CANTON—Nursery rhymes are an oral and literary tradition that link us to the past and show the way language usage changes ...

Astrology is now influencing nursery rhymes, with social media and astrology sites reinterpreting classic children's songs to ...

The Sarasota Ballet performs Jazz Calendar, Divertimento No. 15, and Mozartiana - December 19 & 20 at the Sarasota Opera ...

This line comes from one of the most poignant moments in the James Bond franchise. Spoken by M (Judi Dench) during her testimony in Skyfall, she reflects on the reality of aging, mortality, and ...

A one-man stage show celebrating Mark Twain, plus holiday musicals, concerts and more in this week's top arts events in the ...

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

Hilda Doolittle, known as HD, was a prominent modernist poet of the early 20th century. Her 1914 poem "Oread" is a key ...

The singular, disconcerting uneasiness that is so characteristic of Joy Williams' fiction, yet so hard to pin down, is once ...

In this selection of essays, op-eds and speeches, the first piece written six months after his son’s murder, Pearl gives us words that are, yes, sometimes heartbreaking, but also funny, profound, ...

NPR’s Scott Detrow and poet Kate Baer share a favorite bookstore in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They recently met there to ...

Did you know one of the most beloved Christmas poems in the world actually traces its roots back to Upstate New York? Before most of us ever called it “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”, it quietly ...

During her lifetime May Swenson wrote her way into fame by recording memories riding her willow horse, enjoying strawberry ...