poetry
John Keats – A Revolutionary Romantic
February 11, 2021John Keats is one of the greatest writers in English. His revolutionary vision reaches far into the future.
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Forgetting in the land of poets and bones: Spain’s ‘Desmemoria’
January 21, 2021"Our shared task is to promote the discourse of human rights to guarantee our future.”
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Poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’
January 20, 2021It was an extraordinary task for Gorman, the youngest by far of the poets who have read at presidential inaugurations.
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A new year poem for Latin America, ‘La Paciente’
January 4, 2021Latin America lies on a hospital gurney after yet another amputation...
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Brazilian poet diplomat Vinícius de Moraes and ‘The Worker in Construction’
December 11, 2020The year 2020 marked 40 years of farewell to the poet Vinícius de Moraes.
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