Two new books give a multi-hued portrait of Seamus Heaney as he pursued a late-20th-century vocation as a public advocate of ...

David Roy chats to top comedian Frank Skinner about why his only Irish show of the year will be a poetry-centric event at Seamus Heaney HomePlace ...

His passion for poetry began 80 years ago when he was introduced to Beowulf in high school. Fascinated by the Old English words, he eventually obtained a Ph.D. at UT-Austin in the prosody of ...

The audience was treated to a surprising, often hilarious retelling and examination of the Old English epic poem Beowulf on a stage painted like an island surrounded by blue waters and sheets covering ...

This production portrays the epic Old English poem adapted by Nathan Cleveland, Preslie Cowley ... Their dedication brought the story to life, and everyone had a moment to captivate the audience.

an Old English epic poem so dramatic it has even spawned a computer-animated action fantasy film. Yet academics have slapped a ‘trigger warning’ on Beowulf, cautioning students that they may ...