Jane Austen, a woman whose name became known through books, films and even through her own dialect of English during the Gregorian Period (“Austenspeak”), celebrated her 250th birthday last year. Her books, despite their age, have remained timeless with continuous film and novel adaptations in the...

The heart of poet Dana Gioia’s work is being able to capture the beauty of God’s creation: “What beauty does is beauty draws us to the infinite number of perfections of creation. It calls forth things in ourselves. The same way it did to me as a kid not knowing this - it calls forth to us to achieve...

An iconic ‘90s band, Weezer is well-known for their upbeat, catchy lyrics, as well as their appearances in a variety of pop culture sources. Whether it be “Island in the Sun” from the nostalgic kids movie “Aquamarine” or more recent releases, such as their rendition of “Lost in the Woods”...

Speaking to the “Geek's Guide to the Galaxy” podcasters, science fiction writer Andrew Duncan reflected on a short story he had written in 2001 in which he told a sympathetic tale using J. R. R. Tolkien’s “orc” characters. It seems that the story was inspired by a subliminal racism he sensed...

This story was originally published in print on Nov. 15, 2018. Students at the University of Pennsylvania set off a controversy in 2016 when they removed a prominent portrait of William Shakespeare in their English building and replaced it with a portrait of  Audre Lorde, a black, feminist poet. The...