It's one of those poems people reach for in times when it feels like the sky is falling. It's also generally regarded as one of the great poems of the 20th century. "September 1, 1939," as its title ...
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Dothan Houston County Library Director Chris Warren joined News4 This Morning to tell us about the newest Chapter Chat pick. April is National Poetry Month, so this month’s pick ...
Peter Ackroyd, novelist and literary biographer, perhaps most famous for his work on William Blake, has now turned his eye ...
He was hardly the only famous poet of his blazing, far-flung generation. But he was the one most dogged by disputes over the nature and authenticity of his talent. Even among admirers, there was ample ...
There was a time when every able schoolchild in American memorized poems -- which is perhaps why the very word "memorization," for many, conjures unhappy images of 1950s schoolrooms where glassy-eyed ...
When a new Poet Laureate had to be chosen in 1972, WH Auden was widely seen as the obvious choice. Many academics regarded Auden – known for works including September 1, 1939, and Stop All The Clocks, ...
At the risk of being pegged as an academic Auden shill, I’m always happy to talk about this amazing, challenging, maddening, endearing, crucial poet, and I’m delighted to be toasting his birthday with ...
The republication of W.H. Auden’s poetry collection, The Shield of Achilles, reminds us that Auden belongs in the hall of great Christian writers, not with the Left. As with Auden’s other collections, ...
How China caught the science fiction bug: “One afternoon in June 1999, more than three million Chinese schoolchildren took their seats for the Gaokao, the country’s national college entrance exam.
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