Seamus Heaney, one of the major poets of the twentieth century, died in Dublin on Friday at the age of 74. Known in his native Ireland as “Famous Seamus,” Heaney was that rare writer who garnered ...

It is not often that the name of Enid Blyton, the bestselling children’s author, is mentioned in the same breath or the same sentence as literary giants, such as Homer, Virgil or Dante. The reason for ...

April is National Poetry Month, so to honor the words and songs of famous poets, the Wednesday List is all about poetry. Scattered across the Smithsonian museums, here are a few of the most ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, who wrote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is credited as one of the first influential ...

Jane Hirshfield, the award-winning poet, translator and essayist, has lofty ideas about poetry’s role in human lives, which she sets out in her new book about poetry, “Ten Windows: How Great Poems ...

LITTLETON — Mrs. Heidi MacGregor’s fourth-grade class at the Russell Street Elementary School has been learning about the poet William Carlos Williams. Our teacher read us some of his poems and taught ...

We’re used to surprises from Chilean director Pablo Larrain, whose films include the current “Jackie” and 2015’s “The Club.” His new movie, “Neruda,” is no exception. It’s a fantasia on a short period ...