It’s rather startling to read contemporary poetry that rhymes. And Pity the Beautiful: Poems by Dana Gioia is startling in exactly that way, and more. There’s a name for this, of course; we have to give everything a name: The “New Formalism.” It reaches back to a time when most poetry did indeed rhyme, and [...]

Karen Swallow Prior, recently published author of Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me, shares her tips for hosting a successful book launch.

It’s not a new thing for a poet to take common everyday things, the riffraff of our lives, and use them to signify or explain something larger. Glynn Young reviews Stephen Cushman's "Riffraff: Poems" with special attention to the unique ways Cushman makes something of the riffraff.

“Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind / cannot bear very much reality.” Glynn Young recalls his first reading of Four Quartets, which T.S. Eliot wrote over six years, the last three poems during the London Blitz.

Yesterday, we poured a steamy cup of spiced apple cider and a list of our favorite books about poetry. As promised, today we're serving eggnog and sharing our editors' favorite poetry collections of the year.

As sure as you stir your hot apple cider with a stick of cinnamon bark, it's the time of year when the Internet is infused with the spices of year-end list making. Tweetspeak is not one to stand idly by when hot beverages are flowing in abundance, so we asked our team to share their favorite poetry titles.

Glynn Young announces a winner for the free copy of Kristin LeMay's "I Told My Soul to Sing: Finding God with Emily Dickinson."

In "I Told My Soul to Sing: Finding God with Emily Dickinson," Kristin LeMay uses 30 poems to navigate the rocks of belief, prayer, and mortality. LeMay's Dickinson is remarkably human. Glynn Young reviews this new volume and has a giveaway.

"Child Made of Sand" is not the poetry of youth; it is the poetry of wisdom and understanding. Glynn Young reviews Thomas Lux's new collection of poems.

We announce the winner of the giveaway for "Prayers of a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke.

Glynn Young reviews Rainer Maria Rilke's "Prayers of a Young Poet," a wonderfully engaging collection, adding new insight to both the man and his poetry.