‘Public Speech’ arose from a series of dreams that included scenes of torture, pursuit, confinement, and escape. As the poem says, I was rarely the victim, but would instead witness the moment when ...

Emma Hayes quoted poetry and said she would follow advice she gave her son on how to avoid playground confrontations when asked on Friday about her touchline spat with Arsenal’s head coach ...

Byron is identified above all with Greece and the philhellenes. But at various times he showed sympathy for Turks and Armenians, and seems to have been as promiscuous in his foreign attachments as he ...

He was, for a time, the voice of my generation. Heralded as the poet laureate of the early 1960s, Bob Dylan vanished, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, “into a haze of substance abuse,” and was ...

Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, has arrived … and it’s an anthology. While fans only learned about the project in February 2024, it had secretly been in ...

In the poetic words of Rumi, "If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?" This evocative quote serves as a profound metaphor for personal growth and resilience.

On April 19, 2024, Taylor Swift unveiled her highly anticipated 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, along with a surprise “2 a.m. version” that extended the record to a total of 36 songs ...

What I’m sharing today are words that still can be found in dictionaries, the Bible, older words of fiction and poems from famous people who we can still read and ...

Taylor Swift dropped her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, a rage- and sorrow-filled missive detailing her feelings about not one but two of her recent breakups. In the songs Swift ...

Taylor Swift's new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is a boldly candid breakup album, with some of her most quotable lyrics ever.

Read a recap of highlights below — or take a scroll through the blog to see everything you might have missed. The first music video from "Tortured Poets" is here! Swift released the music video ...