Learning a language is like constructing a building. Step by step, as the building blocks are cemented together, it gains height. Similarly, the building blocks of language (grammar, prose, poetry) ...

We millennials like our poetry typed out in neat fonts on rustic pastel backgrounds, centred in a tiny square on a small screen. We read short, simple, and relatable poems which may strike a chord ...

What does the future hold for poetry in East Africa? Has time for juicy pieces like Okot P’Bitek’s Song of Lawino gone? Can the glory be reclaimed? Albeit these could be questions many poetry lovers ...

Research has shown that the UK read more during the pandemic. Ajdin Kamber/Shutterstock Research has shown that in the early months of the COVID pandemic people in the UK both reported reading more ...

Does a piece of writing have a sex? Not really! It perhaps has a gender, which in French is genre. When it comes to distinguishing one category of writing from another, however, genre seems to ...

Rupi Kaur, an India-born Canadian national, has been performing poetry since 2009 but she rose to prominence only in 2015 through Instagram. With 4.4 million followers now and a world tour lined up ...

I come to this a little late but I come to it with a smile I didn't think would materialise this gloomy Monday morning. If you're someone who, like me, gets grumpy about the pointlessness of the ...

Last year, some impressive works of poetry came out, in the genres of both nazm and ghazal. They not only have literary merit but are also relevant in the current political and social context. One of ...

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Research has shown that in the early months of the COVID pandemic people in the UK both reported reading more and used reading to cope with the anxieties brought on by sudden changes to their ...