With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

As for Van Morrison, he begins one lyric found in “Lit Up Inside & Keep ’Er Lit: The Collected Lyrics” with “Rave on, John ...

Rare recordings of E.E. Cummings, Mary Oliver and more offer a tour through literary history led by authors in their own ...

Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.

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IT'S a common phrase that you're never too old to learn, and for Ilkley u3a member Peter Panteli, joining Ilkley & District u3a ...

Our critic A.O. Scott feels the heat of a wintry lyric by the Nobel laureate Louise Glück. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott A.O. Scott, a critic at large for the Book Review, recorded the poem that ...

As I have every year since 2014, in 2025 I set aside a couple of months to peruse the year’s books of poetry — at least those books I had on hand. In the past, I’ve titled my annual roundup — one ...

Does anyone else feel like the months between “Happy New Year” and “Merry Christmas” is just three business days? We just ...

Longtime friend and filmmaker Roberto Mighty said he was “heartbroken” by the news and described Coe, beyond his status as a ...