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

“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 ...

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

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

“The World After Gaza,” “Cold Kitchen,” “Victorian Psycho,” and “Code Noir.” ...

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 ...