Most great writers agonise over punctuation. Oscar Wilde wrote that revising one of his poems took a day: the morning to take ...

Late one night, you’re on the couch, an overwhelming menu of Netflix shows radiates unwatched on the screen, and you snatch ...

Sharon Kernot knows how to make a pressing, potent, aching song from a stanza of free verse lines – and how to make a page of ...

Grab your oars and set sail, cinema fans, because The Odyssey is now in theaters. The latest entry from legendary filmmaker ...

Going outdoors can inspire elementary students to tap into their creativity and produce poems with a visual twist.

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I Catch Sight of the Now” by Jorie Graham, and his own poem “Piano Lesson.” The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Schoolroom on the Second ...

The Canadian poet Karen Solie balances environmental concerns with hope and deadpan wit. By Daisy Fried Daisy Fried’s latest book of poems, “My Destination,” will be published in October. When you ...

This one's for guitarists who enjoy messing with tones, but spend way too much time trying to lock in the perfect sound. Groundhog Audio claims its tech can match the tone from any song and drop it ...

One of the most ambitious anime compilation movies of the 80s was Robot Carnival, and this Blu-ray release captures it astonishingly well. The main premise of Robot Carnival is to examine robots and ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever and funny rhymes, and the words danced off my ...

Born in a brewery in the Bohemian town of Litomysl in 1824, Bedřich Smetana took part in the 1848 Czech uprisings against the repressive Austro-Hungarian regime as a young man. However, the composer ...