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

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

Lovers have always batted their eyes on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Or have they? Historians aren’t sure ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...

One of the most interesting elements of almost any fantasy work is its language. While it is true that many video games and ...

She was one of the most famous writers in Denmark ... There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die, the first English translation of those poems, starts with selections from A Girl’s Mind ...

Over recent decades, a computer programmer and prolific internet commenter has risen from the obscurity of forums and pseudonymous blogs to the pages of this newspaper, as a friend to Vice ...

After the inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol, Trump appeared at a rally of his supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington, where Elon Musk and other famous faces were also present.

Here’s a look at the celebrities who made the cut for Monday’s ceremony. Rogan hosts one of the most famous podcasts in the world, The Joe Rogan Experience, which has over 11 million listeners ...