For the students in Sanaz Toossi’s dramedy about mother tongues and other tongues, the world’s lingua franca is not exactly free.

Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my belief that his work is of the level that would be befitting of a Nobel Prize ...

The winner of the 2017 PEN Pinter Prize on how poets have responded to the horrors of civil war  – and why the peace process is far from over.

"We were none of us in the front line." Longley and Heaney had attended some of the civil rights marches in the late 1960s.

Being good is for everyone. We are all good now that “You’re all good” has replaced both the Commonwealth “No worries” and ...

Jean Toomer’s poetry is a treasure trove of insight, emotion, and artistry. His ability to blend modernist techniques with ...