Fred Lerdahl proposes a theory of the sounds of poetry conceived in musical terms.

China’s game industry has been defined as a “cultural medium of the new era” that carries forward li-yue-shi-shu ...

I have a form of time–space synesthesia, so the new year arrives for me in a very physical way. I feel myself move around the ...

A melancholy December vision in Liverpool invokes a Dickensian ghost with more worldly but still warm realism Down on the canal on Christmas Day Down on the canal on Christmas Day a man walks towards ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

From daring contemporary collections to the long-awaited definitive edition from one of the major poets of the 20th century, this is our pick of the best poetry books of the year. Whether you’re a ...

From Seamus Heaney’s collected poems and Simon Armitage’s animal spirits, to prizewinners Karen Solie and Vidyan Ravinthiran Many of 2025’s most notable collections have been powered by a spirit of ...

As I have every year since 2014, in 2025 I set aside a couple of months to peruse the year’s books of poetry — at least those books I had on hand. In the past, I’ve titled my annual roundup — one ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wellwater by Karen Solie (Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and a joint ...

Last year, Joan Baez published her first-ever collection of poetry, When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance, expressing her thoughts on personal and family life and some of her music peers. But a few ...

The ruling flatly rejected a Florida woman's allegations, which Swift's company had called "frivolous and entirely baseless." By Bill Donahue A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming Taylor ...