It might have been the most cultured house-share of the 20th century. In 1940, WH Auden was living in Brooklyn Heights in a ...

The Shield of Achilles By W.H. Auden, edited by Alan Jacobs; Princeton University Press; 136 pp., $22.95 After Auden, English speakers no longer had what they had for 200 years, from at least ...

He was hardly the only famous poet of his blazing, far-flung generation. But he was the one most dogged by disputes over the nature and authenticity of his talent. Even among admirers, there was ample ...

The republication of W.H. Auden’s poetry collection, The Shield of Achilles, reminds us that Auden belongs in the hall of great Christian writers, not with the Left. As with Auden’s other collections, ...

The Island: War and Belonging in Auden’s England; By Nicholas Jenkins; Harvard University Press; 656 pp., $35.00 Perhaps only someone susceptible to fascism could see its full menace. Still, Auden’s ...

It's one of those poems people reach for in times when it feels like the sky is falling. It's also generally regarded as one of the great poems of the 20th century. "September 1, 1939," as its title ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Dothan Houston County Library Director Chris Warren joined News4 This Morning to tell us about the newest Chapter Chat pick. April is National Poetry Month, so this month’s pick ...

THIS volume is a selection, rather than a complete collection, of the poetry Mr. Auden has so far written. He has omitted many poems, some of which were valuable chiefly as technical experiments, and ...

We are in the penitential season leading up to Easter, which for Christians is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, that miraculous transformation of suffering and death into something glorious ...