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Generations of Palestinian writers and poets have expressed their feelings of grief and loss.
A new poetry collection takes falling as its unifying theme, but the contents suggest something more horizontal and glitchy.
Sarah Holland-Batt becomes the second poet in a row to win The Stella Prize. The Jaguar is an extension of her activism against human rights abuses in aged care in Australia.
John Tranter’s poetry was defined by his relentless desire to experiment.
Davy’s famous lectures on the animating power of electricity may have inspired a young Mary Shelley as she came up with the idea for Frankenstein.
Peatlands have always had a place in art, writing and poetry. In times of global warming these cultural reflections can help open up debate about the biodiversity and climate crisis.
Many established poets published lockdown poems offering their perspective on the power of poetry to make sense of the pandemic.
Before Swifties or the Beyhive, there were Byromaniacs – fans of the poet Lord Byron.
Here, possibly four centuries before women are given a significant voice in heroic poetry in Germany and Scandinavia, a queen speaks out in an English version of a Gothic story.
A photo beamed via a satellite from a smartphone is never the same as the description of a place the lover must try hard to imagine.
The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people.
February 11 marks 60 years since Sylvia Plath’s death. Plath remains one of the great poets of depression, but also wrote on motherhood.
Sylvia Plath left behind a complicated legacy. Contemporary writers influenced by her work must juggle inspiration with some problematic imagery – as a poetry expert explains.
The concept of a national poet laureate has a long history. The establishment of an official Australian position represents an unmissable opportunity.
The detailed ledger will help historians reconstruct the poet’s beloved farm as it was when he and his family first lived in it.
The idea that human activity threatens nature, and that it is important to protect wild places, dates back to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.
‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ is now a treasured Christmas classic, but it didn’t start life that way – not in the UK, at least.
As opponents of the Whitehaven Colliery protest, an expert on the cultural history of British landscapes revisits an 18th-century poem that reminds us of the town’s industrious spirit.
Using poetry to explore climate change can empower and inspire people to act and make a difference.
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, RMIT University
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Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Reader in Creative Writing, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Reader, University of East London
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PhD candidate, Swansea University
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Professor of English Literature, Aberystwyth University
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Emeritus Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University
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Professor of English, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor, Department of Learning and Teaching Enhancement, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor in Australian Literature and Writing, The University of Queensland
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University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
