WH Auden (1907–1973) was a British-American poet whose first collection of poetry Poems was published by TS Eliot, the master himself, for Faber and Faber in 1930. Ten years later, Auden published his ...

It's one of those poems people reach for in times when it feels like the sky is falling. It's also generally regarded as one of the great poems of the 20th century. "September 1, 1939," as its title ...

He was hardly the only famous poet of his blazing, far-flung generation. But he was the one most dogged by disputes over the nature and authenticity of his talent. Even among admirers, there was ample ...

"The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Poems, Volume I: 1927-1939," edited by Edward Mendelson. Princeton University Press. 848 pp. $60 "The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Poems, Volume II: 1940-1973," ...

Edward Mendelson, W.H. Auden's literary executor, discusses the poem "Funeral Blues," which was used in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral and also was set to music by composer Benjamin Britten ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Dothan Houston County Library Director Chris Warren joined News4 This Morning to tell us about the newest Chapter Chat pick. April is National Poetry Month, so this month’s pick ...

I teach two writing courses at Mt. Holyoke College, normally an orderly drill in which I try to supply useful I teach two writing courses at Mt. Holyoke College, normally an orderly drill in which I ...

American summer music festivals are usually too busy competing for audiences to ever consider doing something jointly, much less doing something worthwhile on behalf of living American composers. So ...

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine parallels Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in ways that aren’t small. A dictator’s claim to Lebensraum started with Sudetenland and Austria and then went ...