In the face of unprecedented assaults on planet Earth, what good is poetry?
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Anya saw the world in colors.
How Christian was Meister Eckhart?
The eccentric preacher's ideas hover between God's absolute otherness and God's self-revelation in Christ.
Tracy K. Smith’s lovely, unflinching poems
Smith is acutely aware of injustice and violence—and remarkably hopeful about the possibility of reconciliation.
Christian Wiman and the poetry of joy
In this anthology of poems selected by Wiman, joy comes in modest and unlikely guise.
National Poetry Month is over, but there's plenty of good poetry to get us through the next 11 months.
Sydney Lea's poetry of memory
After many years looking at life in all its idiosyncrasies, Lea offers his 12th collection. It's intimate and authentic.
Poetry grounded in place
Paul Willis's poems reveals epiphanies in the midst of everyday life.
In these troubling times, we asked some of our favorite writers to tell us about books (and other things) that bring hope and healing.
Tales of different lands
Literature and film from England, Hungary, Japan, and Korea