Poetry and Poets

April 19, 2024

Harvard’s Taylor Swift Scholars Have Thoughts on ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

The students taking Harvard University’s class on the singer are studying up. Their final papers are due at the end of the month. Fans of Taylor […]
March 21, 2024

The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance

Arturo Schomberg Eugene O’Neill Gwendolyn Bennett James Weldon Johnson Eva D. Bowles W.E.B. Du Bois Mary White Ovington Regina Anderson Carl Van Doren Charles S. Johnson […]
March 6, 2024

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Novelist Celeste Ng on the Big Power of Little Things

Julia Botero, Christina Djossa, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang and Jen Poyant and Dan Powell, Pat McCusker and Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify ‘I think there’s something about […]
March 5, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Why Did I Choose Her?’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Crush Since Day 1 In 1997 I wanted a new tax guy. […]
January 5, 2024

In a Downtown New York Tradition, Cleansing the New Year With Poetry

On the first day of the year, over a thousand devotees passed through the old church where the Poetry Project has held its annual 12-hour marathon […]
September 19, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘To My Surprise, This Charming Man Began to Cry’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Embraced by Haiti A man with a charming accent was fixing my uncharming […]
April 27, 2023

Maggie Smith Tries to Make the Divorce Memoir Beautiful

Her new book, “You Could Make This Place Beautiful,” is an exploration of what happened to her marriage after she became a well-known poet. The American […]
April 14, 2023

Lucinda Williams Tells Her Secrets

The singer-songwriter reveals herself in a memoir that captures her adventures with charming rogues, puzzled music executives and her own demons. NASHVILLE — “Bless your heart!” […]
February 13, 2023

Did Valentine’s Day Start as a Roman Party or to Celebrate an Execution?

Regardless of its origin, it’s a big deal now. An expert on the evolution of human sexuality says you have to “get out there” to make […]
January 13, 2023

Turning Trash Into Poetry

Ser Serpas, a young artist known for kinetic arrangements of discarded furniture, opens up about her expressive way of processing the used world. PARIS — Compared […]