Katharine Lee Bates and the Story of America the Beautiful," chronicles Bates's life as an author, poet and professor; her ...

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

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

Ono and Lennon maintained a platonic friendship for a year-and-a-half. On the Beatles famous trip to India, Lennon spent much ...

Though more Hamans would continue to arise, the Jewish people would survive and celebrate countless Purims in a new Promised ...

Charles Baudelaire is our most religious 19th-century poet. It’s just that his poetry does religion in the mode of anti-religion.

Tony Hinchcliffe has a Netflix deal, Andrew Cuomo might be mayor and Mel Gibson could get guns again. Why not?

Ruth Stout didn’t plow, dig, water, or weed—and now her “no-work” method is everywhere. But behind her secret to the perfect ...

Milton’s epic recounts a revolt against Heaven. Readers from Thomas Jefferson to Malcolm X have drawn their own lessons from ...

The multitalented poet, painter, and cartoonist made work first and foremost to delight.

Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory ...

Matthew Hertgen also set the family cat on fire during his twisted rampage, sources said — several months after posting a chilling poem to Facebook ... “And what god are you serving?/ ...