For recently published author Peter Hoffman, it all began with ferrets. As a child, he would linger in pet stores, watching the ferrets scramble around. He had even created his own comic strip ...

Each month, we publish an original poem, written in response to a work of contemporary art. This month, poet Tishani Doshi ...

The Wall Street Journal examines the poem, "Only Child," by Billy Collins, from his new book, "The Rain in Portugal" (Random House, Oct. 4). Below the poem, Collins describes his inspiration for the ...

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George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. Isabella Cotier By ...

Maya Angelou’s legacy goes beyond the body of work she shared with the world during her lifetime. Her legacy as one of the greatest writers of all time also embodies the ability she had to hold on to ...

Here, for this season of school and football–and also of terror–is Rosanna Warren's poem, "Child's Room in Autumn:" The scene is about order, the maple tree a conflagration trapped in the rectangle of ...

Happy holidays, and happy reading! All That We Ask of You Is to Always Be Happy by Bridget Bell (Cavankerry) If there has ever been a book of poetry that addresses postpartum depression as directly as ...

A new anthology highlights the charms and drawbacks of very brief verse. By Elisa Gabbert I remember where I was when I first read two short poems. One, Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me” (“you fit ...