Reading the Poem: Silently read the poem “ Let America Be America Again ” by Langston Hughes. What do you notice about the ...

Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic poem about the defeat of Grendel – a creature whose exact form is still debated. Depending on ...

Decades on from his death, Elliott Smith remains one of the most talented songwriters in music history, distilling depression down to its simplest form.

You’ve sung them while clutching cups of hot cocoa. You’ve heard them played in shopping malls. But do you know how some of ...

These three songwriting duos' heart-wrenching poetry and entrancing melodies made them some of the best from the '70s.

“Waxwing” interpolates a set of lyrics from Toni Basil’s ... Mickey makes my songs? Mickey makes a poem? Mickey in the drugs ? Mickey is liar ? Mickey making love? Mickey is desire ...

Isabella Dail, head editor of The Prospect and staff writer for News, interviews Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon about his ...

Diljit Dosanjh is known for quite many of his songs. While his diverse discograpy includes proper Punjabi party anthems to ...

University of Louisiana Professor Barry Jean Ancelet began writing French-language poetry under the nom de plume of Jean Arceneaux.

but The Beatles managed to make the song feel like a smooth journey. The other reason “A Day in the Life” is a masterpiece is its lyrical poetry. On its surface, the lyrics might feel random.

It’s been a decade since North Carolina-born fiddler Maura Shawn Scanlin first crossed paths in Boston with Maryland guitarist Conor Hearn (she was a New England Conservatory student, he was enrolled ...

The singer-songwriter's first poetry collection drops October 29—and Cosmo has a first look with an excerpt.