Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

GUIYANG, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- For Italian mezzo-soprano Erica Cortese, 31, the greatest challenge in performing Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907) poetry in a symphonic song was not only the language but ...

This is the second in a five-part series about the value of verse in the 21st century. Read the first installment here. Each side had its own claim to aesthetic and social righteousness.** Each side ...