Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? "Who will guard the guards themselves?" or "Who will watch the watchmen?" Asked Roman poet Juvenal.Replace guard with political ...

The social season is almost upon us, which means Ascot, Henley, Wimbledon and the rest. Or, as the Romans might have put it, ...

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Ancient Rome is often seen as synonymous with culinary excess. Images of exotic – even orgiastic – feasts perpetuate its reputation for strangeness and decadence. It may come as no surprise, therefore ...

Missouri is seeking a new poet laureate to succeed David Harrison. Four poets, Cass Donish, Justin Hamm, Dana Levin, and Jennifer Maritza McCauley, are highlighted as potential future laureates.

Young people are learning life skills like public speaking and memorization through a national poetry competition. Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with this year’s Poetry Out Loud winner ...

She’s a poet — and she’s always known it. A NYC public school teacher ditched her day job to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a bard — and now writes poems for strangers on the ...

1950s He was inspired by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Mexican painter Diego Rivera. Communism and revolutionary causes.

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise Almost 300 ...

Our poetry editor recommends collections that revel in nature, family life, hard work and language. By Gregory Cowles If we’re being honest here, a true starter pack of modern American poetry ...

Veteran poet and lyricist Gulzar, whose legal name is Sampooran Singh Kalra, recently added another national recognition for his decades of work. Gulzar earned the 58th Jnanpith Award for the year ...