Barbarian invaders may not even exist, but our fear, anxiety, anger and exhaustion do exist. Our insomnia, substance use, ...

A former student of Nikki Giovanni's recalls the fateful day when the poet and activist convinced him he was an artist. Then ...

A new study charts John Milton’s influence on revolutionary thinkers but misses the sheer seductiveness of his masterwork.

In a world preoccupied with material power—military, economic or political—it is easy to overlook the invisible forces that truly shape human history. Yet the most enduring and transformative powers ...

The following short story by Yukio Mishima (1925–1970), newly translated by John Nathan, was first published in the June 1965 ...

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Seed.” The Buechner Narrative Writing Project honors the life and legacy of ...

Chimwemwe Undi is a Winnipeg-based poet, editor and lawyer. She was the Winnipeg poet laureate for 2023 and 2024. She won the ...

As if a world of concrete things were to be gathered into the titular abstraction; or as if Kipling's rightness were presently to be proved remarkable in that it is all wrong. And yet, I think, ...

Knoxville-native Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9, but her legacy lives on. From new tributes, a documentary and the work she ...

Trying to make sense of things is not easy. Perhaps my confusion is simply a reflection of the world’s confusion. Peace is ...