Sir Humphry Davy used poetry and theatre to bring science to life
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Ahead by a century: The Hip imagines a better future
Good songs are like good poetry. Literature professor Robert Morrison reflects on The Tragically Hip's best song, "Ahead by a Century," and explains the politics of hope within the tune.
How poets revived the story of the last Welsh princess of Wales
It's been 680 years since the last princess of Wales born to reigning monarchs in the country walked the earth.
Writing is the air I breathe: Publishing as an Inuit writer
Inuit poet, scholar and writer Norma Dunning shares her experiences of trying to get published in Canada.
What kind of man was Philip Larkin? Hull retrospective is a fresh look at the poet
He has a memorial in Westminster Abbey, but Philip Larkin is often dismissed for his perceived misogyny and racism. This is a great pity.
Millennial bashing in medieval times
The anxiety that young people are messing things up goes back centuries.
On poetry and pain
There are several ways into the book Shaping the Fractured Self: poetry of chronic illness and pain, edited by Heather Taylor Johnson. And there are many uses it might serve in the multiple worlds of poetry…
What’s in a name? Writing across borders of poetry and music
Bob Dylan said songs are meant to be sung not read, and he has a point. Songs and poems obey different rules.
At home with Emily Dickinson
A Quiet Passion, a film about Emily Dickinson's life, opens in cinemas this week. Dickinson wrote 1789 poems in her lifetime: only ten were published.
What veterans’ poems can teach us about healing on Memorial Day
An Army veteran and professor of rhetoric explores poetry written by veterans about a divisive holiday born of the Civil War.
This is the Place: how a poem gave voice to Manchester’s grief
Manchester united by the power of poetry.
Sylvia Plath: just because she wrote about her life doesn’t mean it’s public property
The poet's letters to her former therapist will be published later this year. How far is this an invasion of her privacy?
Celebrated ‘English’ poet Edward Thomas was one of Wales’ finest writers
Poet Edward Thomas took from the traditions of Wales, and the beauty of the land to describe the horrors of war.
Separation and single parenting: the tribulations of Henry Lawson’s wife
Bertha Lawson alleged that her husband, celebrated poet Henry Lawson, was habitually cruel and drunk.
How World War I sparked the artistic movement that transformed black America
Many associate post-World War I culture with Hemingway and Fitzgerald's Lost Generation. But for black artists, writers and thinkers, the war changed the way they saw their past and their future.
Making poetry their own: The evolution of poetry education
Poetry has been a part of teaching and learning for hundreds of years. But how has poetry education changed? And how are young voices using poetry to express themselves today?
In today’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, echoes of Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’
As the United States bars its gates to newcomers, the 'Aeneid' – a story of war, exile, racial hatred and irrational fears – is particularly resonant.
Book review: Love, loss and madness in The Green Bell
The lovers at the centre of The Green Bell - its author, Paula Keogh, and that passing meteor of Australian poetry, Michael Dransfield - met in the psychiatric unit of Canberra Hospital.
How the Welsh developed their own form of poetry
Welsh poetry has more in common with music than Shakespeare's sonnets or Keats's Romantic verses.
‘At once silent and eloquent’: a glimpse of Pakistani visual poetry
Pakistan's rich visual and poetic culture is expressed every day on walls, rickshaws and buses. As the country struggles to offer solace to its people, they carry its narratives and emotions.
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Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, RMIT University
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Reader, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer of English, University of Liverpool
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PhD Researcher, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in archaeology and space studies, Flinders University
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Sydney City Poet, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Ancient History and Classical Languages, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Law, St George's, University of London
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Executive Director, Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
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Professor of English, University of Newcastle
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Reader in Irish Literature, Oxford Brookes University
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, City, University of London
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