By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

After years of not painting, Nicky Santore picked up his brush to paint the story of Pip, part beast, bird, insect, and ...

She was widely known for “her discretion and gentle nature”. “This was a simple quiet and normal family life of a woman, a mother and her family, that was destroyed,” she says. Siobhan is now talking ...

"So I recited one of his poems. "My dad couldn't say a word, but he made sounds along with the meter of the poem. The neuropsychologist said she got goosebumps." She bought children's books and ...

Angela Bauer has been a copy editor and lifestyles editor for the Journal-Courier since July 2012. The Evansville, Indiana, ...

Esther Freud introduces an extract from the heartbreaking wartime diaries of Edith Velmans, born 100 years ago ...

I was delighted recently to discover that three of my favorite authors, all from extremely different backgrounds and ...

His poetry often explores psychological and moral themes, offering deep insight into human nature. “I show you doubt, to ...

Over the centuries, poets have often used ancient Greece as their "muse," resulting in some of the most magnificent poems ever written.

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

Robson's dad, Brian, wrote 'Little Girl' when Karen was a young child. After thinking the recording was lost, it has been ...

Her father recalled, “When the textbook core committee learned about her achievements, they approached us for submissions. Her longer poems were not selected, so she submitted Kalaam Thettiya ...