How a Chicago editor set T.S. Eliot on the path to a Nobel Prize
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the autumn of 1914, Harriet Monroe prepared a manuscript for the typesetters of Poetry, a...
State Historical Society celebrates centennial of T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA century ago, 34-year-old T.S. Eliot — having already published his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and a variety of prose pieces — introduced his latest work with these lines: April ...
Festival to celebrate poet T.S. Eliot
Gloucester Daily Times, Mass. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSep. 21—An inaugural festival this weekend will celebrates the Nobel Prize-winning poet T.S. Eliot and his love for his time spent in Gloucester. The Dry Salvages Festival, which takes its name ...
Ocean Vuong Reads “Toy Boat,” a Poem for Tamir Rice from His New Collection, “Time Is a Mother”
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCelebrated author and poet Ocean Vuong’s work, whether poetry, fiction, or essay, is deeply...
Allegra Goodman recommends 6 moving and powerful reads
The Week via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAllegra Goodman. Courtesy Image Allegra Goodman's best-selling new novel, Sam, is a portrait of a...
For Japan's star poet Tanikawa, it's fun, not work, at 90
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa used to think poems descended like an inspiration from the heavens....
Letter: Jan. 6 hearings end with a whimper
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe conclusion of the Jan. 6 hearings reminds me of a line from that famous poem "The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot: “This is the way the world ends, not...
Library Lines: Ode to National Poetry Month
Cheboygan Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThere is no time like National Poetry Month to enjoy reading or writing some poetry. Let’s look at a few common types of poetry including haiku, free...
Poetry of Survival
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTypically for me, April, which is National Poetry month, means traveling to poetry readings and social gatherings with fellow poets, celebrating the art...
The Most Popular ‘Masterpiece’ Columns of 2022
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoEssays on the poetry of Dante and T.S. Eliot, the architecture of Richard Morris Hunt and Eero Saarinen, the music of Cole Porter and John Coltrane, the...