Stop for a moment, and take a breath. Slow down from the monotony and bleakness of modern life and look back at a world, now perhaps shunned ...

Once upon a time, many years ago, a young woman pressed her senior prom corsage in a book of Shakespearean love poems. She ...

In a series of case studies, Michael Gamer shows Romantic poets to be fundamentally social authors: working closely with booksellers, intimately involved in literary production, and resolutely ...

Local poet Peter Fortunato will be reading from and signing copies of his latest poetry collection World Headquarters at 4 pm ...

Autumn’s colors may dazzle, but its deeper message is one of mortality and spiritual preparation. Are you ready for your ...

We planned to meet at Urbana’s Caffé Paradiso, but with Paradiso’s truncated summer hours, we ended up a block away at Caffé ...

Julie Sedivy’s memoir delves into our enduring love affair with language.

Tame Impala might be known for their heady music, but Kevin Parker is also an adept wordsmith. He wrote once classic about ...

When I think about the young woman from Virginia pressing her prom corsage in a book of poetry, I’m happy I can pass on her romantic notions.