The small museum interprets Burns’ life in the town and his relationships with many people, including Holy Willie, who featured in his poetry and ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and John Keats.

In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity ... phrases in Black literature – “I know ...

As Donald Trump has gained fame and power, his rage at opponents and appetite for vengeance appear to have sharpened. A ...

From the malignant Iago to the murderous Clytemnestra, most literary figures feel personal passion. Trump’s anger seems more ...

His most well-known poems ... life is remembered and celebrated worldwide, with his work having inspired generations of Romantic poets such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Saikat Majumdar’s new book explores the rise of amateurs as a response to colonial rule, and its current form, embodied by ...

Returning to England from Belfast, where I taught for a time, I frequently footstepped the Quantock Hills in Somerset, from Wills Neck to West Quantoxhead, following the stream in Holford Combe before ...

In honour of Black History Month — as you will notice on these pages… if you haven’t already — this Thursday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Angela Jackson, who lives in Chicago, Illinois in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood. She fell in love with poetry in first grade and was writing ...