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November 1, 2024
The Burden of Rhyme shows how the nineteenth-century search for the origin of rhyme shaped the theory and practice of poetry. For Victorians, rhyme was not (as it was for the...
October 31, 2024
Why do we find stories about vampires, from “Dracula” to ”Twilight,” so compelling? Watch Heather Klemann discuss vampires here. Happy Halloween!
October 11, 2024
English Professor and African-American Studies scholar Shane Vogel and curator Melissa Barton discuss the Harlem Renaissance in the New York Times   As the period flourished...
September 25, 2024
In a new memoir and poetry collection, FAS lecturer Danielle Chapman uses fierce empathy and a moral imagination to come to terms with personal and historical tragedy. This...
September 23, 2024
Yale’s Pericles Lewis is helping to edit the latest edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature, an acclaimed series with deep ties to the university. Shortly after...
September 23, 2024
Yale University and the National University of Singapore (NUS) agreed in 2011 to open Yale-NUS College, an autonomous liberal arts college within NUS. As the College’s...
September 19, 2024
Boxed Juice is a rare and original work that makes clear why Danielle Chapman is so vital to contemporary poetry. Spontaneous and indelible, enchanting and disillusioned,...