Rachael Mead was born unable to smell. It means she experiences the world differently – from tasting food, to a heightened ...

The Iliad does not unfold as a smooth, continuous narrative. Instead, it advances through a succession of micro-episodes.

In May, the largely unknown 62-year-old Trinidadian writer was named a regional winner of the prestigious Commonwealth Prize ...

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The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I Catch Sight of the Now” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “Piano Lesson.” The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Schoolroom on the Second ...

Thousands of years ago, humankind figured out how to transform one of our greatest inventions into infinite beauty, and language gave way to poetry. From the prehistoric poems of the Nile ...

Rituals seem to be declining in modern life. Finding ways to gather together meaningfully can help us combat loneliness, pain, and division. Decades of research suggest that the quality of our social ...

Have we made a schoolboy error? When we think of World War One we picture weary soldiers ‘coughing like hags’ cursing as they wade through ‘the sludge’ of the trenches. We hear the ‘guttering’ and ...

A dictionary is a list of words or phrases and their definitions (what they mean). Dictionaries are arranged in alphabetical order. They help you to spell or understand any new words, so are a ...

Kate Ellis, a former English professor who taught at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, for more than 40 years, says she started teaching as a way to have a positive impact on others. In ...

Solli Raphael, 12, from Coffs Harbour, NSW, has become the youngest ever winner of the Australian Poetry Slam National Final. Source: Clare Hawley Solli Raphael has always loved writing but he'd never ...