Geishas are one of Japan’s most enduring symbols, celebrated for their artistry, poise, and unique contribution to Japanese ...

The deadline for applying for the 2025 Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award Inspired by Nature and Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Writing Award for Writing by a Woman is November 14.

Creating and nurturing beauty in dark times helps us endure another day. Beauty can help us appraise how we live and how we ...

Award-winning translator Brother Anthony ponders Nobel Prize hype and the complexities of translating Korean poems and novels ...

Rising Canadian poet Lauren Gouin has announced the release of her debut poetry collection, 'Chasing Shadows'. Drawing from ...

Through Lauren’s evocative verses, 'Chasing Shadows' delves into themes of love, loss, identity, and resilience ...

The first-ever Miss Senior Titusville Library Pageant was a success! Birmingham women aged 55 and older were invited to vie ...

Loosely inspired by a true story, a mother from New Jersey roams the hills of Lockerbie, Scotland, looking for answers after the crash of Pan Am 103.

Mosab Abu Toha’s voice is smooth and melodic when he recites his poetry from his new home in New York ... The accounts of those trapped beneath the rubble, pregnant women struggling to survive, and ...

Judith Sutherland recalls her father's love of simple things like fresh-baked bread and jars of homemade jam — a love he passed on to her.

More recent acts of this sort include the hundreds of Ukrainian heritage sites damaged by Russian missiles and dozens, perhaps hundreds, of places in Gaza destroyed by Israeli airstrikes. During ...

Dear Readers: Hope you are all having a lovely fall. Please see below some poems that help embrace the season.