Poets
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This book studies the life of 16th-century poet Jan Gopal and his seminal work ‘Dadu Janma Lila’
David N Lorenzen Purushottam Agrawal
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Ten years after Seamus Heaney’s death, the generosity and warmth of his rich poetic voice endures
Fran Brearton, The Conversation
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Poetry on campus: Verses by two poets about the sights around their universities
Nikita Parik Namrata Pathak
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‘A Time to Change’: How Nissim Ezekiel became the pioneer of a new era of English poetry in India
Nikhil Govind
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Reflections on poetry and a ‘quiet friendship’ with the award winning poet Jayanta Mahapatra
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
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World Poetry Day: A new anthology of Indian poets writing in English is on its way
Jeet Thayil
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‘I read about war to avoid this thing called peace’: Six poems from Sridala Swami’s new books
Sridala Swami
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Meet the mystic poets from subcontinental history: Baba Farid, the Sufi face of Islam
Pavitra Mohan
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‘What does it mean to be born in a graveyard?’: Three poems from Tishani Doshi’s new book of poetry
Tishani Doshi
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How the poetry of Anamika, winner of the Hindi Sahitya Akademi award for 2020, challenges patriarchy
Rekha Sethi
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Why we need poet John Keats’s concept of suspending judgment in today’s polarised world
Richard Gunderman, The Conversation
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Poet Langston Hughes enjoyed international stardom but never felt at home in America
Jason Miller, The Conversation
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‘Beloved Delhi’: This book explores how Dilli became the city of poets, and of Urdu
Saif Mahmood
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Halfway through National Poetry Month, here are some #NaPoWriMo poets from India worth following
Rohini Kejriwal
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Starting with ‘sex pest’ Robert Burns, many poets have behaved in ways they should be called out for
Daniel Cook, The Conversation
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Expect the unexpected: Indian poets list their best reads from the year gone by
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Five poets join a chapbook movement to put more poetry in the hands of people
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Why Bengaluru is getting a poetry festival (and why poets do that thing they do)
Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury