Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

What is it about love and pain that makes us want to write more than when we are bursting with joy? Why are all of my ...

She's reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

May this February 14th be filled with love and romance. Share these poems with your soulmate and let them know how much they ...

Farid ud-Din Attar teaches us that love is both misery and ecstasy, and only those who risk it all can have it all ...

In honor of Valentine’s Day, discover the origins of the phrase ‘weak at the knees,’ including its ties to ancient Rome and even astrology.

In her debut novel 'Paradise Close,' out in paperback next month from Persea, the poet tells two intergenerational stories, ...

Artificial intelligence isn’t just changing how we interact with each other, but also how we interact with and perceive ...

“Despite its light poetry feel, it’s dealing with very mature ... and, more importantly, why?” By placing certain books in a room considered inappropriate for youth, Gross worries they ...