Dante's poems, which are rooted in misogyny, rarely portray feminine subjects as human or sane

The teaching of lyrical poetry by a former PLO leader throws Israel's government for a loop.

This former New Yorker editor struggled to stay afloat under his glamorous new boss

Former "Baywatch" star has been visiting the WikiLeaks founder in exile at the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK

DIY goddess Ani DiFranco on political responsibility in the Bush era, the "lying, whoring media," life in New Orleans and her bottomless pit of self-loathing.

The story of my extended Chinese-American family — shared by so many others — is one of sacrifice, danger and loss

Ted Hughes' 'Birthday Letters' makes it clear, once and for all, whom his silence has been protecting all these years -- his children.

Gorman's rising popularity represents a prime opportunity for educators to use spoken word poetry in the classroom

Palin implies that her son Track, arrested for assaulting his girlfriend this week, has PTSD from combat

The issue that should dwarf everything in sight today, planetary climate destruction, is normalized

How do I distill these family stories born of generational trauma into something affirming?

The anti-abortion movement lives; trepanation advocates have little to lose.

As the recent efforts of Woody Allen and Kevin Bacon show, playing at being a musician is an actor's most challenging role