The New Criterion

Introduction to Four poems by Michelangelo

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. From those decades, we have fewer than two poems a year, many, like most of his sculptures, unfinished. From his ...
The New Criterion

Introduction to Two poems by Charles Baudelaire

In 1852, the March and April issues of La Revue de Paris carried an essay by Charles Baudelaire (1821–67), “Edgar Allan Poe, His Life and Works.” This was the first version of Baudelaire’s preface to ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads his poem 'Introduction to Poetry'

To welcome National Poetry Month, we take a listen to former Poet Laureate Billy Collins read his poem, "Introduction to Poetry." Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads his poem 'Introduction to ...
London Evening Standard

Poems by Philip Larkin with an introduction by Martin Amis

The poems of Philip Larkin have had a curious publication history. He produced just three mature collections, The Less Deceived in 1955, The Whitsun Weddings in 1964, and High Windows in 1974. No ...