Ars Technica

Help Explain Poetry to a Geek.

Situation: College Senior. Trying to fill up last english requirement. Student is a guitarist who sucks at writing lyrics. Saw a poetry class and figured, "what the hell, this should ...
The New York Times

The History of Poetry, From the Bronze Age to A.I., in a Single Poem

With “Context Collapse,” Ryan Ruby aims to explain poetry’s origins and its waves of innovation all the way to the present. By Daisy Fried Daisy Fried’s most recent book is “The Year the City Emptied, ...
FOX13 Memphis

Child writes poem explaining what it's like to live with autism

For kids dealing with autism, life can be confusing and difficult. A 10-year-old boy who has Aspergers syndrome has written a poem that shines a light on the struggles he faces every day. Benjamin ...
Chicago Reader

Gavagai is hard to explain, but thanks to a combination of poetry and camerawork, easy to feel

The title of Gavagai, an internationally coproduced art film playing this week at Facets Cinémathèque, refers to a word in a made-up language invented by American philosopher W.V. Quine in his thesis ...