Big-screen interpretations of Joan of Arc are often ridiculous (Jean Seberg in Saint Joan, Milla Jovovich in The Messenger), can be epically confident (Sandrine Bonnaire in Joan the Maid), and have ...

The father of all poetry anthologies was Greek—the Anthologia Graeca, known in English as The Greek Anthology, the first version a collection of epigrams and poems compiled by Meleager of Gadara. That ...

Read by Nancy Marchand and others. In 5 containers. Descriptive notes by Ephraim Eisenberg on container. Performer(s): Read by Nancy Marchand and others. 101 William Cullen: To A Waterfowl / David ...

Mark Doty is the guest editor for this year's Best American Poetry anthology, and here he takes us through the long hours and the ultimately rewarding experience of a year of reading more than anyone ...

In March, 1743, plague struck the port of Messina in Sicily. Suspicious deaths had been recorded on a cargo ship in the harbor; the ship was duly burned, but too late. Almost three-quarters of the ...