A Poet's World

Lord Byron’s letters reveal the real queer love and loss that inspired his poetry

His queer grief was unvoiced and committed to paper with changed pronouns and pseudonyms. It was a grief which couldn’t truly speak its name.

Sam Hirst, The Conversation
· Apr 21, 2024 · 05:30 pm
The nature of the poetic: A hesitant tango between the erstwhile and the unfolding of the immediate

Publisher-poet Naveen Kishore on what makes poetry what it is.

Naveen Kishore
· Feb 12, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Louise Glück (1943-2023) honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak from beyond the grave

‘I look for archetypal experience, and I assume that my struggles and joys are not unique,’ the 2020 Nobel laureate said about her writings.

Amy Cannon, The Conversation
· Oct 28, 2023 · 05:30 pm

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