Michael Longley is a master of his craft, known for his compact, meditative lyrics that explore themes of love, violence, ...

I love the serene stillness of museums. I feel especially animated in front of statues, utensils, implements, handicrafts and ...

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Tempted to break out the Ouija Board this spooky season? You wouldn’t be the first. Here are the stories of famous writers, ...

One morning in the spring of 1844, subscribers to the New York Sun were astonished to read a front-page story praising “the ...

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And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. William Butler Yeats, widely considered one of the greatest poets of the English language, received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature. His work was greatly ...

October the cruelest month? Yes. Poetry lovers might recall the famous line of well-known American-British poet T.S. Eliot: ...

Many of us probably have memories of writing short, clever haikus in school, trying to craft the best verse possible within ...