Poetry is likely our oldest linguistic art form, predating even the invention of writing — the first poems were recited and chanted as part of the oral tradition. It has been practiced for millennia ...

“Thought begins in disagreement, the terms of which demand to be articulated.” Robert Hass’s “A Little Book on Form: An Exploration Into the Formal Imagination of Poetry” is full of pithy, eloquently ...

In Ruth Ozeki's "The Book and Form and Emptiness" (Viking, 560 pp., ★★★★ out of four, out Tuesday), 13-year-old Benny Oh hears voices. When a sparrow strikes a window in his classroom, the other ...

The Saddest Thing Is That I Have Had to Use Words, edited by Lucy Ives (Siglio Press) Given these factors it is no wonder that the Reversible Destiny project and collaborations with Arakawa have ...