9 Best Articles in 2020
The New Yorker
Introducing the New Yorker Poetry Bot
The New Yorker
2 min read · 16 saves · From 2017 · A new way to discover, read, listen to and share poetry from the magazine’s archive.
In Books
TIME
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2019
TIME
112 saves · 2019-11-14 · Introducing this year’s best fiction, nonfiction and poetry
In Space
The Paris Review
Comics as Poetry
The Paris Review
7 min read · 20 saves · Jan 30th · Ivan Brunetti · Ivan Brunetti on Lynda Barry, and all the things that can happen in the space of four panels.
In Startups
New York Magazine
How to Major in Unicorn
New York Magazine
~16 min read · 189 saves · 2019-09-04 · Many of the 1,700 freshmen arriving in Palo Alto this September didn’t come for the Romantic poetry but to network, raise capital, and drop…
In Books
The New York Times
Pulitzer Prizes: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists
The New York Times
4 min read · 148 saves · May 4th · Here are the 2020 contenders for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, history and biography.
Splinter
A poem about Silicon Valley, assembled from Quora questions about Silicon Valley
Splinter
113 saves · 2019-04-28 · Why do so many startups fail? Why are all the hosts on CouchSurfing male? Are we going to be tweeting for the rest of…
Brain Pickings
Shelley on Poetry and the Art of Seeing
Brain Pickings
2 min read · 10 saves · 2019-09-30 · Maria Popova · “Poetry… reproduces the common universe of which we are portions and percipients, and it purges from our inward sight the film of familiarity which…
github.com
python-poetry/poetry
github.com
10 saves · 2019-12-13 · Python dependency management and packaging made easy. - python-poetry/poetry
Electric Literature
31 Poets Recommend 31 Poetry Books to Read Every Day in August
Electric Literature
~19 min read · 12 saves · 2019-08-01 · Poet Nicole Sealey challenges you to read one poetry book a day this month, and Ocean Vuong, Hanif Abdurraqib, and others are here to…
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In Books
Literary Hub
Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry
Literary Hub
2 min read · 21 saves · Oct 21st · Poetry is like a child in many ways: it grows and grows adding whatever is needed: teeth, longer legs, a mind that discriminates. Or…
In Books
The New Yorker
The 2020 National Book Awards Longlist: Poetry
The New Yorker
1 min read · 44 saves · Sep 17th · Many of this year’s contenders observe the violence of empire and excavate histories that have been forgotten or erased.
Brain Pickings
Emily Dickinson’s Revolutionary and Reclusive Life, in a Lyrical Picture-Book from the Lacuna Between Fact and Myth
Brain Pickings
3 min read · 18 saves · Oct 5th · Maria Popova · …and one of the loveliest definitions of what poetry is.
Guardian Books
TS Eliot prize unveils 'unsettling, captivating' shortlist
Guardian Books
2 min read · 18 saves · Oct 15th · Alison Flood · Judges say the 10 poetry collections nominated for £25,000 award are ‘as urgent as they are artful’
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The New York Review of Books
The Language of Poetry
The New York Review of Books
~17 min read · 17 saves · Mar 4th · 1. Poetry is often regarded as a mystery, and in some respects it is one. No one is quite sure where poetry comes from,…
The Verge
Tastemaker
The Verge
~16 min read · 96 saves · From 2017 · In the ‘90s, Aby Ngana Diop was the queen of taasu, a practice of ritual poetry performed by female griots in Senegal. Diop’s distinctive…
Aeon+Psyche
How ancient poetry can revitalise our erotic imaginations
Aeon+Psyche
10 min read · 25 saves · 2019-08-20 · Why the ancient erotic poems of Sappho and Wallada bint al-Mustakfi are far more stimulating than modern pornography
In Books
Literary Hub
Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry
Literary Hub
2 min read · 21 saves · Oct 21st · Poetry is like a child in many ways: it grows and grows adding whatever is needed: teeth, longer legs, a mind that discriminates. Or…
Oliver Reichenstein
Computer Poetry
Oliver Reichenstein
7 min read · 10 saves · From 2018 · The magic and wonder unfolding when I read a Hölderlin poem from 214 years ago is that it makes me feel like a sensitive…
Nature
Feeling stuck? Close your laptop, stop your field measurements and write a poem
Nature
3 min read · 14 saves · 2019-09-27 · Sam Illingworth · Sam Illingworth explains how poetry can help to communicate and celebrate your science.
Timothy McSweeney
Famous Lines of Poetry Revised for the Age of Coronavirus
Timothy McSweeney
2 min read · 20 saves · Mar 18th · Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled. Duh. - - -He was my North, my South,…
Guardian Books
When Milton met Shakespeare: poet's notes on Bard appear to have been found
Guardian Books
3 min read · 52 saves · 2019-09-16 · Alison Flood · Hailed as one of the most significant archival discoveries of modern times, text seems to show the Paradise Lost poet making careful annotations on…
Brain Pickings
Subjectifying the Universe: Ursula K. Le Guin on Science and Poetry as Complementary Modes of Comprehending and…
Brain Pickings
4 min read · 15 saves · From 2018 · “Science describes accurately from outside, poetry describes accurately from inside. Science explicates, poetry implicates. Both celebrate what they describe.”
