After an 11-year exile to Nashville, Tennessee, I finally woke up smelling Pittsburgh. I woke from dreams of flying through ...

Ira W. Hays was born on September 17, 1855, in Wolfsville, Md., to Wilson and Susanna (Recher) Hays. The Hays family moved to ...

There’s always something to do in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles, but check in advance to make sure these ...

One morning he went ‘round his yard on a ladder. Rob Carney is the author of nine books of poems, most recently “The Book of ...

One of the great New Orleans-produced poets, Nicole Cooley is a master of the narratively themed collection. “The Afflicted Girls,” her 2004 volume about the Salem Witch Trials, is an unsung gem of a ...

The trailer for "28 Years Later" uses the same eerie Rudyard Kipling poem that's played during the military's survival and ...

When reading poetry a reader will interpret what it means to them. Everyone's response is different. What is imagery? Learn about how writers use imagery, the impact of imagery and how it appeals ...

You’ll probably know a bit about rhyme already as it is often used in poetry. Refresh your memory with this short, fun clip. You can sing and dance along with CBBC's Radzi Chinyanganya if you like!

A few weeks ago before Christmas I was talking on the phone to my granddaughter Lyla, and she told me that she had just ...

Burns was born to a poor farming couple in Alloway, Ayrshire. His cottage is still there and a bit of a tourist attraction.

Horizon is, in many ways, welcome. It shows the U.S. Army soldiers as a serious and professional, if imperfect, force that ...

American Primeval, a new Netflix limited series about the Utah War in the 1850s, isn’t afraid to dramatize the horrors of the ...