From memoirs and poetry to novels and local history, discover 12 new books by Berkshire authors that explore memory, ...

Joseph Roberts spoke to the ECHO in an exclusive interview about his proud Liverpool roots and how poetry changed his life as ...

I will be posting short poems here on note. In the free field of five lines, breaking the mold and returning to it. With that in mind, I mainly write five-line poems (gogyoka). I have been picking up ...

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Spurning the free verse of many of his contemporaries, he held to an older tradition. He also wrote spirited poems for children. By Rebecca Chace X.J. Kennedy, the avuncular and prolific American poet ...

It was the French historian Pierre Nora who coined the term lieux de mémoire – “sites of memory”. He meant to suggest that places and objects can embody or contain personal and collective memories, ...

NPR's Sacha Pfieffer speaks to comedian Chris Duffy about his new book, "Humor Me." In it, he explores how laughing can be therapeutic and argues that humor can be taught, lost and regained. Chris ...

Humor is under direct attack. It's being attacked by drones—but I am using "drone" in the antique sense of the term. "Drone" comes from the German "drohnen", to roar, and Swedish "drona", to drowse.

Thanksgiving often inspires us to get a little poetic. Thinking and speaking about the things we’re grateful for is a time-honored tradition, but it can be hard to put those feelings into words.

Over his decades-long career as a late-night comedy TV writer, Joe Toplyn has crafted jokes for the likes of David Letterman and Jay Leno. He has instructed adult-level courses on comedy writing and ...

126 Funny 'Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue' Poems To Make Your Day originally appeared on Parade. 59. Roses are red, violets are blue, when you snore, it sounds like honk-shoe 60. Roses are red, ...