After 55 years, the Hammer Poetry series is an elder statesman of English literature. But even as it has changed this past half-century, its curator has remained the same.

Of all the greatest poets that have ever written, which is the least known to American readers? I would join many others who point to Tu Fu (a.k.a. Du Fu). He wrote 16 centuries ago during the Tang ...

County Sligo remains tied to historic Irish poetry through its striking mountain shapes. The region serves as the final ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Irish author Anne Enright about her novel, "The Wren, The Wren." It's about a mother and daughter and how their lives are marked by the family patriarch, an Irish poet.