For years, heartbroken people have been sending letters to the city of Verona addressed to Juliet. In the 1990s, the city of Verona created the Juliet Club to deal with all the letters. Read the article, and then listen to the full story.
Journalist Alison Flood investigates the increase of nature writing and reading in times of transition.
Read the descriptions and listen to the clips of protest songs from American history.
Read or listen to this account of Abraham Lincoln’s mindset leading up to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. View the artwork depicting the event at the bottom of article.
Read this article to find out how science fiction and horror stories have helped make fiction podcasts more popular.
What’s one way a teenager can go on a quest and still make it to school on time? By playing a video game, of course.
A geologist explores the intersection between his own field and myths around the world.
Give a popular poem a more careful reading and learn about the decision it may have driven Frost’s good friend to make.
Check out this interactive timeline of science fiction literature, from Jonathan Swift and Mary Shelley to Douglas Adams and Octavia Butler.
English professor Doni Wilson reflects on a literary event in which author Anthony Doerr read from his short story “The Deep” and discussed his passion for life and the natural world.
