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Pixies Frontman Black Francis Embedded This Poetic Form into His Songs: Did You Notice?
A form so simple we ask grade schoolers to use has a long history. But does its use qualify as an "Easter egg"?
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Caitlin Cowan
The Lost Daughter Elevates the Horror of Two Famous 20th Century Poems
Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut is chock full of poetry, seduction, threat, and mystery. And did I mention poetry?
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Superheros Spouting Poetry: You Love to See It
Marvel's Secret Invasion was just OK, but the writers' taste in poetry? Impressive.
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January Embers, Part I: The Poem That Becomes the Shared Language of Horror Flick IT (2017)
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Frances McDormand Recites Shakespeare on the Long, Hard Road of Nomadland
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The Poem That Explains Walter White
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The Poem Kirsten Dunst Uses as a Tool of Seduction in Snowy Eternal Sunshine
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Taylor Swift's "The Lakes" Gets Romantic (Poetry, That Is)
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Heartstopper Highlights the Internet's Favorite Book of Poetry
An asexual, aromantic TV character reads a book about obsession and gay identity. Among the many who noticed was the book's author, well-known to fandom…
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Decades Before Greta Gerwig's Barbie, This Poet Made Subversive, Feminist Art About the Iconic Doll, Too
Denise Duhamel's Kinky (1997) is receiving new—and deserved—attention as Barbie movie mania continues..
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Sinéad O’Connor's Love of W. B. Yeats Shaped Her Life and This Fan-Favorite Song
The late singer's debut single was as a literary as it was lovesick.
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The Late Sinéad O'Connor Made an Old Poem into Something New & Throbbing
"I Am Stretched on Your Grave" is as subversive and deeply Irish in character as the singer was herself.
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Tina Fey Is on the Picket Line, So Let's Look Back at One of 30 Rock's Many Poetry Jokes
Solidarity!
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All That Glitters: We've Ruined Drake
Even for Drake superfans, Titles Ruin Everything—the rapper's co-written book of poetry—reads like a vapid testament to the price of a fame we're…
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I Leave the Country for a Month and Drake Writes a Book of Poetry. Damn!
It's good to be back with a sneak preview of next week's post on the poetry of one Aubrey Drake Graham as well as a round-up of poetry and pop culture…
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Pop culture meets poetry: explainers, author interviews, book reviews, & exercises for the creative mind and writers of all kinds. Written weekly by Caitlin Cowan.
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