So begins David Lehman’s “World Trade Center,” written in 1996, about the way his feelings toward the Towers changed over time. This poem is the frontispiece in Poetry After 9/11,… Read more »

Are publishers inadvertently reinforcing an imbalance of acceptance given to books written by men compared to those written by women? Author Meg Wolitzer in a New York Times story, asks depressingly… 1 / Read more »

Poet Adrienne Rich died Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz, California, after a long battle with rheumatoid arthritis. Rich was 82. As a San Francisco Chronicle obituary by Meredith… 1 / Read more »