The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance
Category: Poetry and Poets
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Gylan Kain, a Founder of the Last Poets and a Progenitor of Rap, Dies at 81
The New York Times – Music:
He spun gripping portraits of the Black experience starting in the 1960s with the seminal Harlem spoken-word collective, lay a foundation for what was to come.
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‘Modern Love Podcast’: Novelist Celeste Ng on the Big Power of Little Things
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The acclaimed author delves into a Modern Love essay about parenting, poetry and persistence.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Why Did I Choose Her?’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Pankaj Udhas, Bollywood Singer and Maestro of the Ghazal, Dies at 72
The New York Times – Music:
His soulful renditions of ghazals, or traditional love poems, were featured on the soundtracks of hit Bollywood movies and moved generations of Indians.
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Poets React to Taylor Swift’s New ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Album
The New York Times – Music:
The title of Taylor Swift’s next album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” spurred strong responses from a typically quiet bunch.
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Toni Stern, Who Wrote Songs With Carole King, Dies at 79
The New York Times – Music:
A sunny California poet, she provided the words to songs on “Tapestry” and other albums, including the enduring hit “It’s Too Late.”
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In a Downtown New York Tradition, Cleansing the New Year With Poetry
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
On the first day of the year, over a thousand devotees passed through the old church where the Poetry Project has held its annual 12-hour marathon for the last half-century.
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Read Your Way Through Utah
The New York Times – Travel:
Utah is a place of paradoxes, full of terrible beauty and complicated history. The writer Terry Tempest Williams recommends books to help you explore the state’s many facets.