‘I’m carrying survivor’s guilt’: Raymond Antrobus on growing up deaf
The poet reflects on his heritage, his new life as a father in Margate – and why his memoir is a call to arms
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals
Young poet details low mood and disappointment in love in 1795 letter, written not long before he met Wordsworth
John Hall obituary
Other lives: English lecturer and poet who created one of the first degree courses in performance writing at Dartington College in Devon
Poem of the week: Sea-Fever by John Masefield
A single missing word in the 1902 poem sparks a deeper look at rhythm, dialect and longing
A poem by David Brooks: ‘Counting sheep is difficult for me – I try to give each one a face and personality’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, David Brooks reflects on insomnia and the exhaustion that comes with animal advocacy
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July
Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments
Poem of the week: A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley
An atheist’s complaint at the scant room made by the church for his personal commemoration of the dead
‘How can I find meaning from the ruins of my life?’: the little magazine with a life-changing impact
After struggles with mental health and addiction, Max Wallis launched a poetry magazine – and it has transformed his life
The Empire of Forgetting by John Burnside review – last words from an essential poet of our age
This posthumously published final collection confronts mortality, alongside the world’s almost unbearable beauty
Poem of the week: Salt, Snow, Earth by Naomi Foyle
The relentless cycle of human violence plays out as a brutal symbolic game
Poem of the week: Poem in which I’m a transnational drug smuggler by Bethany Handley
A sharp and witty look at the treatment of people with disabilities conveys its anger with arresting artistry
Poem of the week: Honey Hunters by Rachel Bower
Humanity’s ancient relationship with bees is tracked from our earliest times through a history of ‘woman’s work’ to our collective peril today
Michael Morpurgo to recite Vivaldi-inspired poetry at inaugural Cornwall festival
Author wants to take arts to ‘middle of wonderful nowhere’ in far south-west, often missed by people heading for coast
Under Milk Wood invites us to laugh at ourselves – I wanted my music to do the same
Dylan Thomas’s evocative radio play has been adapted into films, a ballet, even a jazz suite. From its drunkards and nosey-parkers, to its ghosts and dreamers, Ninfea Crutwell-Reade’s new reimagining connects it back to its origins
Writing Australia: can the new national literature body make a real difference for authors?
Supporting writers is nation-building work, and expectations are high for the new body with its re-inaugurated poet laureate