"Tell me, what is it you plan to do/with your one wild and precious life?" Read more →

If you were surfing in Santa Cruz yesterday and you got a free book... you can thank World Book Night! Read more →

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Beacon Press is giving you a chance to win autographed copies of Mary Oliver's books. Read more →

The poet Adrienne Rich passed away yesterday. Read more →

Edward Cullen as a ruthless CEO with bondage fetish? You have now entered the Twilight fanfic zone. Read more →

Today's post, a poem written in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is from poet, activist, and scholar Sonia Sanchez. Read more →

Four days after the attacks of 9/11, a chance encounter with firefighters on their way to the World Trade Center site inspired Joan Murray to write a poem. Read more →

An excerpt from a book that provides a different view of the lives of African-American domestics from the one depicted in The Help. Read more →

Mary Oliver asks, "[W]hat is it you plan to do/ with your one wild and precious life?" Read more →

The groundbreaking science fiction writer Joanna Russ died on April 29 at the age of 74. Stephen Burt discusses the importance of her work as a woman writing in a male-dominated field. Read more →

Find out more about Morning Haiku and how you can win a poster with a poem by Sonia Sanchez. Read more →

See Mary Oliver read three of her poems, from an appearance at Emory University earlier this year. Read more →

In honor of National Poetry Month, we share this essay by Mary Oliver, which was included in the CD Many Miles: Mary Oliver reads Mary Oliver. Beacon Press is giving away five signed copies of Mary Oliver's Swan: Poems and... Read more →

In honor of National Poetry Month, Beacon Press will give away five signed copies of Mary Oliver's Swan: Poems and Prose Poems. Read more →

A rare interview with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Read more →

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is available in a new, altered version. The author of Inheriting the Trade writes about why he thinks this is a bad idea. Read more →

Out now: Swan: Poems and Prose Poems, the twentieth volume from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Mary Oliver. Read the title poem on the Beacon Press website. Read more →

Suffolk Law professor Michael Avery remarks on contemporary themes prevalent in Shakespeare's Henry V. Read more →

We invite you to join the poet Maya Angelou called, "a lion in literature's forest," as she lifts her voice in tribute to Dr. Dorothy Irene Height. Read more →

Beacon Press congratulates Bellevue Literary Press for Paul Harding's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Read more →