Sometimes seen as the stuff of commencement addresses, his poems are hard to pin down—just like the man behind them.

The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash’ by Alexander Clapp “There is a reason why Mafia bosses tend to work in ‘waste management,’” ...

A fond memory of the poet.

I know Frost’s poetry well, having written “Robert Frost: A Life” and ... is an ur-text on contemporary feminine ambition. “Good Girl,” by the German-born writer Aria Aber, asks what ...

At the end of his life, Robert Frost ... great poem that Frost ever wrote.” The image of Frost today is still largely that of Thompson’s three-volume biography of the poet — a selfish ...

The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry,” critic Adam Plunkett wrestles with how to fit the mercurial work (no American poet shifts tones so suddenly or subtly as Frost) with the mercurial life.

Frost’s approachable verse and appealing rural subjects brought him legions of admirers. His personal life was shot through with pain.

Sometimes things live up to their name. Take Robert Frost. The four-time-Pulitzer-winning poet is known for his wintry poem "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING ...

“On reading ‘My Butterfly,’ ” Adam Plunkett writes in his new Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry, “the poetry editor called the rest of the staff over to listen because ...