Madeline Miller spent over a decade writing The Song of Achilles – a fantasy romance retelling of Homer’s epic poem The Iliad – and it shows. Just as the title promises, the prose of this novel sings ...

The former presidents, on the last day of the agency’s operations, rebuked President Donald Trump for shuttering USAID.

One local writer lets her mistakes change the course of her poem. “I think that the spirit of that free ... “It was like meeting a new person and just being able to pour your heart out if you feel ...

Echoing the fading beauty of the old world, Ali’s cinematic masterpiece ‘Umrao Jaan’ makes a graceful comeback after 44 years, its gentle magic waiting to be felt anew ...

Listen to Home on the Range & its lyrics, a traditional Western ballad reimagined with his signature folk-rock style.

Slow and Steady, This Poem Will Win Your Heart A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it.

The Formula One driver Jochen Mass pursued a career of extreme jeopardy. But the detail that caught my eye in his Telegraph obituary was his ability to quote poetry from memory: “a trick he had ...

The role of Spokane poet laureate asks laureates to, putting it plainly, bring poetry to one and all. To do this, laureates host classes and workshops, among other projects, which give members of ...

It was more like my children kind of broke me open and all these poems started pouring out,” she said. “It was like mind, body, and spirit – broke.” Loryn Brantz and her kids, Ronen, 2 ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Charles Ghigna — Father Goose — who lives in Homewood, Alabama. Charles has been a writer for fifty years and loves to “celebrate life ...

Soni's poem was filled with love and humor, ending with, "I know my poem's not that great, but its heart’s in the right place ...