If you’ve ever been asked the latter, “Why I Love Thee?” is the perfect response. Written in 1904 by German Japanese American poet Carl Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944), the poem lists ...

lyrical style and is considered one of the greatest poets of the German language. He recognised the need for solitude in love, and this poem reflects the way in which independence and romance make ...

Shiva: Poems After Oct. 7' by Rachel Korazim, serves as a response to Theodor Adorno's remarks about poetry after the ...

Meanwhile, among German freethinkers and socialists ... interracialism and the principles of free love. Further connections with jazz, poetry and anti-war sentiments flourished in the bohemian ...

AN Wilson’s biography of the German polymath is wild, brilliant and has all the intelligence to rival its subject ...

In a separate case, a Berlin court in 2019 rejected a bid by Böhmermann to ban the German government from repeating Merkel's assessment that the poem was “deliberately hurtful.” Sign up for new weekly ...

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Ruth Isabella Peters, a German-born first-generation Nigerian, is a poet and writer who has become a driving force for ...

The ‘Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis’ poet shares the book that surprised her the most, the best thing a reader ever said to ...