In "The Book of Anna," novelist Carmen Boullosa imagines how Anna Karenina's life would have been different if she fulfilled her literary dreams. Read more ›
Before being sworn in as president, Abraham Lincoln completed a harrowing yet triumphant 13-day train trip from Illinois, to Washington, D.C. Read more ›
More than 300 singers and musicians from around the world have collaborated on a video of the classic song "You’ll Never Walk Alone" to lift spirits during the COVID-19 crisis. Read more ›
"The Voice in the Headphones" by Prof. David Grubbs follows a musician during an "epic" day in the recording studio — and it's told in the form of a long poem. Read more ›
A new book looks deeply at pogroms, the murderous rampages in 19th- and 20th-century Russia that resulted in the deaths of at least 150,000 Jews. Read more ›
A new book tells the story of the Young Lords, a group of Puerto Rican political activists who shook up New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Read more ›
It's been four years since hundreds gathered in front of a mural in Brixton to mourn David Bowie's death with music and community. Brixton hasn't been the same since. Read more ›
Kingsborough Community College Professor Maureen Fadem deciphers the eclectic poetry of Northern Ireland’s Medbh McGuckian in a new book titled Silence and Articulacy in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian. Read more ›
