Frank Stanford, who killed himself at age 29, died far too young. Thanks to writer James McWilliams, the legendary Arkansas poet's short but colorful life is now documented in a monumental biography.

Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery,” on view at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, presents—for the ...

Recently-published works with Vermont ties include books by Chris Bohjalian, Alison Bechdel, Harry Bliss, Garrett M. Graff and more.

Poetry has been an essential part of many countries’ popular culture for centuries. Italy, Russia, Iran, Chile, Poland, and Nicaragua are good examples, to name just a few. In these places, professors ...

Is it better, for the health of a society, to pardon or punish the perpetrators?” Caught “between the drive to forget and the ...

Emotions ran high as speakers recalled the sacrifices of their fallen “brothers and sisters,” with more than 58,000 names of ...

Inductees Harriette Gillem Robinet, Timuel Black and Oscar Brown Jr. are not only celebrated writers but civil rights activists who promoted a message of perseverance.

Texas writer Paulette Jiles, who was known for bringing the past to vivid life in books such as “News of the World” and ...

With books like “The Mother Knot” and “Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness,” she challenged liberal orthodoxies about feminism ...

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 12. Check what happened ...

What I notice now, as a journalist working during the second Trump administration, is that for all the ways that America is ...

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Letters to the editor for Saturday, July 12, 2025 ...