Langston Hughes was known as a key figure in both literary and artistic spaces during the Harlem Renaissance era.

Near the end of poet Maria Zoccola's "Helen of Troy, 1993," the book's titular protagonist addresses the "gods of difficult ...

I would, I decided, give a gift from the heart. I would make a special present with my very own hands. I would write her a ...

Sunlight was emerging through the clouds on St Brigid’s Day, marking the Celtic start of spring, as they came to honour a poet of the natural world. Up to 300 mourners packed into a Belfast church on ...

I’ve been in Japan for less than 24 hours and somehow, I’ve found myself in a ruby-red basement bar watching an 89-year-old magician make a 1000-yen note levitate. I pull an Aussie $5 note from my ...

After British publisher Leslie Smith died in November 2023, his son Simon began cleaning out his attic — and made a stunning discovery. An unassuming plastic bag full of papers turned out to contain a ...

Marion Bowman Jr. was convicted of shooting and killing a young mother, 21 year-old Kandee Martin, in Dorchester County, South Carolina ...

Hotel 1829, a historic treasure hidden in the quaint town of Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas, is officially accepting bookings after being shuttered since Hurricane Irma devastated the island in 2017.

Famous faces have gathered as musician Linda Nolan is laid to rest today (February 1) at St Paul's Church in Blackpool before ...

Ofer Kalderon, a French-Israeli hostage, was taken captive from Kibbutz Nir Oz. His teenage children, Sahar and Erez, and his ex-wife, Hadas, were also abducted, but they were freed during the ...

This includes shutting down plans to honor Black History Month, Juneteenth, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Women’s History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and numerous other federally ...