By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

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I heard what she said but didn’t quite get it. Her observation didn’t sink in, and wouldn’t sink in until years later.” ...

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For the 60th anniversary of the release of "A Love Supreme" the Village Voice asked dozens of sax players to muse on the jazz masterpiece.

Songwriters representing all five of the compositions nominated for best original song at the 2025 Academy Awards got ...

I love hanging out with my husband, riding around in our little RV ... And he'll usually write me a little poem. Which to me, that's priceless. That's like a date in itself." ...

One prisoner wrote, "I miss you," a love letter to an unknown recipient. Another left behind the message, "Don't be sad, mother. This is my fate," dated ... turned to poetry, quoting verses ...