Over the past five years, poetry by so-called “patriots of Russia” has demonstrated just how rapidly the image of the war is ...

How a national music initiative is bridging divides and inspiring civic renewal across America.

A collection of the best Irish drinking songs, including traditional pub anthems, folk classics, and lively singalong ...

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I read about 100 books a year. Mostly novels, essays, and poetry collections. Whether you prefer business books or literature ...

USA TODAY staff picked challenged or banned books to show why they deserve a place in our schools, libraries and society.

He became one of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known for his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six Oscars, counting (he always did) the two ...

Dachshunds race at the Wharf, fall parties bring seasonal flavor, and street festivals take over Vienna, Alexandria, Union Market and Takoma Park.

Literature by the working class has a long history in China. Under Mao Zedong, the state held up workers and peasants as the masters of society and encouraged them to “speak bitterness,” or tell the ...

Bring your whole school together with this engaging and interactive National Poetry Day assembly, designed to help children discover the joy of poetry and explore how poems can be heard, spoken, ...

Joseph Gray set out to show his two children he could not only walk the walk, but he could run the run — all the way up Pikes Peak. The 42-year-old Colorado Springs resident traversed the 13.36 miles ...

Chicago trio Dehd have announced a new album, Poetry, and shared its first single, “Mood Ring,” via a music video. They have also announced some tour dates. Poetry will be out on May 10 via Fat Possum ...