Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

Language has a remarkable way of capturing not just meaning but sensation. Some words seem to sound like what they describe, ...

Pronounced “Old Lang Zyne,” experts say it started as a poem, and has since become a song that is now a staple in New Year’s ...

It's not often that "thinking inside the box," is lauded as a winning strategy. But for spoken word poet Henry Morray, it won Slamovision's 2025 international slam poetry competition.

As for Van Morrison, he begins one lyric found in “Lit Up Inside & Keep ’Er Lit: The Collected Lyrics” with “Rave on, John ...

While Urdu poetry thrives through gatherings, media, social media and living traditions, anglophone verse, caught between ...

The surgeon informed Longfellow that Charley’s wound “was very serious” and that “paralysis might ensue.” Three surgeons gave ...

Social media and ChatGPT are changing the way we use text. Artists are pulling text in different directions in their practice, too. Some examples from recent shows across Goa and New Delhi.

Laura Cassidy’s books of the year include intricate yet accessible poems, a Cork City-based crime thriller, the Giller Prize winner 2025, and a top grade campus novel ...

EADaily, December 27th, 2025. It seems to me that now many people, thinking about the ongoing negotiations, are only worried ...

The Marathi poet’s work often reflects on the myriad ways human bonds are fractured, exploring themes of alienation, fear, ...

Once Mishra said, “Satires are appreciable only when they tear into evils instead of lampooning an individual.” One of his ...