I met my best friend, Joyce, when she was 80 and I was 25. Despite our age difference, we learn so much from each other. I ...

Swanson started writing poetry when she was in her early 20s and wrote a book of poems, “Spirit Within,” which she ...

Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

In 1903, citizens of Kishinev went on a rampage — a pogrom against the Jews. That pogrom claimed the lives of 49 Jews and ...

Hellerstein, who is also the former director of the Jewish Studies Program at Penn, has authored multiple translations, ...

SUTTON, W.Va. — Sharp-eyed travelers visiting the historic district in downtown Sutton may observe two streams tumbling out ...