That was 2012, when Stephanie Burt was known as Stephen Burt. Burt officially announced her gender transition this summer, but has been a visible and vocal advocate of transgender rights and queer ...

Stephen Burt teaches at Harvard and is the author, most recently, of The Art of the Sonnet (with David Mikics) and Parallel Play. Lucia Perillo’s On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths. Jan 16 ...

Stephen Burt latest book is the poetry collection, Belmont. We can go to science fiction for its sense of wonder, its power to take us to far-off places and future times. We can go to political ...

It is difficult to determine exactly what audience the new critical anthology The Art of the Sonnet is intended for. The book is a collection of 100 sonnets written in English and presented ...

If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. In 2009, Stephen Burt identified a new poetics for the twenty-first century, a poetics that insists on a kind ...

Placing the failure of the live-action remake largely at Rachel Zegler’s feet is almost perversely flattering to her. “Fiume o Morte!” Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of a Demagogue Igor ...