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Can Americans Love Poetry Again?
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 ...
On Thursday’s Jeopardy!, the game was filled with twists and turns that put the reigning champ in a position he hadn’t faced ...
Recitation of memorized history, literature, or science lessons was required drill in 19th-century schools — colleges, too. A poetry-recitation revival in no way takes us back to all that.
ArtSpace/Lima Executive Director Sally Windle said the local art gallery has at least one outdoor event each summer, and this ...
Lest you think screens have completely taken over teens' minds, note that more than 4 million high school students have been reciting poetry for fun and competition for the past 20 years as part ...
He could recite poetry all day long, and interpreted my silence when bidden to participate as a lack of appreciation for literature.
Project blending poetry, journalism and art has former residents feeling nostalgic and outsiders planning visits to ...
Holy Marys School, Banur, hosted a vibrant English poem recitation competition for classes I and II, showcasing the oratory ...
The idea of memorising poems may seem old-fashioned, but interest in learning poetry by heart is reviving worldwide, says educator Ow Yeong Wai Kit.
Recite these cozy, festive Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" ...
The West End Poetry Festival occurred in Carrboro last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Local poets and poetry lovers came together to share their work and inspire one another in the writing process.
Safiya Sinclair reads poetry for ‘renewal and restoration of my soul’ The author of last year’s celebrated memoir “How to Say Babylon” remembers reading under mango trees in Jamaica.