Category: Poetry and Poets

At 92, the Bard of Bollywood Is Still Writing About Love

The New York Times – Music:
The poet and lyricist Gulzar has profoundly shaped the idea of tender romance in India through his verse and songs in more than 150 musicals.
How Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Writings Help Explain A.I. Fears

The New York Times – On the Runway:
The collected essays of Dario Amodei help explain why some people are so worried about artificial intelligence.
The ‘Odyssey’ Scholar Emily Wilson, a Critic of the Movie, Is Redoing Her Translation

The New York Times – Movies:
Wilson, who was the first woman to translate the Homeric tale into English, caused a firestorm when she criticized Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film.
‘Dread Beat an Blood’ Set Black Londoners’ Struggle to a Groove

The New York Times – Music:
A newly restored 1979 documentary examines how Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub-infused poetry documented the challenges faced by Britain’s Black Caribbean population.
‘Dread Beat an Blood’ Set Black Londoners’ Struggle to a Groove

The New York Times – Music:
A newly restored 1979 documentary examines how Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub-infused poetry documented the challenges faced by Britain’s Black Caribbean population.
Overlooked No More: Barbara Rubin, Teenage Filmmaker at the Heart of New York’s Underground

The New York Times – Music:
She made the landmark underground film “Christmas on Earth,” and helped bring together artists like Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan.
Overlooked No More: Barbara Rubin, Teenage Filmmaker at the Heart of New York’s Underground

The New York Times – Music:
She made the landmark underground film “Christmas on Earth,” and helped bring together artists like Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan.
In Death, Poet Andrea Gibson Gets a Film That Celebrates Life

“Come See Me in the Good Light” follows the writer and their wife as they experienced the pain of cancer and also the joy of living.
‘Come See Me in the Good Light’: The Sweetness After a Terminal Diagnosis

The film chronicles the poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of living with cancer and trying to make every second count.
My First Love Ghosted Me. It’s Not What You Think.

I had lost faith in the universe — until an apparition of my smiling, 16-year-old late ex-boyfriend appeared.
My First Love Ghosted Me. It’s Not What You Think.

I had lost faith in the universe — until an apparition of my smiling, 16-year-old late ex-boyfriend appeared.
The Love Poem Andrea Gibson Wrote for Their Widow…and for You

Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley were two poets in love. After Gibson’s death, Falley is figuring out what that love looks like now.