The award-winning poet shares how she stays open to wonder and beauty in a difficult world.
Tag: Poetry and Poets
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In ‘The Letters of Thom Gunn,’ an Unusual Mix of Pleasures
Gunn was not a confessional poet, but he spilled his guts in rowdy, funny, filthy, intensely literate correspondence.
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Ada Limón Makes Poems for a Living
On tour for her sixth book, Limón talks about how poetry, in the end, is “just telling somebody something.” Listen to her read some of her work.
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The $10 Million Bob Dylan Center Opens Up His Songwriting Secrets
A new space in Tulsa, Okla., built to display Dylan’s vast archive, celebrates one of the world’s most elusive creators, and gives visitors a close-up look at notebooks and fan mail.
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There Are Many Russian Cultures. Be Careful What You Cancel.
Those who react to the war in Ukraine by canceling “everything Russian” are in danger of falling into a familiar brand of nationalist thinking.