Can You Actually Make a Living as a Poet? The Strange Economics of Poetry, Then and Now Poets have been chasing patrons, prizes, teaching gigs, and actual paychecks for centuries. So can poetry still be a profession, or has “working poet” always come with an asterisk? March 24, 2026
Was Homer Even Real? The Strange Question Behind The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer gave us The Iliad and The Odyssey. Small problem: we’re not entirely sure Homer wrote the epic poems… or if he even existed at all. February 16, 2026
