Explore a curated list of famous poems that everyone should read, featuring timeless classics and modern masterpieces that ...

It might not have seemed like it at the time, but all those schoolyard rhymes you memorized as a kid were poems in disguise.

Not sure who hired that instructor but she looked like one of those tree hugging hippies from the so-called “summer of love” era. Hey lady! Do preschool children even pay attention to lame poetry or ...

Steedman reads her mother’s sensibility (and her own, austere, childhood horizons) through critical, historical lenses that neither of them comprehended at the time. They were just trying to survive ...

Explore the works of famous authors and the best writers of all time. Their must-read literary masterpieces have left a ...

By Daisy Fried Daisy Fried is the author of four volumes of poetry, most recently a book ... in a sonnet that’s Shakespearean in structure if not in rhyme or prosodic scheme, arrives in this ...

Wild thing. You made my yard sing. You made everything groovy. Except, of course, when you flew into my face and died ...

During the summer, the beach can provide an escape from seasonal unpleasantries. With crashing waves that drown out noise pollution, cool water that combats intense heat, and salty air that masks ...

This summer, Folger Family Takeovers include hands-on activities, dance, poetry, and lots of energy in the Great Hall ...

No pressure, right? With all that in mind, check out my latest picks for summer, for the Today Show, and for you. There are a million and one portable power banks out there, but I don’t ...

By Jesse Green Summer used to be when playgoing in the city came to a full stop. With no air-conditioning, most shows closed, at least until fall. But now that urban theater is a year-round sport ...

The steamiest movie of the season is also its most uncomfortable. Last Summer, which hits theaters July 28, is the first film in a decade from provocative French director Catherine Breillat.