David Barber
Recent articles by David Barber
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.
Who Was Kipling?
A sampling of writing from The Atlantic's past offers a range of views on the many contradictions of Rudyard Kipling.
Philip Booth (1925-2007)
An Atlantic poet remembered.
Eulogy for an Anchorite
A poem by David Barber, from his new book Wonder Cabinet
Bambino Sutra
[with audio]
A Life's Work
Remembering Peter Davison.
Recollecting Longfellow
In The Atlantic's early years, he was the poet of the age.
A Visionary Poet at Ninety
What's all this about poets in their youth beginning in "gladness" but ending in "despondency and madness"? William Wordsworth, meet Stanley Kunitz.