The problem with contemporary poetry is poets. The poems are lovely – dense, funny, sensuous, interesting. The poets are an unhappy people, riven by grievance, whose primary occupation seems to be the ...

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Provides a basic skills course designed to equip students to handle the English major. Emphasizes critical writing and the acquisition of basic techniques and vocabulary of literary criticism through ...

Dec. 19—So many beautiful books with lyrical texts were published this year, it's hard to chose one as This Season's Best. But we chose, anyway. Kudos to "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright," made of an ...

RCGC communications major Carlo Lingesso, of Marlton, recently had his poem "A Natural Departure" selected for publication in Philadelphia Stories, a local literary magazine. DEPTFORD TWP. -- It was a ...

Is it possible to translate poetry from one language into another without losing meaning? To paraphrase Robert Frost — not really. "Poetry is what gets lost in translation," the American poet is often ...

For years I’ve tried to figure out how to get my “Introduction to Literature” students--99 percent of them not English majors--to appreciate literature. And by “appreciate,” I don’t mean “like.” ...

“When we believe that in the universe there is reason/that nothing/for as long as we live/just happens of its own accord/there is a plan/it’s because you/oh OR/held our hand when were in search driven ...

The CBC Poetry Prize is open between April 1 and June 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET. Make sure you read the complete rules and regulations before submitting. Four finalists each receive $1,000 from the Canada ...