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It might not be Friday — and indeed, Friday might feel miles away — but why not take a mid-week break and enjoy a handful of...

To end a poem with a question is to offer an invitation. Here, the poet says, now it’s your turn. Rhetorical or direct, a question requests...

Updated contact information below. Original contact had bouncing emails.  Last month, we reported on Washington’s Department of Justice’s new policy that banned used book donations from...

Close to half a million people saw the huge Bruegel exhibition in Vienna marking the 450th anniversary of the artist’s death. Pieter Bruegel the Elder died...

Sponsored by Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev, published by William Morrow These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon,...

When I was about 12, I saw an ad in a magazine for a poetry contest that sounded fancy and impressive, something like “International Library of...