Obama's Poetic Predecessor
Both Lincoln and Obama dabbled in poetry as young adults. Herewith, a consideration of a poem by Lincoln that appeared in The Atlantic.… More »
David Barber is The Atlantic's poetry editor.
Both Lincoln and Obama dabbled in poetry as young adults. Herewith, a consideration of a poem by Lincoln that appeared in The Atlantic.… More »
A sampling of writing from The Atlantic's past offers a range of views on the many contradictions of Rudyard Kipling. … More »
An Atlantic poet remembered… More »
A poem by David Barber, from his new book Wonder Cabinet… More »
Remembering Peter Davison… More »
In The Atlantic's early years, he was the poet of the age… More »
introduced by David Barber, with readings by Peter Davison, Philip Levine, and Richard Wilbur… More »
What's all this about poets in their youth beginning in "gladness" but ending in "despondency and madness"? William Wordsworth, meet Stanley Kunitz… More »
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