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Café Frida’s Poetry Fest presents 8 published poets
On Sunday, the festival will present eight poets: Jack Crimmins, Lisa Shulman, Dave Holt, Melissa Eleftherion, readings from ...
From dark and witty to feather-light perfection: New poetry by Kimberly Campanello, Patrick Cotter, Karen Solie and Bernard O’Donoghue
An Interesting Detail by Kimberly Campanello; Quality Control at the Miracle Factory by Patrick Cotter; Wellwater by Karen ...
The Pioneer on MSN4h
Mansi Paul Choudhury: A Mother, A Seeker, A Scholar: Living Proof That It’s Never Too Late to Learn or Inspire
It was one of those rare Calcutta afternoons: cool, breezy, washed fresh by the rain, with the kind of softness in the air that makes everything feel new. I was waiting at Bageecha Café, a quiet, ...
The Weather Channel on MSN7h
Ask A Met: Why Do We Say 'Raining Cats And Dogs?'
Morning Brief reader Dick in Illinois writes in to ask "Where does 'cats and dogs,' describing heavy rain, come from?" Meteorologist Tiffany Savona: Growing up, I would hear my parents say, “It's ...
myRepublica on MSN5d
On Clouds
Shelley’s poem still falls short of Kalidasa’s masterpiece in terms of bringing life to nature as it is a mere conscientious ...
InsideNoVa on MSN3d
Statewide Democratic ticket makes landfall in Northern Virginia
On an overcast Friday afternoon, with rain clouds threatening overhead, a large, blue bus pulled into Falls Church’s Eden ...
InsideNoVa on MSN3d
Democratic ticket leaders make landfall in Northern Virginia
On an overcast Friday afternoon, with rain clouds threatening overhead, a large, blue bus pulled into Falls Church’s Eden ...
WBUR1d
With Paul Simon, I'm always homeward bound
The immigrant experience is defined by the quiet courage of reconciling where we come from with whom we hope to become, ...
The New Yorker10d
Do We Need Another Green Revolution?
As the global population grows, we’ll have to find ways of feeding the planet without accelerating climate change.
An Italian feast in Trafalgar Square, plus the best of June’s classical and jazz concerts
Staging a classical concert in Trafalgar Square is a risky business. There’s the eternal problem of the English weather, the ...
The Christian Century2dOpinion
The United States owes King George an apology
The signers of the Declaration of Independence accused the king of crimes against the people they represented. Those very ...
Empowerment to exploitation, the many lives of Umrao Jan Ada
Unlike other famous courtesans of Hindi cinema and literature, Umrao Jan’s story has been revisited time and again over the ...