Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

Scientists and journalists share a core belief in questioning, observing and verifying to reach the truth. Science News reports on crucial research and discovery across science disciplines. We ...

Hundreds of South African servicemen, mostly black, who died during World War One have been honoured with a new memorial in Cape Town after going unrecognised for more than a century. The 1,772 ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

Lighter operas are a great gateway to the medium for new audiences. Add to that the quirky, camp Bavarian duo – magicians Siegfried and Roy of Las Vegas fame – and you have a production that is a sure ...

Whether a grown-up lady or a sweet little beautiful girl, when parents express their love using literature in the form of poems for daughters, it somehow becomes a heart-warming core memory in ...