IN the epic of Beowulf, our first great English epic, with almost countless references to the winter season, the sweet, antithetical season of summer is not once mentioned. This fact is significant, ...

“The Moon that fell from heaven”—a story first inscribed on clay tablets in the 14th century BCE—begins with a celestial accident: the Moon tumbles to earth and encounters the workings of nature. In a ...

From Los Angeles to Nevada, younger people are preserving a longstanding tradition one lyric at a time Deep in the heart of Los Angeles’s Koreatown, just a few doors down from H Mart and a K-pop music ...

Marie and my special, old age poets are viewing their days with fresh eyes. They seem to be finding beauty and meaning everywhere—in their memories of the past and in today’s world around them— ...

When Bob Holman opened the Bowery Poetry Club in 2002, it was with visions of Ginsberg, Burroughs, and the Beats floating around in his head. He was 54 and already a legend, pioneering spoken-word ...

she read in the obituary that you passed away. She was only five or six when you were my mentor. More than that, you were my friend and colleague. We used to meet at Kaladi Brothers for coffee to talk ...