I’ve been thinking lately about the face our country shows the world, which led me to remember the face we once showed.

On Jan. 20, 2021, two weeks after the horrific attack on our Capitol by some of our fellow Americans, President Joe Biden was ...

Since getting into poetry as a teenager, Masaki Takahashi has been performing with a style that bridges the gap between ...

One of the most exciting programs is America’s Field Trip, a contest that gives students a chance to share their perspectives ...

The singer died in 1971. A new documentary series posits that he faked his death to escape the burden of fame, and is living ...

In yesterday’s newsletter, Bill quoted Philip Larkin’s “Homage to a Government,” on Britain’s quiet post-WWII retrenchment: ...

Portuguese native Joe Correia, a Hot Springs poet and photographer, will be the featured poet for Wednesday Night Poetry, at ...

In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ”, as a reviewer in the 1920s termed amateur elocutionists.

Sociologist Eve L. Ewing joins The Excerpt to discuss her new book “Original Sins,” which argues that schools enforce racial hierarchies.

It was a sensation that lasted for much of the time I spent with the man, the novelist named Peter Grainger, and with his ...

Morgan’s road to Luvcat wasn’t without its challenges. She spent a number of years on the live music circuit as a solo artist, but over time, performing alone began to feel isolating and limiting: ...

Pat Conroy was the epitome of the "Southern Writer" for many years and called by some "the most beloved American writer of ...