poetry
The Muscle-Bro Poets Turning Swoleness Into Shakespeare
On the subreddit Swole Acceptance, men support one another’s right to get jacked — one verse at a time
Beowulf Really Was That Bro
Are legendary warriors really a bunch of stupid jocks? A new translation of the epic takes its cues from ‘Road House’ — proving Beowulf was literature’s original guy’s guy
You (Yes, You) Need Some Poetry in Your Life
Too many readers deny themselves the gifts of artists like Nobel winner Louise Glück
The Embarrassing 1,000-Year History of the Male Power Ballad
While power ballads have plenty in common with the Romanticism of the 1800s, their roots go all the way back to the 11th century
