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Wars, the persecution of heretics, the whole centuries-long history of Spain as the Islamic realm of Al-Andalus, the Chanson de Roland : t...

This just in from ace reporter Conner Stratman, who surveys the Chicago poetry scene over at THEthe Poetry : Lake Forest College is als...

Peter O'Leary, Robert Archambeau, Vincent Sherry and Joe Donahue, Louisville, Feb. 2012 (photo credit Mark Scroggins) Yesterday, ...

The motorcade has already pulled up outside Stately Archambeau Manor, the engines of the limousines and auxiliary support vehicles purring...

Back in 1998, it still seemed marginally plausible to believe that much of the grand expanse of American poetry could be divided into tw...

Since the death of  Wisława  Szymborska  a week ago, the Nobel-winning Polish poet has been memorialized countless times.  Generally, th...