Ahead of the start of the Year of the Book, former President Toomas Hendrik Ilves appeared on the ETV2 show "Plekktrumm," to ...

In the third edition of his column exploring the new wave of boundary-pushing folk and traditional music, Patrick Clarke delves into music's role in our intimate relationship with place, and rounds up ...

A Holocaust survivor, who was aged 10 when the Nazis closed his Jewish school in Germany and deported him, has described the ...

His legacy is a body of work — both sacred and secular — unique in the 20th and early 21st centuries. It’s truly a gift to ...

Additionally, since I enjoy poetry, I’ve written poems in both Estonian and Latvian, which has been a great way to practice and deepen my understanding of these languages. I envision myself living in ...

Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow, the animated film that had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, has earned Latvia its first Academy Award nominations. The film landed Best Animated Feature and Best ...

Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...

One day when I was a child, I read a poem in a book at my grandmother’s house that stuck with me. It started with the line, “When I am old, I shall wear purple.” If you don’t know this ...

Read Variety reviews of international feature Oscar submissions for the 15 shortlisted films and entries from more than 50 ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

We are humbled and honored to recognize “Angela Batiste Jones Day” on January 8th in the City of Gonzales.” Jones was born on in Hope Villa, LA in 1923. She had eight brothers and five sisters.