By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

One could call it beginner’s luck or perhaps Phoebe Jessen had a touch of the Bard buried within her soul for a while now, ...

I was amazed to go with her to plays and see how she could write furious notes in the dark and be able to read them at the ...

They were known online as "The Ice Skating Sisters," and when they crisscrossed the country for competitions and camps in places like Boston, Seattle and Austin, Texas, their parents went with ...

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Hope is crucial for those of us with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or any cancer, helping us navigate the disease's ...

"Ireland is a sanctuary" Joseph Hoban explores Ireland's enduring love affair with musician Marianne Faithfull, who has died at the age of 78.

In a dim room above the freightyards, next to an old brass bed, an angel is taking off his wings. He winces a little as he eases the straps that run down into his chest: the beat of the wings is the ...

Emily Waltham is a fictional character in the series Friends played by British actress Helen Baxendale. The role of Emily was briefly introduced in the series during season four when Rachel was asked ...

But this came against the backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland – his first poems appeared in the ... up honed into something more like Emily Dickinson. By the time he graduated he ...