In this well selected and compulsively readable anthology, Harvard English professor Burt (We Are Mermaids) presents 51 poems that address and exemplify queerness in America. In the introduction ...

The nonprofit group Mass Poetry is holding their Teen Spoken Word Festival at Emerson College. The Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud Festival featured workshops, performances, and competitions ...

A fractious embrace was the subtitle of Jonathan Koestle-Cate’s excellent book from 2016 on Art and the Church, and that remains the case for those seeking to explore the interactions between art and ...

MacKenzie Bailey, a senior at Logos Academy in York, secured a top-five finish at the 2025 Pennsylvania Poetry Out Loud state championship, held on March 3 at the State Museum in Harrisburg.

In “Unshrunk,” Laura Delano chronicles her struggles with mental illness — and the endless parade of pills meant to treat it. By Casey Schwartz Working to cover rent and insurance, “I ...

In the final episode of Political Poems, Mark and Seamus discuss ‘Little Gidding’, the fourth poem of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. Emerging out of Eliot’s experiences of the Blitz, ‘Little Gidding’ ...

And danced to the melodies of desire. O Rabab, singing minstrel of the dunes, Before your melodies my poor heart swoons You are desire’s spy, whispering sands The secrets of the heart are in ...

The Berkshire Hathaway chairman often turns to Rudyard Kipling’s 1895 poem "If"— as a guide during market downturns, urging investors to remain calm and focused on the long term rather than reacting ...

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