Another Ash Wednesday will soon be upon us, marking the beginning of another Lent. The pace and predictability of the liturgical year—like the academic year ...

In 1903, citizens of Kishinev went on a rampage — a pogrom against the Jews. That pogrom claimed the lives of 49 Jews and ...

Adam Plunkett’s Love and Need offers something of a recuperation of Robert Frost by reminding us that the poet's fierceness ...

Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly ...

Chesham was once famous for its avenue of tall elm trees which went through the park. Some people still lament its loss. This is the ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Newark Advocate faith columnist Mark Katrick contemplates why the shortest month of the year feels so long and suggests how ...

Celtic mythology is comprised of legends and lore from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, and Brittany.

Reclaiming the art of writing love letters – on the antique technology of paper – is a small act of defiance, a safeguarding of the self against tech giants that want to package and sell you. It’s a ...

A rumor has spread online for years that Vikings believed a goat whose udders produced an endless supply of beer awaited them ...

"There is a stark difference between being an actor and being famous. There are a lot of platforms that can grant you fame. To be viral online is to become famous. But being an artist is a ...