Remember when you secretly wanted to be the leading lady ... Patrick Verona, played by Heath Ledger, was the bad boy every girl had a crush on. His devil-may-care attitude and unanticipated ...

In 2019, the Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran described how citizens can forfeit a democracy to the charms of an ...

Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, ...

Today, we help you pay attention to the sound and feel of this week’s poem. Play our game to see how much you’ve already ...

Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

The video might have helped push the song to its Number 67 Billboard Hot 100 peak and, alas, it also pushed towards dismissing Sobule as a gimmick. I mean, c’mon: Co-starring male model/romance novel ...

For 20 years, teens from around the country have come to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals.

The word love is elusive, a noun without context. However, its verb form, "loving," is more than the thing. It invokes poetry ...

To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, we invited 5 Washington Post photographers to capture nature, and invited 5 ...