‘There is not a particle of life that does not bear poetry within it’— Gustave Flaubert I read this quote to the small group of assisted living residents who had signed up for my weekly poetry writing ...

Tracy K. Smith, former poet Laureate, has a wonderful way with strange and haunting images, that still manage to tell a resonant story. I think of the old story she tells here — how future generations ...

“The Moon that fell from heaven”—a story first inscribed on clay tablets in the 14th century BCE—begins with a celestial accident: the Moon tumbles to earth and encounters the workings of nature. In a ...

she read in the obituary that you passed away. She was only five or six when you were my mentor. More than that, you were my friend and colleague. We used to meet at Kaladi Brothers for coffee to talk ...

Old English poetry and language studies encompass a rich tapestry of literary, linguistic, and cultural analyses that illuminate the origins, composition techniques, and social contexts of early ...

Every New Year’s Eve at midnight, after the luminous multicolored ball drops and couples exchange their midnight kisses, a familiar question can be heard echoing throughout throngs of partygoers: ...

‘There is not a particle of life that does not bear poetry within it’—Gustave Flaubert I read this quote to the small group of assisted living residents who had signed up for my weekly poetry writing ...