— With its change to a Web-only feature, Poet’s Choice is evolving. We’ll be asking a different poet each week to share with us a poem he or she has written. Mary Karr, who has been our eloquent columnist since March 2008, starts us off on this new format — — Saudi men ...

Once a month a small but growing troupe of modern beatniks gather at a dive bar in what has traditionally been considered (and still is in some circles) a rough part of downtown Lexington, Ky., for the Holler Poets Series, a live literary event focusing on local talent. Thanks to social media and th...

1. Cy the Cardinal, Iowa State University Cyclones. I have to put this one in here, ‘cause I’m an ISU alum and still like to tailgate it up during football season. So why is a cardinal the mascot of a team named after a force of nature? Because it’s kind of hard to make a mascot out of a torna...

Hard times have come upon many companies, websites and publications. Some of them are asking their readers to become supporters, but this requires a major shift: people who were once being provided a service are now being asked to donate......

After the text scandal here comes the ultimate scandal of the year! Maymga nagsasabing nag-sponsor daw AKO ng event na iyon. HELLO?! It was PNB! PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK you brainless dumb a-holes! I don’t endorse it no, but what can i do? I am slave to the wage. My document is about to expire...

Last Sunday I was REQUIRED to go the Miss Gay Superstar Pageant with my boss because our bank was one of the major sponsors of event. My boss told me to promote our PNB Global ATM Card (for more info contact me). I found myself in a very compromising situation. My presence there could suggest to peo...

Carol Ann Duffy an openly lesbian single mum is favourite for next Poet Laureate according to William Hill's odds. Rastafarian dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah is also quoted....

Carol Ann Duffy an openly lesbian single mum is favourite for next Poet Laureate according to William Hill's odds. Rastafarian dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah is also quoted....

My students in British Literature and Composition have just begun a unit on late Renaissance/Restoration poetry.  We will read the following writers: John Donne Ben Jonson Andrew Marvell Robert Herrick Sir John Suckling John Milton Afterward, students will explicate a poem, something I was not aske...

Have been reading a fascinating book about affective science, called Born to be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life So what, you might say. These are hard times! I can't waste energy on frivolities! But what if the race amongst us hominids -- chimps and people alike -- goes not to the biggest...