In a world flooded with cheap facsimiles of human art, will we still be able to rely on our own faculties for creation, or ...

At the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, they're hoping to shed light on the history and culture that surrounds the holiday through ...

Haines writer Shannon Donahue just returned to town after a monthlong stay at the Storyknife writers’ retreat in Homer.

During that time, Donahue was awarded the Evangeline Atwood fellowship, which came with a $1,000 stipend. She also published ...

Innovations in literary writing have long been integral to the evolution of literature, with figures such as William Shakespeare revolutionizing the stage through inventive dramaturgy and poetic ...

On a recent Friday afternoon, I joined Joe Hoover, S.J., our poetry editor, and James Davis May, the winner of last year’s contest, in a spirited debate to choose the winning poem for the 2025 ...

we revisit the immortal world of poetry in ancient Greece—from Homer’s epic poems, the earliest surviving works of ancient Greek literature, to Sappho’s later lyric poetry, many writers left a mark on ...

Discusses Greek lyric poetry, focusing on its emotional depth and the techniques used by poets like Cicus and Sappho to convey complex feelings through word harmony, rhythm, and vivid imagery.

“Alexandra Leaving” is partly based on a poem called “The God Abandons Antony,” which was written by Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy and first published in 1911.