poetry

The Kenyan-born British poet talks to Hazlitt about finding inspiration in life’s oddities (from finding women living in your walls to Dogtooth), telling her family’s stories, and why she hates being called “brave.”

Anne Carson is the closest Canada comes to having a celebrity poet, or a celebrity classicist for that matter. But she probably remains better known than read. In an effort to correct such, Hazlitt presents this handy Carson how-to guide—from where to start to what to watch for.

Reading Dionne Brand's 2001 memoir-travelogue A Map to the Door of No Return gives pause for reflection on being a neighbour in the city.

As Michael Ondaatje's poem "Elimination Dance" proves, making lists can be a serious business. Done right, a list can be read as a kind of accidental poetry and a user's manual to life.

The third part in a series of chats with Calvin Trillin, the man who—among many other things—casts the U.S. presidential campaign in iambic pentameter. Discussed: the Romney-Obama debates, campaign media coverage, the 47 percent blues, the legacy of George McGovern, and how one actually becomes a "deadline poet."

Notes on a reclusive father inspired by the poetry of Don McKay.