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

Known for her interpretations of Bach, Mozart and Weber, she was praised for her clear, bright voice and her perfect ...

“That was our house,” Crystal says, her voice trembling as ... Heidi has little hope as she heads back days later. She wants only to salvage two small sculptures — a cat and a limestone ...

These scribbles, often poems or messages to loved ones ... unknown prisoners expressed their pain and hope through haunting graffiti. Scrawled on cell walls, these obscure verses, many portraying love ...

The origin of Groundhog Day in America traces to the fervent religious beliefs of German-speaking immigrants in the 1800s.

Rosensaft, the child of two Auschwitz survivors ... and the paradigmatic negation of despair for the birth of a child is hope. His effort is audacious, to write poems that address the absence ...

But I think the ‘true’ material of the childhood and parent-child relationship helped to create the voice ... two worthy ethical mantras: first, do no harm versus action is the antidote to ...

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, ...

Patrick Wolf has announced the release of his long-awaited new album Crying The Neck out April 25. Ahead of the album, Wolf ...

There was a book called Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats by Kristen Iversen that I optioned and am still trying to turn into a TV show. It’s about the process of ...