Once upon a time, many years ago, a young woman pressed her senior prom corsage in a book of Shakespearean love poems. She ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Between breadcrumbing, cushioning and situationships, the language of romance seems to be lost in translation. Where has the ...

A coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino chronicles how Teenage Elio grows fond of Oliver, his ...

The Center for Creativity celebrated queer horror this Wednesday with the workshop “Everybody Has a Secret Face: Queer Horror ...

Li Shaojun, editor of the book, said that poetry is a universal language of humanity, expressing shared human emotions. "The ...

In this edition of Don’t Be a Stranger, staff writer Sophia Viggiano discusses the beautiful and irreplicable intricacies that exist in friendships between women.

With good books, you recommend titles to your friends; with great ones, you stop friends in hallways to read passages aloud.

We planned to meet at Urbana’s Caffé Paradiso, but with Paradiso’s truncated summer hours, we ended up a block away at Caffé ...

Poetry became a way to navigate and explore ... In this form, one can seamlessly move from addressing a romantic beloved in one couplet to mourning a lost loved one in the next, without altering ...

When I think about the young woman from Virginia pressing her prom corsage in a book of poetry, I’m happy I can pass on her romantic notions.