By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

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“For a long time,” writes Kathleen Jamie in her afterword to The Keelie Hawk (Picador £12.99), “I’ve wanted to write a suite ...

I was delighted recently to discover that three of my favorite authors, all from extremely different backgrounds and ...

I heard what she said but didn’t quite get it. Her observation didn’t sink in, and wouldn’t sink in until years later.” ...

Esther Freud introduces an extract from the heartbreaking wartime diaries of Edith Velmans, born 100 years ago ...

This is a series about analogs, things people make by hand. The first person I want to tell you about is Duane Jensen, who ...

Acclaimed baritone Dashon Burton performs music and poetry in “Brick by Brick: Changing America by Song,” part of this year’s ...

John Lennon always wanted to be the most authentic version of himself, and that resonated in music, sometimes a little bit ...

To call a work of art bad because it does not elicit that initial reaction, it only means you must look deeper within the piece and yourself. I invite you to do so in 2026.” ...

Elizabeth Willis, since arriving on the University of Iowa campus a decade ago, has come to epitomize the iconic and esteemed ...

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is a poet of this family, the family of which Persian poet Nazeeri Nishapuri said, “The one who is not killed ...