Literature

“Devoted,” Dean Koontz’s latest bestselling novel, has several characters none of us would ever think to be avid readers, yet he writes of one of them: Bella could not live ...

Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” (1868) holds a unique place in the literary annals. It has enjoyed popularity ...

Oedipus is one of the greatest heroes of Greek mythology—immortalized in what is generally considered the greatest of ...

These are unprecedented times–but, even so, comparisons are being made to the World War II in terms of ...

“April,” poet T.S. Eliot once wrote, “is the cruelest month.” Certainly his words apply to April 2020. Though ...

For better or worse, actress Joanne Woodward (born Feb. 27, 1930) will always be linked with her late ...

When, long ago, the Roman Empire reached far and wide across Europe, there was one land where the ...

Does anyone now remember what was highly significant in England, circa 1592–94? Or how about 1603–04? No? What ...

A key element of any biography is the author's ability to truly capture the essence of the subject, ...

Why should you read a novel about a nice guy, good family man, Wyoming game warden who keeps ...

“Who listens to you?” Ask yourself that question and then answer it honestly. That question is what Kate ...

Although Rare Disease Day is relatively unknown, it’s worth taking time to think about, and it’s worth having ...

Poets, like the rest of us, have varying attitudes toward death. Some urge resignation, others rage; some point ...

It's 2020. Another year, another decade. As we contemplate the future, we can always look to the past ...

The old house was jammed and noisy, with people standing elbow to elbow in the bar, drinking beer, ...

On New Year’s Eve, four of my five siblings, their spouses, and I gathered to ring in 2020. ...

Born in 1874 in England, as an adult he stood 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed close ...

When I was around 9 or 10 years old, my family was visiting my mom’s parents, who operated ...

Socialism in America is on the rise. A recent Gallup poll found that 45 percent of young American ...

2020. Now there’s a number with some heft to it. It offers gravitas, sounding like an Army tank or ...

Sitting on my desk is a 776-page volume of poetry that will in 2021 become a hoary centenarian. ...

Though a history major in college and a disciple of Clio (the muse of history) ever since, I was ...

Many of us approach the holiday festivities with high expectations, rose-colored visions of the pleasures the festivities might ...

William Blake, in his poem "Auguries of Innocence," wrote: Some are born to sweet delight And some are ...

In June, I had the pleasure of visiting New York and, courtesy of The Society of Classical Poets, ...

For two years in the early 1990s, I taught adult basic education twice a week in a prison ...

On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High ...