Poetry has been an essential part of many countries’ popular culture for centuries. Italy, Russia, Iran, Chile, Poland, and Nicaragua are good examples, to name just a few. In these places, professors ...

If you’re looking for hints and answers for Strands for Friday, July 11, 2025, read on—I’ll share some clues and tips, and finally the solution to the puzzle with the theme “It could be verse.” For an ...

Engaging with Eunice de Souza’s work through the collected poems in Volcano, edited by Melanie Silgardo and Vidyan ...

The Missing Prayer is a tell-tale rhythmic recital of the losses, the voids, the gaps and the simplest of the tiny things ...

After four successful crime films and a comedy caper, Guru Dutt shifted focus to make some serious and seminal films, which are hailed as classics. The first in the series of the four classics was ...

The health and vibrancy of the Scottish cultural landscape was once acclaimed across public life. Not so long ago many folk ...

"Elegy for a Glacier," a visual poem on climate change, is by Round Lake filmmaker Sarah Bachinger. "Field Cam," a covid-era short, is by Elizabeth Ennis of Roscoe, NY.

How is it that some of us are privileged and many are not? This subject is at the heart of a new collection of poetry.

Washington poet Eric Ode often finds ideas while out walking. Here he shares a poem inspired by the prickly (or not) holly ...

Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Friday, July 11 originally appeared on Parade. Move over, Wordle, ...

Kano International Poetry Festival (KABFEST) has called for poetry submissions for its 2025 edition scheduled to hold September 11 to 13.