“Last Wednesday I e-mailed W.H. Auden’s poem ‘September 1, 1939‘ to members of my family. Two days later a friend e-mailed it to me, ...

Last Wednesday I e-mailed W.H. Auden’s poem “September 1, 1939” to members of my family. Two days later a friend e-mailed it to me, having received it from another friend who was circulating it.

W. H. Auden is a 20th-century poet, born in England before immigrating to the United States in the 1930s “It’s some of the most beautiful poetry you will ever read,” Warren said of Auden’s ...

W.H. Auden enjoyed a popular renaissance — for Tell Me The Truth About Love, a pamphlet edition of Funeral Blues plus nine other poems, sold more than 275,000 copies, 21 years after the poet’s ...