We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress discusses four books that examine some of the struggles that come with being a ...

The 20th century was a period of major transformation in the world of sport, thanks in large part to pioneering women who ...

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.

March is Women’s History Month, but celebrating the women, well-known or not, who make our present existence more meaningful with the inspiration of their lives, should be a year-round ritual.

International Women’s Day—rallies for women’s rights happened worldwide. Here in Athens, women’s rights supporters gathered ...

explaining that they often reflect the poet’s environment and that Arab poets traditionally favoured clarity and eloquence over complexity. Women in Arabic poetry The session also touched on women’s ...

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 ...

Metre (and raising the terrifying prospect that the University of St Andrews has instructed all its members of staff to produce large volumes of poetics), it is billed as an ‘account of poetry in the ...

We have only a handful of female poets in Sanskrit – it has always been an elite language. However, the poems we do have make up in quality what is missing in quantity.