As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the ...

On Sunday, Nov. 13, the Standard-Speaker on page C1 had a headline, “JFK’s famous ‘ask not’ line traced to Conn. school,” by Michael Melia of the Associated Press, who states that Kennedy, who sat ...

It turns out that the perpetual cult favorite "The Prophet" was not written in some far away land as one might assume from reading it, but right here in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The young Lebanese ...

Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese-American poet, artist, and philosopher, is renowned for his timeless insights into love, life, and the human condition. His words speak across cultures and beyond ...

Deakin University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Kahlil Gibran (original spelling at birth “Khalil”) is a strange phenomenon of 20th Century letters and publishing. After ...

My first copy of “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran, was a gift from my friend Amy who was a VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) volunteer in Grand Island in the late 1960s. Since that time I have ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. I return to Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet in every season of my life.

In December 2019, Jean Gibran generously donated close to 80 medals in memory of her husband, Kahlil George Gibran (1922–2008), a noted sculptor, based in Boston, Massachusetts. Born to parents who ...