Sonia Sanchez is one of the most powerful voices in American poetry, a literary giant whose work spans decades of activism, ...

The man behind the immensely popular Poetry Unbound podcast discusses the two books he’s publishing this year, early objections to Patrick Kavanagh, and the vitalness of surprise ...

After uncovering a controversy in the captions of Russians at War, Rachel Ho digs into the art of translation.

Jean Toomer was a profound literary voice of the Harlem Renaissance and one of the most enigmatic poets of his time. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1894, Toomer straddled the lines of race, culture, and ...

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

If a large-language model tried to predict what word should follow “quartz,” for example, it might refer ... that are figurative as well as literal,” Spaar said. Spaar has avoided using AI in her ...

The model would sometimes begin “thinking” in Chinese, Persian, or some other language — even when ... and that o1 switching to Chinese is an example of “Chinese linguistic influence ...

If hospitals and the Palestinian condition once served as metaphors for each other, they now belong to the same literal ... If language itself is being annihilated, Joudah’s poems challenge ...

Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic clearance during sleep. Credit: Nadia Alzoubi and Natalie Hauglund, edited Deep sleep doesn’t just rejuvenate your body — it clears your mind ...