
150 Years of Gilgamesh
The year 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh. The epic had…
The year 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the rediscovery of the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh. The epic had…
by Lucy Newlyn Creativity is mysterious, and cannot be learned or taught. But the craft of poetry is…
What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing…
Each book in our Little Histories series is illustrated by a different contemporary artist-illustrator, whose specially commissioned work…
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
World Poetry Day, on 21 March, is an event organised by the United Nations to ‘recognise the unique…
One of Britain’s best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) was killed at the age of 25…
Following the widespread press coverage of his latest book, Nicholas Roe, author of John Keats: A New Life, spoke…
Peter Cole’s brand new work of translation, The Poetry of Kabbalah, is the first every English-language collection of poems from the…
Joseph Brodsky: A Literary Life (out now in paperback) is an intimate, penetrating study of the great Russian…
Today we take a look at some of Yale University Press’s critically acclaimed and award-winning poets. We also…
Gertrude Stein is famous for many things: a prolific art collector, writer and poet, Stein was a major…
Yale University Press presents the Why X Matters series, in which passionate authors present concise arguments for the…
Those who wish to explore a world of literature outside of the traditional English language canon will be…