Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Sitting in Lincoln Center awaiting the curtain for Ayad Akhtar’s McNeal—a much anticipated theater production starring Robert ...

Treat yourself to different twists on the Puerto Rican cocktail, the coquito, at the fourth annual Coquito Wars, hosted at ...

Austin Shakespeare presents scenes from 'The Mahabharata,' the ancient Indian epic and Austin South Asians remember the tales ...

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo deliver a 'Macbeth' for the ages, but the curse of Shakespeare's tragedy isn't easy to avoid.

“In [Erica] Reid’s Ghost Man on Second, the real ghost man floating through the pages is the sonnet.” I n listing the ...

Oklahoma Shakespeare will present the debut show of its 41st season, Penelope, with Music and Lyrics by Alex Bechtel, Book by ...

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

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Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Beginning with her self-titled debut album in 2008, Taylor Swift has made allusions to literary themes and characters in many of her songs.

Young Brits aren't keen on classic love poems this Valentine's Day with most thinking the works of Shakespeare and Keats are ...