Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

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Grammer does not flinch on the horrific details surrounding Karen’s rape and murder, but they are only a small part of the ...

There is a funny poem about him waking up in laughter after ... the people that Espada profiles in verse are those who the death cult in power has deemed expendable. The fascist myth that has ...

"We want to show our readers abroad how much more Ukrainian literature has to offer": Interview with Ukrainian poet Iryna ...

Writer and director Timothy Scott Bogart puts a fresh twist on 'Romeo and Juliet' by turning it into a period-set pop musical. Read more about it here.

Here Hardy delivers yet another of what might be termed his “Funny Accent” performances, where he adopts some weird-ass voice ...

A former Inverness headteacher renowned for ‘roaring’ poetry from the table tops and singing from the front has died aged 69.

I sat. To say that this night was momentous was a disservice to the magnitude I felt it held. My brother sat, then our friend ...

Growing up in Liverpool in the late 1960s, and into the 1970s there was always music by you know who, (those four lads) ...

It began quietly, on page 971 of Wisden 1950, just after the list of Minor Counties fixtures for the bright new season ahead.

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...