Alexa Donovan

3 weeks ago | nyunews.com | Siobhán Minerva |Oshmi Ghosh |Annie Emans |Alexa Donovan |Rory Lustberg |Leo Field | +4 more

April is National Poetry Month, so here are some of our favorite lines of poetry to close out the month. April 21, 2025 Poetry is a space to experiment with language — communications through this medium enables deeper emotional expression. This National Poetry Month, if you are looking to be inspired, or just simply want to appreciate beautiful language, consider reflecting on some of our favorite stanzas. “picasso laughing” by Patti Smith“notebookdivine love is so.

3 weeks ago | nyunews.com | Alexa Donovan |Aashna Miharia |Hannah Marr |Chloe Haack

“Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino — Alexa Donovan, Arts Editor “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.” Italo Calvino’s famed surrealist novel follows a conversation between Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan and Venetian explorer Marco Polo. As Khan worries about the state of his empire, Polo details tales of the cities he’s explored within it.

Apr 1, 2024 | nyunews.com | Alexa Donovan |Katherine Welander |Ana-Sofia Erath |Tori Morales

“A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again” by Joanna Biggs — Alexa Donovan, Deputy Arts EditorMixing memoir with biography, Biggs seeks to understand her own story by exploring the lives of her favorite women writers, with a particular focus on times of transition with love and loss.