The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa Claus. But the classic poem also sparked a centuries-long controversy. Now, ...
Harrison was always faithful to his vocation. “I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director,” he said. “Poet covers ...
The published works of Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai Photo: IC. The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to ...
Poetry and song were originally the same art. In the ancient world, all poetry was sung or chanted. Indeed, it was often ...
In some ways, a crypt underneath an active cathedral is the perfect place for a concert of liturgical music. As always, ...
Restored in 4k this year by the National Film Archive of India under the National Film Heritage Mission, Umrao Jaan is a ...
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s wrestler “Blowwloween,” the 50th for “Rocky Horror,” ...
The wonderful thing about the music of the classical era – from around 1770 to around 1820 – is the way it raises ...
A look at how the latest album by The Cure was their best release in decades, and how the record came together around a poem ...
And lines from classic poems. In life, she was life. Leaving smithereens and bringing everyone out from their homes To watch kids scurrying away. Inside, a cold dark table, no one there. I felt my way ...
The rich tradition of Marathi poetry was celebrated in Navi Mumbai through the Para-Kavya Vachan (Recitation of Others’ Poetry) competition, organized as part of the Classical Marathi Language Week by ...