W. H. Auden

A. Alvarez

Sir Stephen Spender

David Burnett (John Dunne), Ryan Sampson (Benjamin Britten), John Hollingworth (WH Auden) Photo (August 12, 2016)

Rich portrait of a master poet

The Poetry Challenge Day 5: You did it! You’re a star.

The Poetry Challenge Day 4: Are we alone in the universe? Does it matter?

The Poetry Challenge Day 3: How do you write about love?

The Poetry Challenge Day 2: What’s love got to do with it?

The Poetry Challenge Day 1: Let’s learn one poem together this week.

Return to the Sacred Grove

Column: The rough beast of passionate intensity

Book review: Auden by Peter Ackroyd

5 poems for troubled times, from Virginia’s new Lt. Governor

Viewpoint - Two poems that feel especially apt

The World of Adrienne Rich

John Minihan

WH Auden formed ‘intense friendship’ with sex worker who burgled him, unseen letters reveal

Sensational Discovery: Unknown Letters by Poet W. H. Auden Found in Lower Austria - Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Teach Us to Number Our Days

Things Worth Remembering: The Shadows Cast by Fallen Towers

Viewpoint with Andrew Brown: Hannah Arendt’s W. H. Auden profile would be unthinkable now

W.H. Auden’s 1941 Syllabus Asked Students to Read 32 Great Literary Works, Totaling 6,000 Pages

The Messy Genius of W. H. Auden - National Endowment for the Humanities (.gov)

W. H. Auden , The Art of Poetry No. 17