From Mary Jean Chan’s Costa Award-shortlisted collection Flèche
Maria Crawford selects her must-read titles
Artist Stanley Donwood joins nature writer Robert Macfarlane to evoke a haunting coastline
From ‘Beethoven Variations’
From ‘Vertigo & Ghost’
From ‘In Nearby Bushes’
The rapper and poet took a risk by showcasing her new album in its entirety
From his new collection ‘Frolic and Detour’
Poetry written in 50 endangered languages makes an urgent collective call to action
Q&A with the writer on how the whole city of Manchester serves as his mentor and why he’s happiest floating in the ocean
“It's a prodigious accomplishment, and marks the apex of his already superlative career.”
The US poet’s voice is searing, powerful and, even in hopelessness, beautiful
Shall I compare thee to a catastrophe? The nation’s favourites — with a twist
Oxford’s first female professor of poetry steers the reader on a journey with nature’s elements
A collection of poems evokes Goethe’s vision of common humanity across cultural difference
Maria Crawford selects her mid-year reads
A new kind of literary biography relives the ‘year of poetic marvels’ that Wordsworth and Coleridge spent in Somerset
The social platform has proved an ideal forum but algorithms are commoditising Instapoetry
From ‘Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic’
The ‘Bard of Banyah’ who defied political categories
From ‘If They Come For Us’
The city enjoys a long and rich tradition of verse that is also experiencing a modern-day revival
From her latest collection, ‘The Built Moment’
From ‘The Carrying’
A series of poems on the life of St Francis of Assisi is scarce on facts but rich in imagination
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