From the eleventh century until the fifteenth, verse romance was the most popular narrative genre of Persian poetry. The earliest examples are very charming ...

as Frost, who had every reason to veil his sexual velleities for his friend’s wife when he wrote about them in public, would ...

Lauren Christensen’s memoir, “ Firstborn ,” begins with an epigraph from Louise Glück’s poem “The Wild Iris”: “Hear me out: ...

Alongside her razor-sharp critiques on men and intellectual bravado, Sor Juana penned intimate love letters that read like ...

In A24's latest screenplay book, Celine Song's luminous 2023 gem is further examined and unpacked. Read the full excerpt.

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

Saxophonist Javon Jackson plays at Sculler’s Jazz Club in Boston on March 22nd. His newest albums include the collaboration “Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies,” released just before Nikki Giovanni’s ...

Here's a love poem that has just the right touch to sweep your partner off their feet. Remember, you have the freedom to tweak it as you like, even personalize it. In the vast universe, finding you ...

Juneau Afternoon’s Rainy Day Conversations features Emmy Award winning writer Dr. X̱’unei Lance Twitchell. He discusses his ...

Louis previously won a MacDowell Fellowship, 2018 and 2023 American Book Awards, a 2023 National Endowments for the Arts ...

Odysseas Elytis, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, is regarded as one of Greece’s major poets and an eminent exponent of romantic ...

The artist was a fixture in the neighborhood for more than a decade, known for her risqué paintings — "the embodiment of this extremely important, extremely central Chicago archetypical artist," one ...