Richard Wilbur "has maintained a conviction in the continuity of the world," observed John Gery in Ways of Nothingness, "his deliberately balanced work seems, in its very structure, to argue a belief ...

Wilbur, who turns 90 next year, has stood for decades in the front rank of American poets who know how to use traditional forms: his confident rhymes and stanzas are second to none, their poise ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. In a 1999 interview with The Atlantic, Richard Wilbur—the two-time ...

This essay is the first in a series by Father Stayer, a professor of English at Loyola University Chicago, reflecting on essential works of writing, art and music. Mozart once said he would gladly ...

In a starred review, PW wrote, "Wilbur starts at the beginning and imagines what life would be like without each of the 26 letters. With plenty of brain-tickling words to grow on and a plethora of ...

Richard Wilbur is the only living American poet to have won the Pulitzer Prize twice. The second Poet Laureate of the United States and recipient of countless honors and awards, including the ...

Poetry, unlike prose, is writ small, but looms large. It is the job of prose to make large things, such as war and peace, comprehensible to us. Even if Fabrice del Dongo could not grasp the enormous ...

The late Richard Wilbur is being remembered by people in the Pioneer Valley, where he taught and often read his poems. AMHERST — Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning poet Richard Wilbur, 93, reads ...