Sibilance is a hissing sound in language. It occurs when 's', 'sh', or 'z' sounds repeat. This technique adds mood to poetry ...

It’s not just a mood—it’s in your blood. New research shows that your DNA determines whether you feel that "telltale tingle" from music and literature.

As millions of manuscripts compete yearly, small and independent presses provide emerging authors with vital pathways ...

From funny stories she’s shared with family and friends to examples of her deep faith, Linda Sue Mason really started out ...

Those of us disinclined to winter sports can still exercise our minds when it’s icy outside. We always feel at least ...

On Valentine’s Day, writers and poets on campus gathered in The Gund’s lobby to share their love of language at the Sunset Press Open Mic. Participants brought their different perspectives on life, ...

Derek Walcott's poem 'Love After Love' offers a powerful message about self-acceptance and appreciating your life's journey, ...

Recently I had a curtain-opening experience after reading a poem that left me kind of excited. About breaking more rules with the English language.

Old Indian poems and folk songs are revealing a surprising truth about the land. Scientists found that descriptions of thorny trees and open grasslands in texts written as far back as the 1200s ...

Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis poet, wife and mother, was shot and killed Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, setting off nationwide protests over the ...

This haunting poem depicts an elusive, dangerous figure of overwhelming destructive power The Man in the Wind The man in the wind who keeps us awake tonight is not the black monk of the wind cowering ...

A melancholy December vision in Liverpool invokes a Dickensian ghost with more worldly but still warm realism Down on the canal on Christmas Day Down on the canal on Christmas Day a man walks towards ...