Poetry in the 21st century is both ubiquitous and oddly peripheral. Verses are displayed on subway walls, recited on momentous occasions, and served up in giant fonts on social media, but rarely do ...

In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ”, as a reviewer in the 1920s termed amateur elocutionists.

Living during the early to mid-20th century, Simone Weil, a French philosopher, activist, and writer, was a religious mystic.

Over the past three years of full-scale war, Ukraine’s cultural figures have shifted from focusing solely on their craft to ...

From shattering Olympic records to breaking barriers, these women have been influential in changing the world of women's ...

The Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center (JWECC) hosted Celebrating Indigenous Women: The World Was Perfect, in Goodell Hall with the Poetry Club on March 13. The event focused on honoring Indigenous ...

Renowned Carnatic vocalist Chitra Srikrishna has curated the event, which will feature poetry by 8th Century women poets of India. It will be presented in the form of recitation and music.

Through her organization "My Sista's KeepHer," Conley uses poetry to empower and heal young women in Milwaukee ... The title ...

Through her organization "My Sista's KeepHer," Conley uses poetry to empower and heal young women in Milwaukee ... originated in England in the 17th century. It is awarded to individuals of ...

Lampedusa's mid-20th-Century novel The Leopard became a bestseller, then a revered film – and is now a lavish Netflix series. Its withering takedown of society's flaws and hypocrisies still hits ...

At the age of 7, Ashley Jones dressed as Harriet Tubman and recited lines of Eloise Greenfield’s poem about the abolitionist and conductor of the Underground Railroad to her second grade class ...