Along with world-class pianist Gerold Huber, Christian Gerhaher and Julia Kleiter took the Wigmore Hall audience on a musical ...

Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, ...

Maplewood poet and knitter wins state grant for poetry.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re eulogized Pope Francis at his funeral, calling him "a pope among the people, with an open heart ...

Pope Francis reminded us that we can enjoy literature and that it can add value to our lives, making the world a better place ...

April is National Poetry Month, and the Post is celebrating by featuring poems about Alameda penned by local writers. This ...

The meaning of ‘happiness’ was in flux in Shakespeare’s England, and his plays capture many senses of the word.

Yes! I thought, as I read these lines from the Russian American poet Joseph Brodsky in a 1989 love poem, “A Song.” There’s something about the ineffable beauty of life that formal knowledge misses. So ...

Graduating college or landing a job should leave you feeling proud and excited. But some people feel numb after achievements.

My husband Gary and I met when we were 9 and 10 years old. We became closer later, when we were 14 and 16 years old, and ...

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...