Tag: poetry
Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry, poverty, and a Pulitzer prize What Brooks taught the world about the beauty of community and being a black woman in America Gwendolyn Brooks…
Oscar Wilde: Poetry and aesthetics Take a closer look at the Irish playwright’s life and the fashionable, indulgent myth he built up around himself
Episode 4 is a real treat because we’re discussing a feminist icon, a Mexican legend, a religious prodigy, and one of the most loved female…
They say progress is happinessWell how did it feelTo crumple your checklist of firstsAnd leave it on my couch Accomplished? Ecstatic?Motivated for what’s next?It’s a…
Your body is some artful mix of Grecian marble, sun-drenched canvas, and a palette of a life well lived. You belong in a museum where…
When most people hear Beat Generation, a few big names rise to the surface of their brains. Kerouac, Ginsberg, Corso. But one name sometimes gets…
Rainer Maria Rilke is a poet who is beloved and celebrated for his work by artists everywhere. Better known for an inspiring collection of letters…
On this, the inaugural episode of the tiff loves words podcast, we dive into a piece by America’s transcendentalist darling, Walt Whitman. To understand the…
Blood, sweat and steel Twisting metal to form Two perfect lines The same hammer shaped them; Pounding out imperfections and Inspiring character Wood splintered between…