It is difficult to imagine that the rough terrain of politics would be accommodating of the beauty of verse. Poet-politicians ...

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.

When Urdu poet Nazeer Akbarabadi (1740–1830) penned his glowing verses on Diwali, he was writing about much more than a ...

Nidhi Soni [email protected] When the Indian Air Force salutes the skies every October 8, Jammu salutes one of its finest ...

As the world, especially the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) alumni community, celebrates Sir Syed Day (October 17), I ...

The story of Apollo and Daphne was written around the year zero by Roman poet Ovid in the Metamorphoses. Ovid was a trainee lawyer and student of rhetoric. In the story, a woman named Daphne becomes a ...

Taylor Swift's music includes references to famous novelists, playwrights, and poets, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, ...

At a time when women, especially widows, had few means, Bahinabai Chaudhari, a poor Maharashrian farmer, faced her circumstances with grit and resilience. As she worked to sustain her three children ...

The first thing to note is that Mason is a very American poet, with a strong sense of that country’s landscapes and peoples. A key poem in this regard is Winter 1963, where he describes how his father ...

If on a winter’s night a traveller is about to board a train, a fortifying drink is of the essence. Thus it was that I stood in line at Burger King, on the concourse at Central Station, in Glasgow, ...

Jeff Tweedy knows the world is overwhelming. So, for his latest project, the vast and enthralling triple album he's calling Twilight Override, the Wilco frontman decided to overwhelm the world right ...