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Annie Dillard brought poetry into prose, pioneering a mystical form of creative nonfiction that critics both admired and misunderstood

Annie Dillard is rightly celebrated as a pioneer in creative nonfiction after her death on Sep. 15, 2026, at age 81. But the dazzling, disorienting feel of Dillard’s work might be best understood as the often overlooked influence of poetry on her prose.

The Conversation · Sep 18

A Rimbaud review – legendary poet’s unlikely transformation into entrepreneur is as odd as ever

Australian actor Blake Draper delivers a committed one-man performance tracking the writer as he morphs from enfant terrible to merchant

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17

The daring new film festival bringing underground edge to London

Four-day event will screen international premieres and spotlight rarely screened hidden gems

The Independent UK · Jul 17

Poet, editor, publisher, anthologist: John Tranter's influential life in literature

Perhaps more than any Australian poet of the 20th Century, John Tranter, who died last Friday at the age of 79, was guided by a relentless desire to experiment. His earliest admiration was for the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, and he soon discovered John Ashbery, who ultimately became his most…

The Conversation · Apr 26, 2023

Patti Smith: ‘I am who I am with all my flaws’

At 75, the punk poet, singer, artist and author talks candidly about life, loss, loneliness and her acclaimed new photography project

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Rimbaud's birthplace to acquire a rare portrait of the poet by his sister

Charleville-Mézières, Rimbaud's birthplace, has launched a public funding appeal to acquire a portrait of the poet by his sister Isabelle, recently found in a Parisian bookshop, for a total of 180,000 euros.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 13, 2022

Frank Auerbach: Unseen review – art that restores a sense of what it is to be human

Holocaust orphan Auerbach’s stunning paintings – tangled masses with hints of horror – have been brought out of the Tate’s vaults to resonate poignantly in a time of war

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2022