By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

I have met so many good people of Petersburg, and I love the great possibilities that the city has on the horizon' ...

A new poll shows strong support among Americans for increased border security but opposition to arrests in schools and churches.

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get in the way of meaning.

As the title suggests, this is a series about migrants whose movements across our land ended up being the most consequential ...

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

Poems about anxiety and depression recur, as do those about wanting to be free of obligations. “Loving badly,” as she calls it, is another great subject: wanting someone close then pushing ...

At Shinjungma, the main trail branches away, heading further north toward the border with Tibet. It eventually finishes at the town of Hilsa. Finishing times vary considerably. The Great Himalaya ...

John J. Miller is joined by Nora Berend of the University of Cambridge to discuss The Poem of the Cid. John J. Miller is joined by Paula Fredriksen of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to discuss ...

The Nationality and Borders Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 6 July 2021. It was introduced following a consultation on the Home Office’s new plan for immigration. Read our response to ...

Washington — Citing President Trump's extraordinary move to close the American asylum system, U.S. border agents have been instructed to summarily deport migrants crossing into the country ...

He was the first child to be killed during the Troubles. In helpless response I wrote “Kindertotenlieder” (“Songs for Dead Children”, its title borrowed from Mahler’s great song cycle: There can be no ...