True longing alchemises us. As the experience of incompleteness eats into our innards, it births us, gradually, into a new ...

I only believe it because it happened to me. I visited the Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan almost sixteen years ago as a ...

Tackling this culminating challenge in the company of his beloved Beatrice, who inspired the poem, Dante must trasumanar, a ...

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Coca-Cola may have helped popularize Santa's look, but his modern image was already taking shape long before the soft drink ...

CONGRATULATIONS! Eleventh grader Eesha Ande, a rising poet from San Antonio, is gaining national recognition for her work ...

Micháel McCormick ’s poems and short stories have appeared in more than 80 journals and anthologies. He holds a degree in mathematics and takes inspiration from math and science for much of his work.

Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.

"I looked in the mirror that week and every line, wrinkle and grey hair were still there, mapping out my life for me. I ...

William Wordsworth, a key figure of the Romantic movement, believed nature profoundly shaped human character and imagination.

Bhubaneswar Welcomes the World of Ideas Bhubaneswar : Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) 2026 announces its twelfth edition to be held from 8 to 11 January 2026 at ...