One of my favorite poets is Mary Oliver, whose astonishing poems about nature lead to contemplation and wonder. Her poetry ...

Lately, I find that my days start and end in the dark. I wake up in the early mornings before it’s light out; in the evenings, I walk back to the Métro and every light source — storefronts, pharmacy ...

When winter comes, the world holds its breath. Snow drapes the earth in silence, and light softens like a secret kept close.

William Blake’s “The Clod & the Pebble” is a dialogue on tenderness and cruelty in three short stanzas. Read it with our ...

Mihai Eminescu, Romania’s celebrated national poet, described actual places in many of his poems, and some can still be visited today.  Verses written in iconic poems like Călin (file de poveste) ...

In a sport short on U.S. stars, Saturday's duo could not be more different — the mercurial Lopez and the methodical Stevenson ...

On Burns Night this Sunday – and 235 years after Tam O'Shanter was published in 1791 – Scots everywhere may well be treated to a masterwork with a unique, universal appeal.

Plan out which events you will attend during the city's three-day literature festival next weekend.

John Berryman had troubles. He suffered from depression; he was twice divorced; he ruined his life with alcohol. He won the ...

Nathan Rodney-Jones uses a vintage typewriter to craft bespoke verses on the street.

AP film writer Jake Coyle says Ubeimar Rios creates a figure of farcical perfection: a tortured artist, equal parts comedy and tragedy.