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Zhuangzi, whose given name was Zhou and courtesy name was Zixiu, was from Meng, the State of Song (now Qinglian Temple ...
Bookstores with a side hustle of drinks and food isn’t new — two personal favorites include Rough Draft Bar & Books in Kingston, New York, and The Den (part of Politics & Prose bookstore) in ...
Nicholson wrote poetry, plays and prose books from his home, which earned him an international reputation, an OBE and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. The 140-year-old property was suffering ...
Some books do more than tell a story; they weave words into something unforgettable. These 13 books are so exquisitely written that their beauty lingers long after the final page. Each sentence holds ...
A prose poem by Tony BrownIt is still winter, January 21. Less than two months till my birthday; I will be 65. I am still freezing. It will take forever to warm up. Maybe four days, maybe longer ...
A House for Miss Pauline is a beautiful, poetic novel that makes me want to explore McCaulay’s entire back catalogue. Julia Kelly’s latest work is the memoir, Matchstick Man ...
IDA — Gerfrude Stein — Random House ($2).Most readers require of prose that it make concrete sense as they think sense should be made. So Gertrude Stein, who uses prose to build a series of ...
When we think of storytelling, we often categorize literature into clear genres like prose or poetry. However, some remarkable works manage to transcend this division, blending poetic language with ...
We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team. B.C- based poet, novelist and essayist Tom Wayman is an ...
The poet Anne Carson has said that if “prose is a house, poetry is a man on fire running quite fast through it.” Everett has always seemed to be on fire in his best novels.
Everywhere I go this holiday season, I hear the same refrain: People are desperate for something to inspire them. That’s why I’ve spent the past several weeks with my head in a series of books, all ...
"If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale." This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and ...