SIMON:I wrote this poem in the early nineties. It's interesting to write about homelessness because it's a real visible manifestation of something that's not working properly in society. SIMON:These ...

For 23 years, A.O. Scott was a film critic for the New York Times. For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ ...

'Twas the Night Before Christmas, but according to lore, This beloved poem was not written by Clement Clarke Moore. At least that's the opinion of Mary Van Deusen, who claims her ...