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  1. best of 2023
    The Best Books of 2023Ten authors whose original ideas challenged our preconceived notions of the world.
    By Maris Kreizman
  2. stan print media
    Drake Announces New Album to Accompany Titles Ruin Everything Poetry BookFor All the Dogs drops September 22.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  3. rapper laureate
    Aubrey Graham, Poet, Worries He’s Still Just 14 and High“Maybe I’m in some coma.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  4. we the best review of books
    DJ Khaled Reviews Drake’s Poetry Book: ‘He Wrote a Sentence!’“The boy’s special now.”
    By Justin Curto
  5. profile
    Jorie Graham’s Late WorkHow the poet — living with cancer, reeling from her mother’s death, and isolated on an island — wrote one of the finest books of her long career.
    By Kerry Howley
  6. a work of contradictions
    Marilyn Monroe’s Truth Was in Her PoetryAlong with her fears and perfectionism, Monroe’s poetry reveals a hard-won resilience and self-actualization — all left off the screen in Blonde.
    By Marya E. Gates
  7. rip
    Paul Sorvino, GoodFellas and Dick Tracy Actor, Dead at 83Known for acting as a mob boss in GoodFellas, Sorvino also loved his family, poetry, and opera.
    By Jason P. Frank
  8. brave
    Thanks, NancyShe read a poem.
    By Rebecca Alter
  9. the industry
    Grammys to Recognize Songwriters, ‘Social Changers,’ and Spoken-Word PoetsCongrats to all the spoken-word-poetry songwriters for social change out there.
    By Justin Curto
  10. the group portrait
    Not Your Father’s Paris ReviewThe storied magazine has a new editor, a new staff, and a new vibe.
    By Apoorva Tadepalli
  11. ☘️
    Nancy Pelosi Outdoes Herself, Introduces Riverdance“What, you like that, father?”
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  12. vulture recommends
    Close Your Eyes and Listen to Poetry UnboundPodcast host Pádraig Ó Tuama wants to take you to a higher plane.
    By David Gardner
  13. can a dog be twins?
    Patricia Lockwood’s Infinite ScrollThe Twitter-famous poet’s first novel, No One Is Talking About This, moves between the body in space and the mind online.
    By Joanne McNeil
  14. super bowl lv
    Watch Amanda Gorman Recite a New Poem Honoring Pandemic Heroes at Super Bowl LVThe 22-year-old poet was commissioned to write a new work for the event.
    By Rebecca Alter
  15. book excerpt
    ‘I Miss the Simple Things’Quarantine poems from Catherine Cohen.
    By Catherine Cohen
  16. vulture sports
    Amanda Gorman Will Grace Us With a Poem at Super Bowl LVThe inaugural poet has been tapped to write and recite a poem honoring pandemic heroes.
    By Zoe Haylock
  17. inauguration day
    Watch Amanda Gorman’s Historic Poetry Reading at the Biden Inauguration“But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  18. awards
    Poet Louise Glück Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature“For her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  19. in memoriam
    Letitia Wright Pens Spoken Word Eulogy for Black Panther Costar Chadwick Boseman“Every time I saw you, the world would be a better place.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  20. the inside track
    Lana Del Rey Can’t See Past Herself on ‘Paradise Is Very Fragile’Del Rey attempts to continue the conversation from Norman F- - -ing Rockwell.
    By Justin Curto
  21. calling 911 on the culture
    The 9 Most Lana Lines on Lana Del Rey’s Violet Bent Backwards Over the GrassDrink every time she mentions Long Beach.
    By Justin Curto
  22. books
    Lana Del Rey’s Spoken Word Poetry Audiobook Is OutViolet Bent Backwards Over the Grass features music from Jack Antonoff.
    By Zoe Haylock
  23. my book of poetry is dropping
    Future Best-selling Author Halsey to Release Poetry CollectionThe poems will tackle sexuality, relationships, mental illness, and more.
    By Zoe Haylock
  24. snaps
    Lana Del Rey Shares Details of Audiobook, Violet Bent Backwards Over the GrassBreak out your berets and/or flower crowns!
    By Charu Sinha
  25. poetry
    Lana Del Rey Is Releasing a ‘Gritty’ Spoken-Word Album in 2020Half of proceeds will go to Native American organizations.
    By Bethy Squires
  26. emergency discussion
    All Hail Dickinson, a TV Show Made Specifically for Literary WeirdosWe feel like we’re being trolled.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk and Jackson McHenry
  27. history lesson
    Emily Dickinson Didn’t Really Get High on Opium at a House Party, Right?It’s doubtful, but we asked a Dickinson scholar just to be sure.
    By Rachel Handler
  28. deaths
    Literary Critic Harold Bloom Dead at 89He taught his last class at Yale last week.
    By Charu Sinha
  29. national book awards
    Here Are Your 2019 National Book Awards FinalistsFeaturing Marlon James, Susan Choi, and more.
    By Justin Curto
  30. glenn close hive
    Glenn Close Is Finally Ready to Read You Her Notre-Dame StoryShe has successfully uploaded it to Instagram.
    By Hunter Harris
  31. kids these days
    For the Country’s Best Teen Poets, Poetry Is ActivismHonorees of the National Student Poets Program, threatened under Trump, fight for the personal and political power of verse.
    By John Maher
  32. one grand books
    Author Sjón’s 10 Favorite BooksIsak Dinesen, Mikhail Bulgakov, and more.
    By Sjón
  33. in memoriam
    How Mary Oliver’s Biographer Finally Met the Legendary PoetOliver, who died yesterday, connected with people “on the page,” and Lindsay Whalen was no exception.
    By Lindsay Whalen
  34. poetry
    New Year, New Verse: 4 Poetry Collections That Change the WorldPoems about addiction, war, tokenism, regret, forgiveness, and Republicans.
    By Jonathan Russell Clark
  35. year in culture 2018
    9 Books of Poems That Prove 2018 Was a Fantastic Year — at Least for Poetry.Including two rediscovered classics, a brilliant song of Trump-era outrage, and a transgender scholar’s reworking of Middle English.
    By Meghan O’Rourke and Meghan O'Rourke
  36. appropriation
    New Plagiarism Accusations Spark a Twitter Debate on ‘After’ PoemsAnother poet accused of theft — or is it just a centuries-old form of homage?
    By Kat Rosenfield
  37. plagiarism
    Poetry Twitter Erupts Over a Plagiarist in Their MidstAiley O’Toole was a young poet on the rise, until colleagues found she’d stolen their verse.
    By Kat Rosenfield
  38. sweet irony!
    A Pushcart-Nominated Poet Got a Tattoo of Words She Took From Another PoetOh cruel world! Oh sweet irony!
    By Bethy Squires
  39. exclusive
    Read Nico Tortorella’s Poems on the Penis, the Vagina, and His IdentityExcerpted from Tortorella’s book all of it is you.
  40. last night on late night
    Helen Mirren Reads Stephen Colbert a Poem to Make Him Cry. Will You?Depends on where you’re at with the whole mortality thing, probably.
    By Halle Kiefer
  41. verse
    Vogue Seems to Have Accidentally Published Taylor Swift’s Tumblr PoetrySnaps.
    By Jackson McHenry
  42. last night on late night
    Cole Sprouse Reads a Childhood Poem He Wrote His Mom About, of Course, StabbingIt’s very sweet, except for the stabbing.
    By Halle Kiefer
  43. Listening to John AshberyHis death marks a real historical threshold, the passing away of the generation of writers who turned modernism into a tradition.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  44. r.i.p.
    John Ashbery, Celebrated and Influential Poet, Dead at 90Ashbery received many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize.
    By Tolly Wright
  45. npr tiny desk
    Chance the Rapper Wrote a Poem for His Emotional Tiny Desk Concert DebutIt’s called “The Other Side.”
    By Dee Lockett
  46. poetic justice
    Ethan Coen Wants to Be Poet Laureate in Recognition of Poetic Musings on TrumpAlas, his plea is in prose.
    By Karen Brill
  47. modern discourse
    Sherlock Co-Creator Slams Critics With Poem“In shooting down pygmies and Hounds from hell / Did Sherlock on Victorian niceties dwell?”
    By Devon Ivie
  48. boys don’t cry
    Read Frank Ocean’s ‘Boyfriend’ Poem“I could say that I’m happy they let me and my boyfriend become married.”
    By Dee Lockett
  49. exclusive
    Hear a New Jeff Tweedy Song, Based on a Poem by Carl Sandburg“Theme in Yellow” comes from David Nagler’s Chicago Poems project.
    By Nate Jones
  50. poetry
    Alice Walker Wrote a Poem About Jesse Williams and His Powerful BET SpeechShe really liked his speech.
    By Kit Steinkellner
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