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Atlanta is home to some of the most accomplished and celebrated poets in the country. To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’ve rounded up 13 collections by Atlanta poets.
The UK is home to some of the world’s most iconic burial sites, where history’s most celebrated figures rest in peace – each with their own fascinating story. From a Scottish market town to the ...
Around 1,800 miles away from Iowa City sits the sprawling Hollywood hub of Los Angeles, California, home to many famous ...
If you’ve ever talked about “the birds and the bees” or referenced “the best laid plans of mice and men,” then you’ve inadvertently quoted some of the English language’s most famous poets.
Many of us have tussled online with internet trolls but did you know that trolling has its roots in Ancient Greece?
He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...
Need some inspiration for your band's name? Why not crack open the Kindle, head to the library or go browsing in your local ...
It's open to female English-language writers from any country. The contenders also include Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden’s postwar story “The Safekeep” and German-born poet Aria Aber’s novel “Good ...
Galeano’s oeuvre casts a long shadow—not only in Latin America’s letters, but in the region’s political identity.
Cambridge Like most writers’ handwritten drafts, the papers of Alfred Tennyson—the 19th-century English poet known for nuggets such as, “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to ...
A professional skeptic, he took on hundreds of mysteries, offering rational explanations for the Loch Ness monster, the ...