Even the previously uncollected work in “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” shows a master craftsman in full control of his powers. Seamus Heaney’s ambition as an artist was balanced by a cool sense of ...

Seamus Heaney was a visionary bulwark against small-mindedness. When the Irish poet died suddenly in 2013, at age 74, a benign literary presence was robbed from us. The posthumous publication of his ...

Our columnist on the books that wowed her this year. By Sarah Weinman Our critic A.O. Scott feels the heat of a wintry lyric by the Nobel laureate Louise Glück. By A.O. Scott Writing under a pseudonym ...

Patricia Smith, a Princeton professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, has received a National Book Award, the 2025 award for poetry, for “The Intentions of Thunder: New and ...

Yes, I know my mind is a fickle little bee doting on a thousand thoughts, but I’m getting better at chasing my mind back to the moment so I can see the spiderwebs making hammocks the color of the moon ...

A good love poem is hard to do; finding one is a reader’s thrill. I’ve liked this poem by Scotland’s first Makar, Edwin Morgan (1920-2010), for a while now, though I suppose there’s something about ...

One of my favorite holiday traditions is getting comfy, grabbing my favorite holiday drink and treat, and settling down with a stack of the best Christmas novels, new and old. Is there anything cozier ...

The books that moved and delighted us, sparked conversations, and opened our minds All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert The Antidote by Karen Russell ...