Articles of Note

Philip Kelley has spent more than 50 years editing the correspondence – 11,601 letters – of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. But don't call him a scholar... more »

New Books

The pianist and composer Béla Bartók found his sound – tonal, atonal, unorthodox – in the folk music of Hungary, Romania, and nearby nations... more »

Essays & Opinions

Poetry has always been about myth, and the boom in poetry about celebrities can be seen as ridiculous, or deeply rooted, or both. Consider “Love Letter to Flavor Flav”... more »