Tag: poetry

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. (Getty Images)

‘Darkness Becomes Bright’ considers Edgar Allan Poe’s lasting influence

Malcolm Forbes · November 8, 2026 7:19 am

Director Christopher Nolan on set of "The Odyssey."

Beltway Confidential

An Odysseus for our age

Timothy P. Carney · July 23, 2026 4:22 pm

Harold Bloom in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2011. (Thomas Iannaccone/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Harold Bloom and his poet-correspondents

Malcolm Forbes · June 14, 2026 6:00 am

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An essayist who remembers

Hugo Gurdon · January 2, 2026 3:20 am

J.R.R. Tolkien on Dec. 2, 1955. (Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

How Tolkien built worlds

Diane Scharper · December 19, 2025 4:22 am

Police on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

Capturing Spark’s flair

Christopher J. Scalia · October 17, 2025 4:19 am

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Ian McEwan’s literary future

Malcolm Forbes · September 25, 2025 11:15 pm

The Didion vibes economy

Ross Anderson · December 5, 2024 10:55 pm

The imperial W.H. Auden

Gustav Jönsson · July 26, 2024 4:35 am

Collection of Trump poems sold at RNC: ‘An actual poetic genius?’

Brady Knox · July 18, 2024 2:40 pm

The public W.H. Auden

Joseph Bottum · May 16, 2024 10:05 pm

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The forgotten women writers of the Shakespearean era

Diane Scharper · March 21, 2024 9:00 pm