John Ashbery is one of the most successful 20th century poets. He has won almost every major American literary award, including the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Ashbery graduated from Harvard ...

The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press was recently awarded a $250,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the curation and stewardship of poetry archives related to ...

Here’s the answer to a hypothetical “Jeopardy” query: “Who are Pablo Neruda and, um…?” And now, the question: “Which modern Latin American poets could an average U.S. reader likely name without using ...

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Dove takes a fresh look at the cannon of 20th-century American poetry in this hefty anthology. Dove by no means seeks to include an example of every kind of poem written ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. During the first wave of the Great Migration (1916-1940), ...

It was, at one time, a striking fact that many of the most prominent and respected poets of the early 20th century were also prolific literary and cultural critics. A century later, the idea of the ...

It makes sense that the Library of America, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to printing authoritative editions of America’s most significant writings, would bring out an anthology of American ...

Researchers are using new technology to restore broken records and bring the voices of poets — silent for most of a century — back to life. Voices Of 20th Century Poets Come Alive Once More Imagine ...