StringersHub on MSN4d
India: Indian students turn to poetry to learn Spanish
New Delhi, India - Some recite it, others write it, some even prefer to sing it, but what is clear is that poetry is a ...
The Nation on MSN1d
Beatriz Nascimento’s Histories of Afro-Brazilian Rebellion
The scholar, poet, and filmmaker devoted her life to sketching out a revisionist historiography of resistance in Latin ...
Michael Longley, 85, Northern Irish Poet of Nature and ‘the Troubles,’ Dies
Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...
TheCollector on MSN9d
Gabriela Mistral’s Biography: A Deep Dive Into Her Life and Work
Gabriela Mistral was a woman who forged herself amidst nature, facing the sea and surrounded by books—a frustrated mother and ...
Merion West2d
Haunted by the Sonnet: Erica Reid’s “Ghost Man on Second”
“In [Erica] Reid’s Ghost Man on Second, the real ghost man floating through the pages is the sonnet.” I n listing the ...
Independent Florida Alligator1d
Food and poetry event celebrates Gainesville’s diverse community
Around 50 members of the Gainesville community gathered on Sunday to witness the exhibit introduced as“A Seat at the Table: ...
Hot Guys Don’t Journal—Hot Writers Do
Writers don’t classify themselves as hot guys—or hot girls—for that matter. However, there is something insightful in the ...
What a fourth-century drinking game tells you about contemporary China
The endless iterations of the Orchid Pavilion preface are both an emblem of Chinese culture, and a lens through which China views its past. In imperial China, prowess with a brush was a mark of ...
The New Yorker7d
An Argentinean Writer and the Movement for Women’s Rights
Selva Almada’s work is central to the battle to protect hard-won victories that President Javier Milei has vowed to overturn.
The worst two weeks in American governance, ever
It’s okay to feel overwhelmed by everything going on; I feel overwhelmed, too, and it’s my job to stay on top of things. Even ...
Greek Reporter6d
How Homer’s Epics Survived After the Fall of the Ancient Greek World
Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.