Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

For many years, I worked for Movieguide®. I loved to write songs. I even wrote scripts and songs for movie musicals. I ...

The indie-pop singer-songwriter makes her literary debut with ‘Eat the World,’ an insightful and introspective collection ...

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...

Breaking through on state-backed television in the late 1980s and 1990s, he was the first foreigner to be initiated into “crosstalk”, a specialised form of stand-up comedy. This year, after a ...

“Alexandra Leaving” is partly based on a poem called “The God Abandons Antony,” which was written by Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy and first published in 1911.

References to alcohol are rife in her poems (the famous quatrain “after three I’m under the table / after four I ... But step ...

Dorothy Parker, the sharp-tongued wit of the Jazz Age, remains one of America’s most fascinating literary figures. In WIT & ...

Here’s what I find really fascinating. A sizeable proportion of these writers were Irish women. These include (and are not ...

Albert Durrant Watson was a physician, a poet, and a hymn writer. Starting in 1918, he took on a new role: host of séances.

PATRICK Kielty’s wife Cat Deeley teared up on air after getting a shock birthday surprise. The Birmingham beauty celebrated her 48th birthday yesterday with her co-host Ben Shephard on This ...