October 24, 2014
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño thrust these poets into the mainstream, but who were they really?
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The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño thrust these poets into the mainstream, but who were they really?
Read MoreFifty-nine years ago today, Ginsberg performed his seminal poem for the first time, marking the public debut of the Beats.
Read MoreOne of the 20th century’s major poets provides keen insight into proper feline monikers.
Read More179 years ago today, it was OK to marry your underage first cousin — and Poe did exactly that with Virginia Eliza Clemm.
Read MoreDenise Levertov teaches an aspiring poet that it’s more important to know how to live than to know how to write.
Read MoreRhinozeros, a literary magazine from the early ‘60s which published only 10 issues, introduced Germany to some of America’s greatest poets.
Read MoreUruguayan fiction writer, poet and playwright Quiroga was a master of the bizarre but also an ancestor of the magical realists.
Read MoreConsidering his revelry in poetry, sex and rebellion, you might assume that Charles Baudelaire was a man of the political left … but you’d be wrong.
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