The spirit of Valentine’s Day, like February itself, is best kept short and sweet. On the occasion of a notoriously ...

If someone does not appreciate you in all your uniqueness and what you bring to the table, you have a choice to make. If ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

In 1997, for example, Vivian Gornick wrote that love was no longer the primary narrative conflict of contemporary literature.

A Texas wolf sanctuary rescues wolves from captivity. After they rescued one young white wolf and nursed her back to health, ...

May this February 14th be filled with love and romance. Share these poems with your soulmate and let them know how much they ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

Now that I’m not in love with anyone, I recognize what a privilege it was to love in the first place — to know what that all ...

If we read Ditlevsen’s poems through the lens of Lessing, you could say that Ditlevsen’s so-called sentimentality is a poetic anachronism that functions as a subversive tool, an anachronism on a par ...

This Valentine's Day, don't miss the chance to share a heartfelt verse with that special someone who fills your life with joy ...