Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

As if this celebration of poetry weren’t romantic enough, the lovers kiss under the boughs of the cherry trees for good luck. Couples are not the only ones who partake in Valentine’s Day ...

Lovers have always batted their eyes on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Or have they? Historians aren’t sure ...

The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their ...

Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...

A recently discovered poem, written in 1918 and published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

After years of not painting, Nicky Santore picked up his brush to paint the story of Pip, part beast, bird, insect, and ...

She was widely known for “her discretion and gentle nature”. “This was a simple quiet and normal family life of a woman, a mother and her family, that was destroyed,” she says. Siobhan is now talking ...

I have died everyday waiting for you' meme from A Thousand Years song is being widely circulated on the Internet. Yes, it is the same song that crossed your mind upon reading the lyrics.

In “Memorial Days,” the author of “Horse” recounts the disorienting odyssey that followed the death of her husband, Tony ...

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on challenges experienced by European Jews 80 years on from the ...

Don McLean and Connie Valens tell PEOPLE about their unique experiences on 'The Day the Music Died,' when Buddy Holly, ...