We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

While waiting for domestic travel to resume across our wide brown land, Brian Johnston looks to Dorothea Mackellar's "My Country" for inspiration.

When it comes to reading, everyone has a favorite book genre they turn to again and again. Find out which is the most read in ...

Poet and author Charles Ghigna shares the story of a poem he wrote after waking up to his infant son's babbling over a nursery monitor.

On March 22, 1929, the California legislature in a joint resolution names a man who spent his boyhood hunting ducks and geese in Sutter County as California’s second poet laureate.

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Depardieu, 76, is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant director in 2021 Los ...

I’ve come to realize that when we lose the ability to communicate fully in words, the other ways we connect—through actions, ...

In the Ancient Greek epic poem “The Odyssey,” Odysseus’ men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens’ ...

In honor of Women’s History Month, we spoke with seven creators of picture book biographies highlighting overlooked female figures in history.

An appreciation of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose plays that bore witness to the cruelty of apartheid, including 'Blood Knot,' 'Boesman and Lena,' 'A Lesson From Aloes' and 'My Children!

The poem was found in a 17th-century “miscellany,” a manuscript featuring texts by various authors, according to a statement from the university. The collection had belonged to Elias Ashmole ...