You can read Minneapolis poet Danez Smith’s work in two new books or, if you happen to be in New York, on subway walls. Smith ...

Leonard Cohen's songs are poems, but not every poem he wrote became a song. These are a mix of some of his definitive works that define Cohen as a wordsmith.

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The prolific rapper talks about her excellent new album The Drive Home. Plus new records by Ankhlejohn, El Cousteau, and ...

Dr. Phillip Lenberg, music director for the Ukiah Symphony and Professor of Music at Mendocino College, is deservedly a ...

A new era of niche, independent bookstores is taking Greater Boston by storm – and shows no signs of slowing down.

Thanks to a daily school vocabulary lesson, my daughter has altered her most stated refrain. She is no longer merely hungry.

Aunt won't tolerate the 13-year-old boy yelling at her and can't stand to see him disrespect his mom and grandma.

In Hale’s 1827 novel, “Northwood: A Tale of New England,” she described a Thanksgiving table with a roasted turkey at the ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

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Once againDave Holodiloff’s come through with a stand out project that is more than the sum of its parts. And there are many ...