O n that day when the soul dresses in white and the heart beats stronger, every word spoken takes on an eternal meaning.

At just 16 years old, Finn Maxwell already has a major love of the written word. The San Lorenzo Valley High School junior ...

Nagpur: The Scientific Hall was soaked in the lyrical aura of Marathi poetry and melody on Friday evening as singer-composer ...

Lydia Millet's characters in Atavists interact and have little dramas of their own — the author's talent is on full display ...

That theme of healing continues in Waves of Enlightenment, where the vast ocean of human emotion is explored in all its shades ... This collection contains short love poems that echo long after ...

Propped up on a hotel bed in Prague, Ethan Billips calls in through WhatsApp to join my interview with Max Deems and Andrew ...

Carolyne Topdjian’s The Black Moth offers a compelling blend of suspense, atmosphere and psychological depth. The novel is ...

See “From Where I Sit” at UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, as part of the UAB ...

For a writing exercise, Purpura suggested taking a work-in-progress piece to an unfamiliar space and reading it aloud, taking ...

Then he wrote a version of his life’s story, The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Die (Scholastic), aimed at younger readers. It combines youthful innocence and a sense of adventure with the author’s childhood ...

In short, not much had changed ... It was punctuated by emotion that transcends genre and generation. Given the track record of America, “Strange Fruit” will remain frustratingly resonant ...