The First World War saw an outburst of poetic creativity unmatched in European history. Fueled by bitter anger at a war that destroyed the comfortable world of Victorian prosperity and complacency, ...

In Shibuya, Tokyo, there is a Ukrainian support center called Himawari. Here, on the 8th floor, is one of the two public Ukrainian mini-libraries in Tokyo, which is also part of the Ukrainian book ...

Despite its war-torn history, Ukrainian poetry has flourished during the worst of times. Ukrainian poets urgently document their country’s trials and tribulations, joys and triumphs.

Odesa is to Ukraine as New York City is to the United States: a port city, a center of commerce and a place where languages, cultures and traditions collide, then meld into an instantly recognizable ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- War is hell; its horrors brought to light in literature, art and music. Usually portrayed as filled with fire and brimstone, hell can also be a cold, wet and very muddy ...

In Lyudmyla Khersonska’s 2022 poem “War. Day 1,” a woman wearing “cheery pajamas” wakes up to an uninvited guest outside her door: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “In the morning, rockets ...

Dan Shannon of Anderson Township has created a national contest to find the best poem about America. Poet Thomas Buchanan Read wrote the famous Civil War poem “Sheridan’s Ride” in Cincinnati, first ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

"It is sixteen British soldier poets whose work is commemorated in The Grolier Club exhibition." -- Preface. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile ...

AS PART of the interest in war poetry, Richard Eberhart and Selden Rodman have compiled a conscientious little anthology (200 pages) to represent “the continuity of the various reactions to war” of ...