Henry Allen

Henry Allen won the Pulitzer Prize for his criticism in The Washington Post. A Marine veteran of Vietnam, he is the author of Where We Lived: Essays on Places.

Shell Shock and Awe

The enduring terror of the trenches

By Henry Allen | Thursday June 1, 2023
Allen: David Carr

Poet of the Newsroom

A journalist with the unteachable gift of making you read on

By Henry Allen | Monday March 2, 2020
A lifeguard chair on a beach at sunset

September: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Sunday September 1, 2019
A picture of a ferris wheel

August: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Thursday August 1, 2019
Close-up photograph of a glass of lemonade

July: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Monday July 1, 2019
Pink daisies facing the sunset

June: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Thursday June 13, 2019

Myths of Memory

Our ability to recall is not an undiluted gift

By Henry Allen | Monday June 3, 2019
Close-up photograph of dandelions, with storm clouds in the background

May: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Thursday May 16, 2019

April: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Monday April 1, 2019

March: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Monday March 4, 2019

February: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Monday February 4, 2019

January: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Saturday January 19, 2019

December: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Monday December 3, 2018

November: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Monday November 5, 2018

October: A Sonnet

By Henry Allen | Monday October 1, 2018

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