Although Peter Weir's movie sometimes borders on the schmaltzy, there is nevertheless an undeniable power about it. Robin Williams plays John Keating, a maverick teacher who shakes up a ...

It's not quite midsummer yet, but a Dead Poets Society rewatch is still a dreamy option for spring. The 1959-set ...

Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, is a place of pilgrimage for literature lovers. More than 100 poets and writers are buried or have memorials here. And, so began a tradition of burials and memorials ...

By Wilson Wong In his latest book, the Rolling Stone writer David Browne tracks three decades of folk, blues, rock and jazz below 14th Street. By Peter Keepnews Our critic A.O. Scott walks you ...

James Joyce’s novella, “The Dead,” describes a holiday gathering on January 6, 1904, the Feast of the Epiphany, in the Dublin home of two elderly sisters, Kate and Julia Morkan, and their ...

These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor. A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones ...

Walter Bargen and Barbara Leonhard, two poets known and well-loved in mid-Missouri, recently released dispatches into the ...

A year ago, Nadya Williams made a decision many of her colleagues didn’t quite understand: She decided to walk away from a ...

The Shahnama or Book of Kings is an epic poem written in 1010 and containing about 60,000 couplets. Its author was Abu Al-Qasim Firdausi. Unique and lavish renditions of this story have been created ...

The music world is in mourning. Rapper Ka died in New York City Oct. 12, his family confirmed in a statement to social media Oct. 14. He was 52. "We are heartbroken to announce the passing of ...

The latest from the chronicler of urban grit known for “Lush Life” and “Clockers” — as well as writing on “The Wire” TV series — is set in 2008 in East Harlem, where a five-story ...