M. Gessen is an Opinion columnist for The Times. They won a George Polk Award for opinion writing in 2024. They are the ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Poems can promote understanding by taking us behind enemy lines. Threatening to boycott anyone's art or literature will only ...

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This past weekend, one student was selected to represent Solano County at the California State Poetry Out Loud competition in Sacramento, where they will memorize and recite poems that are ...

Led By Ava Pape, Eloise Williamson, and Rebekah Gurley, the Plano Coram Deo girls swim team captured the 2025 TAPPS Division ...

PTSD and suicide continue to be major issues for service members and veterans. Now, a current soldier is putting deep thoughts about that “internal war” in a book of poems he wrote. We talked to the ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

Since 2016, Microsoft Word users have had access to Smart Lookup, a nifty feature that lets you right-click on a word or phrase and bring up definitions, synonyms, and relevant links to sites like ...

When Shang-Chi’s father is killed by the soul-sucking dragon, the Core 200 fails to capture the swelling emotion of the orchestra, and the tear-jerking impact of his final words is lost. The bass ...