Taylor Swift recently announced her upcoming album titled “The Tortured Poets Department,” which seems appropriate as the world has just learned the singer is related to a famous American poet. After getting her start in country music, Taylor has since moved into pop and indie folk music, where she quickly became one of the biggest … Read more
Taylor Swift has a very famous relative and it seems like they have something in common: writing amazing works of art! The 34-year-old superstar was found to be a distant cousin of the late poet Emily Dickinson. This revelation comes on the heels of Taylor‘s upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department. Keep reading to find … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Lev Rubinstein, a Russian poet, activist and prominent figure in the Soviet literary underground movement died in Moscow on Jan. 14 from injuries sustained in a car accident six days earlier. The poet, 76, was hit by a car in a pedestrian crossing on Jan. 8, and … Read more
A Russian poet was given a 7-year prison sentence Thursday for reciting verses against Russia’s war in Ukraine, a tough punishment that comes during a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court convicted Artyom Kamardin on charges of making calls undermining national security and inciting hatred, which related to him reading his anti-war … Read more
When TIME reached out to the renowned Palestinian poet, academic, and activist Refaat Alareer last month to discuss how Palestinian society in Gaza was responding to the deadliest and most destructive war to hit the enclave in living memory, he had a lot to say. “This is something I really like to highlight,” he said … Read more
Add to your saved storiesSave Benjamin Zephaniah, a poet and writer whose work often reflected racism and injustices faced by Black communities in Britain, and who became a significant cultural force with lectures, albums and acting roles including playing a street preacher in the series “Peaky Blinders,” died Dec. 7 at 65. A family statement … Read more
LONDON — Benjamin Zephaniah, a British poet, political activist and actor who drew huge inspiration from his Caribbean roots, has died. He was 65. Zephaniah died Thursday after being diagnosed with a brain tumor eight weeks ago, his family said in a statement on Instagram. “We shared him with the world and we know many … Read more
It was only a month ago that award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha, a 30-year-old husband and father of three, published an essay in the New Yorker describing his life in Gaza and the terror and destruction Israeli airstrikes were inflicting on his community. He wrote about bombs dropping in his neighborhood and … Read more