'I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Denise Truscello/Getty; Penguin Random House Maria Shriver’s first foray into poetry is ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Karan Singh Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, ...

Poetry can be a form of self-care. Poets such as Fariha Róisín, Yrsa Daley-Ward, and even Lana Del Rey have all touched on the healing power of the art form. Over the course of the pandemic, actress ...

Kristie Frederick Daugherty, a professor, compiled a book of poems inspired by Taylor Swift's songs. The book, "Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift," features works by ...

For all the would-be wordsmiths out there, I've got nine books to read if you want to write poetry but don't know where to start. Pull out your favorite journal or note-taking app now and jot down a ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Five years after penning his memoir, Matthew McConaughey is debuting a new book, 'Poetry & Prayers' Andrea Mandell is the Senior Editor ...

Editor’s Note Naomi Shihab Nye was Poetry Editor at the Texas Observer for the past 28 years. A sixth-grader wearing a yellow floral dress waved me down, then sidled up to my car window in Albany, ...

Matthew McConaughey has recently revealed the real reason behind writing his poetry book, Poetry & Poems. The Interstellar actor recalled winning first poetry contest in his seventh grade but the ...

One of the highlights of my first three years as a literature professor at MIT—and indeed, of my 15-year career as an educator—has been the recent discovery that some of my students, past and present, ...

“Poetry leaves something out,” our columnist Elisa Gabbert says. But that’s hardly the extent of it. By Elisa Gabbert I once heard a student say poetry is language that’s “coherent enough.” I love a ...