Scholars and students have spent nearly a decade documenting and digitizing a vast, first-of-its-kind repository for hundreds ...

In a few short years, Max McNown has made his mark on the music world, writing songs that are likened to poetry set to music.

This year we celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, relishing as ever her witty way with the pen — and her novels are ...

The star became obsessed with mountain climbing to prepare for the remake of the 1993 Sylvester Stallone movie: "I did five ...

Frank Stanford, who killed himself at age 29, died far too young. Thanks to writer James McWilliams, the legendary Arkansas poet's short but colorful life is now documented in a monumental biography.

In an interview with ‘The Independent’, Rhidian Brooke also revealed Bob Geldof’s tongue-in-cheek four-letter reaction to the poem filled with famous song lyrics ...

Storytelling can lead to respectful, creative activism — an exchange that eventually, in a civilized world, can result in finding commonality, resolution and peace.

Kesey explores familial dynamics in this 1964 novel set in a fictional town on the Oregon Coast during a logging strike. His ...

Families are invited to take part in a brand-new hare-raising adventure sculpture trail at Weston Park this summer.

It is fascinating that some of the most splendid prose in the Hebrew Bible emerges from the mouth of Balaam, a brilliant poet ...

In Maithili Kavitak Hazar Varsh, Taranand Viyogi embarks on an ambitious exploration of Maithili poetry from the 8th to the ...

Here are some great choices for fiction, nonfiction, essays, memoir and more to keep you busy through the hot summer months.