"I was like, 'Why don't we create books like a book for him and a book for her that are full of all of these beautiful poems ...

Author Lisa C. Taylor discusses how the awareness of our mortality can animate our writing and improve our lives.

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If I am happy, it is because I drank coffee; if I am sad, it is because I drank too much coffee or not enough; if I have a ...

Most famously, this is the area where King Saul fell on his spear rather than face capture by the Philistines. His sons ...

First Minister John Swinney has led commemorations in Scotland to mark the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.

Interview with Ukrainian poet Yuliya Musakovska on Ukraine war's third anniversary: resistance, international support, and ...

Sofia Gubaidulina’s work, with its thorniness and religious themes, put her at odds with the Soviet government.

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The Murty Classical Library of India sifts through multiple languages and thousands of years to bring a nation’s literary ...