Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

Where did Valentine’s Day originate? For years, the consensus among historians was that the holiday had something to do with ...

In 1878, Bergson left the Lycée Condorcet and won entry to the École Normale Supérieure, the most exclusive university in ...

Lovers have always batted their eyes on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Or have they? Historians aren’t sure ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

With a brand new major London tourist attraction opening soon in a network of World War Two tunnels, and with the second ...

First was a discussion at the Jule Collins Smith Museum with Alabama poet laureate Ashley Jones. The event took place on the night of Feb. 4 with limited seating in the museum. Next was an open Q&A in ...

How do you write about the life of a man who was “all his life… patiently learning how not to live at all”? Poet, critic, ...

The 16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) concluded on Sunday with a call to amplify "narratives from the soil," by promoting voices rooted in the country's cultural and literary landscape. The ...

In the first English translation in half a century, Paul Reitter and Paul North distill the essence of the Marxist ...

It was a cold, gray Tuesday morning, with the campus blanketed in snow, when I first set foot in the Lord Hall gallery to cover its latest art exhibition. Despite having opened not long before I ...