Swanson started writing poetry when she was in her early 20s and wrote a book of poems, “Spirit Within,” which she ...

We suggest former collaborators, like Tom Hardy, and new faces, like Léa Seydoux, to join Christopher Nolan's cast of The Odyssey.

Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about ...

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

Frost’s approachable verse and appealing rural subjects brought him legions of admirers. His personal life was shot through ...

Harper — the “mother of African American journalism” — died at 85. Her legacy continues to point the way forward for the ...

If you're looking for a new read, or maybe a new perspective on life, take a look at these four books written by authors on Cape Cod.

In this week’s poem, “two cents plain,” Anna Wrobel finds solace in of a glass of seltzer (for which the title is an old Brooklyn catch-phrase) and a wartime act of chance and humanity that resulted ...

Adam Plunkett’s Love and Need offers something of a recuperation of Robert Frost by reminding us that the poet's fierceness ...

In a 1930 letter, Robert Frost stated his priorities as memorably — which, for Frost, meant as mischievously — as possible: “Am I any good? That’s what I’d like to know and all I need to know.” The ...

To honor America's 35th President of the United States, we're looking back on some of his most powerful quotes from his inauguration address and other landmark speeches. Though he spoke these words ...

Common themes in today’s literature and theatre, such as courage, determination, jealousy, love and faithfulness, existed ...