According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

But all poetry, even funny poems and short poems for kids, has a common thread: The poets who write it are interpreters. They take an honest look at events and emotions and boil them down to some ...

After Sterling Morrison quit the Velvet Underground, he traded his guitar for poetry books. We take a close look at his ...

I believe that reading poetry is an important way to ... of their immediacy and impact as possible. Some Holocaust poets became famous, and their work has been translated many times.

In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

She was one of the most famous writers in Denmark ... close to the strange moments where past and present collide. Her poems read, at their best, like illuminations, transfiguring her life ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

Here, we explore ten essential Dunbar poems that every lover of literature should read. “We wear the mask ... our eyes—” Arguably Dunbar’s most famous poem, “We Wear the Mask” is ...

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The Irish have a rich tradition of storytelling and poetry, with their language full ... Irish language is also famous for its use of metaphors and allegories. For example, "When the apple is ...

Edited by Helen Phelan, Marie McCarthy and Nicholas Carolan, ‘Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: A Life in Music’ is a collection of essays, reflections and poems inspired by the musical life of the Mícheál Ó ...