In this roundup of poetry from the past year, 'America' editors and staff explore worlds of verse and fragments of reality that enchant and unsettle.

Last time, we compared a dozen translation samples of Dante's Inferno. We looked particularly at the extent to which ...

Aerobic exercise can include different activities like power walking, running, dancing, and jumping rope. These activities increase your heart rate and challenge your muscles, helping to improve ...

The symphonic tone poem stands as one of the most evocative forms in classical music's history. Unlike traditional symphonies, which were conceived within rigid structural conventions, these ...

Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...

Quaker poetry has a long tradition. Despite the suspicions of the first generation of Quakers, who were concerned that music ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Owl's Night,” by Mahmoud Darwish, and her own poem “The Museum of Stones.” The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “My Great-Grandmother's ...

With nearly two decades of retail management and project management experience, Brett Day can simplify complex traditional and Agile project management philosophies and methodologies and can explain ...

Thanksgiving brings out our grateful side, and not just because someone made pie. The whole point of this holiday is to make us stop and appreciate the people we love and the good things we might ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more ...