"100 Poems to Break Your Heart" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). We live in distracting times. Our superficial, materialistic, media-driven culture often seems uncomfortable with true depths of feeling.

Falling in love can be one of the most beautiful things — many people say love makes the world go round. But with love, a lot of time, comes heartbreak. Breaking up is a very confusing time ...

I wasn’t even heartbroken at the time or anything — I just really liked writing break-up poems. I liked the sorrowful, indulgent metaphors, line breaks that were super-dramatic and on point.

I bought a second-hand copy of The Portable Dorothy Parker after break up number two. The book was not just poetry, but short stories, articles, and book reviews. I liked A Telephone Call in ...

GNO (pronounced “Gino”) is a National Poetry Slam champ who has tackled subjects from getting pulled over for being Black to the Filet-O-Fish sandwich (for a McDonald’s commercial).

We live in distracting times. Our superficial, materialistic, media-driven culture often seems uncomfortable with true depths of feeling. It's as if the culture as a whole has become increasingly ...

"100 Poems to Break Your Heart" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Read an excerpt from the book's introduction below: / Credit: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt We live in distracting times. Our superficial ...