Of special importance to believers is how Shakespeare’s description of the work of poets is ultimately underpinned by the ...

From Elon Musk to Jordan Peterson, a certain strand of conservatism has recruited the poetry of Homer and Dante in their ...

There was an Italian film in 1954 called Ulysses that starred a thirty-something Kirk Douglas. And that’s it for notable, accurate tellings of Homer’s poem (okay, there was a miniseries in ...

The full-throated music of the poem might have a similar effect on the reader. The cascading rhymes and trippy images conjure a kind of aesthetic rapture that’s not so different from falling in ...

With “Context Collapse,” Ryan Ruby aims to explain poetry’s origins and its waves of innovation all the way to the present. By Daisy Fried Daisy Fried’s most recent book is “The Year the ...

Grant Public domain via Wikimedia Commons As Union General Ulysses S. Grant pushed southward from Tennessee into Oxford, Mississippi, in December 1862, he felt the pressure of the Southern cotton ...

Scientific Marvel is a poetry book by Chimwemwe Undi. (House of Anansi Press, Imalka Nilmalgoda) Scientific Marvel is a poetry collection that looks into the history of and current life in Winnipeg.

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In need of stocking stuffers? How about a Rolex Datejust, owned by the former mayor and put up for auction after he was found liable for defaming two poll workers?

George has established an international reputation, having published thirteen full-length collections of poetry. The themes of his work are topical, contemporary and respond to current affairs across ...

There was something quite Lorquiano about this brief poem, full of depth and relating the human condition to the passing of time and the full awe at nature. There is a strength and confidence in the ...

Noah Ulysses King, cherished son of Christopher King and Lou Tomlin-King, and beloved brother of Peter King, died on December 11, 2024 at the OSU James Cancer Hospital of an aggressive form of ...