The lives of great authors often hold as much drama and tragedy as the stories they write. While their works continue to ...

It’s surely something to celebrate that the most famous Scot in world history is a poet. Royalty and dictators get far too much attention as ...

“Gone is the age of satire,” the speaker says, but this very poem, worthy of Swift, demonstrates that satire is, if dangerous ...

Alongside her razor-sharp critiques on men and intellectual bravado, Sor Juana penned intimate love letters that read like ...

Some of the most famous books we love today were once rejected by publishers. They were considered too different, ...

Michael Zev Gordon [Claire Shovelton] THEODORE Adorno’s famous dictum about the impossibility of poetry after Auschwitz was a ...

There’s something magical that happens when you step through the doors of the Blue Bonnet Cafe in Marble Falls, Texas. It’s ...

In a state where BBQ debates can break family ties faster than politics, Clyde Cooper’s BBQ stands as a monument to pork perseverance since 1938, serving Eastern North Carolina-style barbecue that’s ...

Ye Xiaogang (left) and Pu Cunxin pose with the vinyl record. [Photo provided to China Daily] In portraying the character of ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

Elizabeth Siddal's tragic life as a muse and model and Christina Rossetti’s poetry, expose the Pre-Raphaelite era’s depiction ...

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...