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What struck me when I first met Ramakanta Rath at Ravindra Mandap in Bhubaneswar during the release of my first Odia short ...

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

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

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Before Bojan Louis was an award-winning writer, he was a young boy listening to stories told by his family – their voices ...

Don't just say "I like you" or "I love you"—make your love confession to that special someone in a more romantic way, with an unforgettable poem.

The artist was a fixture in the neighborhood for more than a decade, known for her risqué paintings — "the embodiment of this extremely important, extremely central Chicago archetypical artist," one ...

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

I adored the way authors were able to evoke emotion and take me on a journey through words on a page. I wanted that gift. I dreamed that I could write something that allows anyone who reads it to get ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...