Nursery rhymes teach children all manner of things using the language of poetry, writes Australian author and researcher ...

On the whole, these books “present divorce as liberation and marriage as oppressive,” Molly Fischer writes in this week’s ...

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We participate in political memes to express our anxiety that whatever is coming next might be even more chaotic than what is ...

While in Gaza an intensifying series of air strikes killing hundreds of Palestinians does not constitute an act of war, the ...

Humpty Dumpty is a metaphor for environmental regulation, put on the wall by the government, only to be knocked to the ground.

He looks like a bearded baby or Humpty Dumpty. Sometimes, he is holding a lollipop and wearing a child’s baseball cap with a propeller affixed to the top. One meme takes his edited baby face and ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. We bring you a true grab bag of recommended books this week, united by little besides excellence and interest. There’s a ...

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. A new season brings a whole host of incredible new books to read. Offerings include buzzy literary fiction novels, powerful memoirs ...

Now that we have poems available for free on the internet, as well as seemingly countless poets to choose from, it can be challenging to find truly good poetry books. That’s why we’ve talked ...