When picking out her favourite wedding song, Patti Smith discussed the love songs that remind her of Fred 'Sonic' Smith, her ...
While Hannah Szenes is undoubtedly a hero, celebrated for her poetry and her bravery as a paratrooper, she was also a young girl, excited by the work that kibbutz life demanded, interested in her ...
Between breadcrumbing, cushioning and situationships, the language of romance seems to be lost in translation. Where has the ...
When I think about the young woman from Virginia pressing her prom corsage in a book of poetry, I’m happy I can pass on her romantic notions.
Dear Dinner Invitation: What’s improper about her going is that she is a married woman and she knows this man is interested ...
Lamia, one of the lesser-known demons in Greek mythology, is a bit of a shapeshifter, known as a man-eating monster.
Opening with those quintessential Romantics, Lord Byron and Manfred, Karina Canellakis’ LPO programme builds to a Bruckner 4 ...
Drivers passing the old country cemetery on Woodlawn Road must’ve found the sight strange: a bright yellow bicycle leaning ...
Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...
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The heartbreak behind Dorothy Parker’s wit
You can’t judge a book by its cover, but sometimes you can judge a writer’s standing by it. My 1990s-era paperback edition of “The Portable Dorothy Parker” shows the poet, critic, playwright and ...
“Language Love” conjures a different kind of a desire than Linguaphilia — something closer to brand loyalty than romantic devotion ... place for poetry in her investigation, as though ...
Yusuke Morii's sophomore outing, 'Route29' follows two outcasts on a surreal road trip and recently premiered at Tokyo ...