Dharmendra's first love was with this woman during his childhood, but the Partition of 1947 separated them forever. This ...
Poems by a Cumbrian soldier killed in action in the First World War have been saved and are being celebrated in a new book.
The family of enslaved potter David Drake — known as “Dave the Potter” — has reclaimed two rare stoneware jars he created in ...
The nonfiction winner considers Gaza and the West; other winners include Rabih Alameddine, Daniel Nayeri, Patricia Smith ...
In a night that blended literary triumph with raw political outrage, the 76th National Book Awards honoured five exceptional ...
What appeared to be an old artillery shell was found Friday at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry where historic bombardment inspired The Star-Spangled Banner.
Last week, as commercials promoting a new Sting album showed us a much younger Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner singing, “I hope ...
The Irish poet’s work was rooted in a close feeling for the local—but reached out to embrace a world of readers.
Col. Andrei Demurenko’s war story began at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., at a moment of hope and peace. It ended with a mortar blast in Ukraine.
The Intentions of Thunder” includes poems from Smith’s nine collections, as well as new and previously uncollected poems that ...
The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.