“Ready to see Jesus again!” Blessitt was born on October 27, 1940, in Greenville, Mississippi, to Virginia and Arthur Blessitt. The elder Arthur served in the Air Force in World War II and was ...

Arthur Nichols – or Art Nichols – was a comic book creator best known for inking and pencilling comics such as Star Wars, Sleepwalker, Leonard Nimoy's Primortals, The Ray, Mecha, Conan ...

Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order Monday to establish a poet laureate of Massachusetts. Applications for the position are not yet open, but the eventual appointee will be responsible ...

In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee. By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary ...

He was the poet laureate this city never knew it had. We just never realized it because his iconic drawl so seamlessly blended into the background here: whether it was hearing him give the weather ...

Eraserhead could have died in obscurity, but it became a cult-movie sensation instead ... If the American experience had a cinematic poet, it was him. The news that Lynch had left us was shocking ...

Rioux was named the world's tallest teenager by Guinness World Records. Even NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, who stands at 7'1", sometimes finds someone taller than him. The Los Angeles Lakers ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

Renowned poet and Los Angeles native Amanda Gorman has penned a heartfelt tribute to first responders battling the wildfires and helping those in need. In "Smoldering Dawn," she expresses her ...

At the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj, a 16-year-old garland seller from Indore, Monalisa Bhosle, became an internet sensation. The massive religious gathering, which attracts millions of ...

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

Atma Prem Giri Maharaj, a 7-foot-tall Russian known as 'Muscular Baba', has captivated devotees at the Kumbh Mela with his impressive physique and spiritual presence. He adopted Sanatan Dharma 30 ...