The Intimate, Luminous Poems Found in Iris Murdoch’s Attic

Iris Murdoch, the formidable Irish and British novelist and philosopher, died in 1999. Since then, the Murdoch industry has churned. We’ve had three memoirs about her from her husband, John Bayley ...

The poet laureate with a bold plan to get Boyle Heights students into the woods — and on the stage

Through 'Feng Shui Poetry in the Parks,' launched by West Hollywood's poet laureate and nurtured by a local English teacher, Boyle Heights students visit nature throughout the city to write poetry.

Meet ‘The Baroness’—the world’s longest wild snake

Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...

A century later, three literary classics go head-to-head

Pooh against Hughes and Hemingway. The 1926 event will be hosted by the Associates of the Boston Public Library as a hybrid ...
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USF student reflects on Black History Month through poetry

Reginald Condry wrote the poem “We Shall Win the Race” in February 1982 in honor of the struggles of Black people at just 17 ...