On Wednesday morning, poetry and song became more than performances. They became a bridge between the two neighboring nations ...

In terms of cultural and tourism integration, “culture” constitutes the soul. Any successful tourism development must be grounded in a profound understanding and sincere respect for the cultural ...

With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

The exhibition explores how the ocean has shaped and influenced Indigenous communities living along its edges in western ...

Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

We’ll tell our stories on these walls. –Verses 1 and 2 of “ North”, by Sleeping At Last They may seem worlds apart, but poetry and market analysis have something in common. Often poetry has a meter, ...

I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever and funny rhymes, and the words danced off my ...

Netflix’s The Sandman Season 2 closes out on a powerful and poetic note—literally. After the emotional weight of Morpheus’ death and Daniel Hall’s rise as the new Dream, Episode 11 of Volume 2 sneaks ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...