat of the summer, this slow curve of the midyear, I find myself wanting to pause and catch my breath. As many people take summer vacations or simply enjoy a cold drink on their porch, it is a good time to take up new kinds of reading. I have ...
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US
Florida School Restricts Access to Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem
A grade school in Miami-Dade County said “The Hill We Climb,” which Ms. Gorman read at President Biden’s inauguration in 2021, was “better suited” for older students after a parent complained about it.
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World
A Poet of the Night Whose Muses Have 9 Lives
The South Korean writer Hwang In-suk feeds stray cats on late-night walks through Seoul. The routine informs her poems about loneliness and impermanence.