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Queerdom, an exhibition of photography and poetry, presents a history of queer and trans performance in Sydney that challenges recent narratives about queer life in Australia.
Poets and scientists don't occupy separate poles in the quest to understand the universe. In many ways, they sing from the same hymn sheet.
Walt Whitman is perhaps America's most admired poet. His work, now praised for its themes of equality and democracy, was once shunned for its experimental verse and discussion of sexuality.
Les Murray's signature style was a potent mix of ordinary language, specialist vocabulary, and eccentric syntax. His poetry made us see things anew.
An anthology of Victorian women poets is a window into their thoughts and feelings during the first world war.
Hidden behind a photograph of the author about to dive into the sea, the new poems give is a picture of a young writer beginning to test out her ideas.
From speaking out over domestic abuse in medieval times to telling the realities of war, these female poets present a very different version of Welsh life.
A consideration of Cuban poet Nancy Morejón's engagement with Keorapetse Kgositsile and her visits to South Africa -- shed new light on her poetic practice.
The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley believed that we can exercise our moral imagination 'in the same manner as exercise strengthens a limb'. Here, then, are some tips for fostering empathy through art.
Future Sounds: Listening to Lynette Roberts, the forgotten Welsh poet.
Persecuted by Stalin, writers Lydia Chukovskaya and Anna Akhmatova endured threats, cold and starvation. And in an epic feat, Lydia memorised the poems of her friend that were too dangerous to commit to paper.
Writerly acts of confession are garish, they are vulgar and dazzling, but they are the only form of disobedience at many a woman writer’s disposal.
After Shakespeare and Laozi, Kahlil Gibran is the highest selling poet ever, largely thanks to The Prophet, a set of 26 prose poems.
Shakespeare’s first reputation was as a poet, and particularly as a sex poet. He would later incorporate his bawdy inclinations into his most famous plays.
In a time when women were expected to be silent, no topic was off limits for Pulter, who penned verses about politics, science and loss. Her manuscript was just published in a free digital archive.
During First World War, the rhetoric of chivalry counteracted the inhumanity of the conflict in sometimes surprising ways.
Dylan Thomas's early short stories were shocking, obscene, and a sign of things to come
Malouf's late return to poetry seems to bring him back in a new way to steadying poems that do justice to the open gaze, the sly wit, the swift imagination and the poise he has in spades.
Take the time to engage with poetry on your own terms.
Top contributors
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Emeritus 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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PhD Researcher in Welsh Poetry, Swansea University
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Associate Professor in Australian Literature and Writing, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer of English, University of Liverpool
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Principal Lecturer in Creative Writing, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor in Australian Literature, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of English, Virginia Tech
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Post-doctoral researcher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Alice Gorman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Sydney City Poet, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas
