One of the most interesting elements of almost any fantasy work is its language. While it is true that many video games and ...

Ali Smith scrambles plotlines, upends characters, and flouts chronology—while telling propulsively readable stories.

During the first two weeks of Short Term, Bates students, faculty and staff will be able to attend one-time language and ...

"Pollard’s readings [demonstrate] the diversity of her work [...] At its most characteristic, her writing assumes a ...

Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a "Just Like (blank)" poem.

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) with assistance from his poet wife. It was ...

If we read Ditlevsen’s poems through the lens of Lessing, you could say that Ditlevsen’s so-called sentimentality is a poetic anachronism that functions as a subversive tool, an anachronism on a par ...

February is Black History Month in Canada. Check out this list of buzzworthy works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by Black ...

Drive go-karts Looking for a romantic date idea that’s as thrilling as it is fun? Try go-karting! It’s the perfect way to ...

What place do stories of romance and marriage have in the pages of a newspaper? Join this conversation with the Vows writer Rosalie R. Radomsky by Feb. 14 to find out. By The Learning Network A ...