When I was growing up in India, gods and religions seemed to be everywhere. But I needed to find faith my own way.
Category: Poetry and Poets
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How a Film Critic Was Lured Back to Literature
A.O. Scott, who reviewed movies for The New York Times for more than two decades, is now a roving critic for the Book Review.
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The Best Artist Residencies to Escape and Focus on Creating
Yaddo may not be in the cards, but from a chateau near Paris to a California desert cabin, here are programs that foster writing, music and artistic talent and can be booked for days or weeks.
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Why Japan Counts 72 Microseasons
Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for eating, gathering and celebrating.
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A New Book About Baking Bread Is Only Sort of About Bread
“Existential Bread,” a book by the poet and amateur baker Jim Franks, is only sort of about bread.
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‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Let Yourself Rage With Poet Laureate Ada Limón
Limón has been on a mission to help Americans experience the full range of human emotion.
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‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Let Yourself Rage With Ada Limón
Limón has been on a mission to help Americans experience the full range of human emotion.
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Three Poets: The Tale of Gerd, Carl & Allen
Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about how they had met in a psychiatric hospital.
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Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96
An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.
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Venice in Winter, With a Poet as Our Guide
A writer and his daughter wander the ancient city at night, inspired by Joseph Brodsky, the Russian writer who loved the city in its cold, quiet season.
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At the Cloisters, Sor Juana’s Words Ring Out in Song
The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade around the Cloisters.