“The Youths have Spoken, Just Loosen” takes a direct jibe at powers that be.

Here are some of the most beautiful quotes by Lebanese poets that continue to move hearts everywhere. Read more about them here!

A century ago, Khalil Gibran wrote a love poem to Lebanon, 'You have your Lebanon, I have my Lebanon.' He spoke of his affection for the Lebanese people's generosity and hospitality, and Lebanon's ...

All of this should serve as a reminder that there have always been these two Americas: one pushing to restrict democratic ...

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In This Could Be a Love Poem for You, her fourth collection of verse, Ranu Uniyal offers a powerful poetic account of her wrestling with the profound sense of loss that pervades her everyday existence ...

“[c]learly Rosy had to go or be put in her place.... The thought could not be avoided that the best home for a feminist was in another person’s lab.” —James D. Watson, The Double Helix (1968) I am the ...

In our fraught modern world, poets are rarely celebrities. But celebrities sometimes get their poems published. Certain people (disgruntled scribblers) may scoff at this. What do Megan Fox, James ...

Without Emma Gifford, we might never have heard of Thomas Hardy. Hardy’s first wife was instrumental in his decision to abandon architecture for a writing career, and a direct influence – possibly ...