Poetry

‘More postmodern than ancient’: why the Odyssey is everywhere, from Oz to Westeros

by The Guardian | Jul 12, 2026 | Books, Christopher Nolan, Culture, Film, Homer, Poetry, The Guardian, The Odyssey | 0 |

Christopher Nolan’s take on the Odyssey is set to break box-office records. What made the director so determined to adapt the ancient Greek epic? And why does a poem from 600BC hold a vice-like grip on pop culture? Warning:...

At a poet’s memorial, I saw how Andy Burnham could be a different kind of prime minister | Blake Morrison

by The Guardian | Jun 27, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Books, Culture, Poetry, Politics, The Guardian, Tony Harrison, UK news | 0 |

The putative PM-to-be explained how one of Tony Harrison’s poems gave him a new outlook – one that the country is sorely in need ofTwo weeks before Josh Simons stood down as the Makerfield MP for his benefit, Andy Burnham was at...

What to read this summer by Mark Haddon, Samantha Harvey, Zadie Smith and more

by The Guardian | Jun 14, 2026 | Autobiography and memoir, Biography books, Books, Culture, Fiction, History books, Poetry, Summer reading, The Guardian | 0 |

Leading authors including Sarah Waters, William Dalrymple, Bernardine Evaristo and Anne Enright reveal their perfect holiday reading• Read our selection of 70 brilliant books for the summerZadie SmithMargaret Busby’s Part of the...

From Manifesto to Mr Loverman: Bernardine Evaristo’s best books – ranked!

by The Guardian | Apr 20, 2026 | Bernardine Evaristo, Books, Culture, Fiction, Poetry, The Guardian | 0 |

From the secret gay life of a British-Caribbean man to that controversial shared Booker win, the author has blazed a trail across the literary landscape. Here are seven of her top titlesEven by Evaristo’s experimental standards,...

‘Every time I write, I doubt myself’: Michael Rosen at 80 on deep grief, self-belief and chocolate cake

by The Guardian | Apr 20, 2026 | Books, Children, Children and teenagers, Michael Rosen, Poetry, The Guardian | 0 |

The children’s author answers questions from readers, friends and writers on losing his son Eddie, surviving Covid, who he’d invite to his perfect birthday dinner and where he goes for inspirationWhether you know him from...

‘I owe Iron Maiden my English A-level!’ The great literature our writers discovered through pop music

by The Guardian | Mar 4, 2026 | Adam Ant, Books, Culture, Fiction, Iron Maiden, Joe Orton, Music, Nick Cave, Oscar Wilde, Poetry, Pop and rock, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Cure, The Guardian, The National, The Smiths, World Book Day | 0 |

Ahead of World Book Day on Thursday, Guardian music writers pick out the musicians whose literary references illuminated them – from Adam Ant on Joe Orton to the National on Grace PaleyI first heard the Cure’s Charlotte...

‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone

by The Guardian | Dec 13, 2025 | Ali Smith, Books, Children and teenagers, Christmas, Colm Tóibín, Culture, Diana Evans, Elif Shafak, Fiction, Jeanette Winterson, Jonathan Coe, Kamila Shamsie, Katherine Rundell, Max Porter, Michael Rosen, Nikesh Shukla, Nina Stibbe, Poetry, Robert Macfarlane, Sarah Moss, Science and nature books, Tessa Hadley, The Guardian, William Boyd | 0 |

Colm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect giftI love giving books as presents. I rarely give anything else. I strongly approve of the Icelandic...

‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack

by The Guardian | Oct 13, 2025 | Books, Culture, Europe, Festivals, Poetry, The Guardian, Ukraine | 0 |

Fiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren soundsI had been working on Exeter...

‘The man who came to read the metre’: Yorkshire poet Tony Harrison was the National Theatre bard

by The Guardian | Sep 27, 2025 | Books, Classics, Culture, Leeds, National Theatre, Poetry, Stage, The Guardian, Theatre, Tony Harrison, UK news, Yorkshire | 0 |

Harrison, who has died aged 88, wrote copiously for the stage, both as an ingenious translator and dazzlingly original dramatistFrom TS Eliot and Ted Hughes to Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage, numerous poets have written a...

‘He lived inside poetry’: Toby Jones and Helena Bonham Carter perform poems in memory of lost loved ones

by The Guardian | May 21, 2025 | Asa Butterfield, Books, Culture, Helena Bonham Carter, Poetry, Stephen Mangan, The Guardian, Toby Jones | 0 |

Actors including Asa Butterfield, Stephen Mangan and Susan Wokoma share poems as part of ‘Celebration Day’, a new annual moment dedicated to commemorating family and friends• Helena Bonham Carter performs Don’t Let That Horse by...

Gboyega Odubanjo: police appeal for help over missing poet

by The Guardian | Aug 29, 2023 | Books, Poetry, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Award-winning poet last seen in early hours of Saturday morning in Kelmarsh, NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire police are appealing for information to help find the award-winning poet Gboyega Odubanjo, who has been missing since...

Amanda Gorman tells of being followed by security guard who said she looked ‘suspicious’

by The Guardian | Mar 6, 2021 | Amanda Gorman, Books, Culture, Joe Biden, Los Angeles, Poetry, Race, The Guardian, US news, World News | 0 |

Poet, acclaimed for her performance at Joe Biden’s inauguration, tweeted ‘this is the reality of black girls’Amanda Gorman, the poet who won acclaim for her performance at Joe Biden’s inauguration, has...

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