Jonathan Rauch wants the church to act as a “load-bearing wall” in American civic life. But his appeal lacks a clear audience ...

An Ohio writers’ group is responding to a rise in school and library censorship by publishing a new collection of stories that tackle topics often the focus of ...

The Contemporary Poetry and Music Circle was hugely influential in the post-war years. Its legacy is finally being unearthed ...

Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my ...

Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a poet whose graceful and careful work made him one of the most cherished writers of Northern Ireland and, for some, the English-reading world.

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The transformation of matter, like H₂O shifting among ice, water, and vapour, symbolizes the interplay of stability and motion. This dynamic reflects the spiritual philosophy of Shiv and Shakti ...

Jan. 16, 2025 Here is some of the greatest, most practical advice I’ve heard on how to start reading poetry: “A poem is best read in the light of all the other poems ever written. We read A ...

Swami Vivekananda's teachings emphasize the idea of oneness and universal divinity. He believes in expanding beyond self-interest to achieve true peace and interconnectedness. His message ...

Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...

The closest I ever came to considering atheism was as an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, having read almost the entire oeuvre of existentialist Albert Camus over the course of one semester.