“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Let’s talk about love. That’s what the people in this ...

English is a tricky language to learn. Native speakers may take this for granted, failing to realize how intricate-and inconsistent-many of its pronunciation rules are. For instance, why do heart, ...

A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. In a nod to the start of National Poetry Month, this week’s literary ...

Five years after writing his memoir, Matthew McConaughey is debuting a new book, 'Poetry & Prayers,' "I swore to myself a long time ago, never become a cynic," McConaughey tells PEOPLE ...

If algorithms are getting good at writing poetry, it’s partially because poetry was always an algorithmic business. In 1950, computer scientist Alan Turing famously proposed what we now call the ...