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The Publication of Kunjana Parashar’s They Gather Around Me, the Animals (in June 2025), is nothing less than a cultural ...

The inner and outer forecasts don’t always match up. This short poem by Louise Glück starts out cold and stays that way for most of its 11 lines. And then it bursts into flame. At first, the emotional ...

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Plato wasn't just criticizing Homer. He was competing with him, offering Greece a new mythology with new heroes.

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There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) safety has turned into a constant cat-and-mouse game. As developers add guardrails to block ...

In Belfast, the Seamus Heaney Centre’s literary prestige is aligning with MediaLab’s cutting-edge screen technologies. Together, they’re fostering experimentation in narrative that is reaching far bey ...

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Cornered in a part of Downtown Los Angeles swamped in contemporary art museums and performance centers, REDCAT has become a ...