A sentence is like a tune. A memorable sentence gives its emotion a melodic shape. You want to hear it again, say it—in a way, to hum it to yourself. You desire, if only in the sound studio of your ...

Much contemporary poetry billed as experimental prioritizes literary devices over raw emotions. In A Tibetan Grammar, translated from the French by Keith Waldrop, poet Bénédicte Vilgrain undermines ...

16 years after enjoying a high school literary education rich in poetry, I am a literature teacher who barely teaches it. So far this year, my 12th grade literature students have read nearly 200,000 ...