Psychology Today1d
When Good Becomes Too Good: The Curious Case of AI Poetry
If AI can write poetry that appeals so perfectly to us, is it truly creative—or merely a mirror reflecting our own biases and ...
Texas Monthly2d
How a Poet Praised for Her Optimism Handles Despair
Acclaimed San Antonio writer Naomi Shihab Nye talks about the “clarifying” power of poetry and why it’s needed in turbulent ...
WBUR2d
The art of losing
In Jan Donley’s class at Berklee, her students study literature that centers on loss. Loss can make us sad, but it can also help us heal, Donley writes. In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, ...
New research shows people can’t tell the difference between human and AI poetry – and even prefer the latter. What gives?
AI models can produce poems that rate well on certain ‘metrics’. But the event of reading poetry is not one in which we ...
Academy of American Poets3d
Dear Reader—Reaching Toward Community in a Time of Winter
When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all ...