As our population ages, writers are offering books that look at what aging means and ways to live full lives even with the physical limitations that even the healthiest seniors experience. Today we ...

From the column: "To misapply a fine point, poetry — like Latin, FORTRAN, and fact-checking — is a dead language." ...

Short love poems help express your feelings to your beloved person in a simple, precise, and heartwarming way. Poems touch ...

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) is probably best known for her bon mots: “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses” and ...

One of Eddie Murphy's funniest quotes from SNL (let alone his entire career) originates from this short mockumentary called ...

Every year on January 25th, Scots around the world celebrate the life and legacy of one of their most iconic and influential ...

The Worcester County Poetry for its Frank O’Hara Prize poetry contest, and its most prestigious commendation, the Stanly ...

The films that made the shortlist in the Oscars’ documentary short category are all powerful and thought-provoking.

When Judith Barrington reflects on her latest book, “ Virginia’s Apple: Collected Memoirs ,” she thinks of it as daring, ...

Before the local theater events of the New Year begin, it’s appropriate that we recognize the outstanding productions and ...

Poet Nikki Giovanni’s death on Dec. 9, 2024, hit me in a way that I had not expected. First, I didn’t know that she was ...