Tag: Poetry and Poets
Below an Israeli City, a Musical Harmony Belies the Tensions Above Ground
RAMLA, Israel — In a subterranean reservoir, underneath the Israeli city of Ramla, the stone walls echo with…
Words of War: A Literary Lifeline for the Battlefield
Even the newest of correspondents knows not to go into a war zone without the right training, the…
Leïla Slimani on How to Read Your Way Through Paris
This is the first story in a new series exploring the world through books. We’ve asked some of…
‘Benediction’ Review: A Poet’s Life, in Love and War
Since his first feature, “Distant Voices, Still Lives” in 1988, the British writer and director Terence Davies has…
Amanda Gorman Poem: Hymn for the Hurting
Everything hurts,Our hearts shadowed and strange,Minds made muddied and mute.We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.And yet none of…
For a Ukrainian Poet, Putin’s War Is All Too Familiar
LVIV, Ukraine — At 83, no longer a young poet, Ihor Kalynets knows something of life under Russia’s…
Amanda Gorman: Why I Almost Didn’t Read My Poem at the Inauguration
It’s told like this: Amanda Gorman performed at the inauguration, and the rest is history.The truth is I…