These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

David Lang is an important voice in contemporary music. In his piece for the ensemble Eighth Blackbird, these broken wings, ...

Former Missouri Poet Laureate Maryfrances Wagner writes about the inspiration she takes from a favorite poet, Williams Carlos ...

Ditlevsen, however, once wrote that she did much of her best work in poetry. There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die, the first English translation of those poems, starts with selections ...

The anniversary is a good moment to recall the post-Cold War history of Russia’s broken promises. They began with the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 amid the illusion of the “end of history.” ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — Lubbock poets have a chance to have their work featured in a pilot poetry exhibit this April by competing in the 3rd Annual Silent Wings Museum’s Poetry Competition.

Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and must document the destruction and horrors of war. But can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten a peaceful resolution? Perhaps ...

It turns out the standard advice to stay off a broken leg bone for at least six weeks is based less on scientific evidence and more on cultural caution—physicians like to play it safe.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Illinois’ Morez Johnson Jr. dunks during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against ...

Illinois freshman Morez Johnson Jr. will be out “for a good bit” after breaking his wrist in Saturday’s loss to Michigan State, coach Brad Underwood told reporters in Champaign on Monday ...

Life is a highway, so they say. And in Broken Arrow, the upcoming modern warfare RTS from Steel Balalaika and Slitherine, it's a highway littered with exploded BMD fighting vehicles that I just ...