From fifth grade to the NFL, the Eagles’ Saquon Barkley has always given his Whitehall teachers gratitude
Barkley has consistently given shout-outs to his former teachers. And they have all echoed that the Eagles running back's ...
30 Notable Female Singers Of The ‘70s
Explore iconic ‘70s female singers who defined a decade. Discover their timeless music, unforgettable voices and lasting ...
El País in English6d
Silicon Valley’s ultra-individualist philosophy wants to conquer the world
A handful of technocrats, convinced of their intellectual superiority, occupy key positions of power. They champion a ...
The Globe and Mail28d
On the origin of ‘the most beautiful word in the dictionary’ according to Trump – ‘tariff’
Dr. Johnson was a scrofulous, depressive, overweight and almost violently witty man of letters who hammered out classic poems ... “Perhaps a Spanish word,” he ventures. The great man was ...
Meet 9 trailblazing ‘hidden figures’ of Black history from across the Charlotte region
Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...
The Bulwark8d
The Poetry of Bombs and Trenches and Mustard Gas
Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...
Hollywood Flashback: When a Spanish-Language Song First Won at the Academy Awards
Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler made history when he won the best original song Oscar for 'Al Otro Lado del Río' ...
Poetry can be a ‘powerful and magical’ tool, says San Diego’s new Poet Laureate, Paola Capó-García
The North Park resident says she hopes to work with local schools to incorporate more poetry into their curriculums and host workshops to help people bring their poetry to life ...
Global Voices Online9h
‘American dream? No, Latin American dream.’ The poem that is capturing the hearts of immigrants
It's the immigrants' fault because they know how to lie really well. They hide their work-filled days and the little time ...
The New York Times29d
The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships
By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...
The Financial Times28d
When poetry heralds a new presidential era
All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...