Before I even set out from my chemotherapy and radiation treatment in Puyallup on Monday to the office in Sumner, I’d ...

Greek mythology makes mention of the mysterious Isles of the Blessed far to the west. What were these islands? Did they ...

Hughes takes on the mammoth task of poetry curation with a fantastic distillation of major works by poets ranging from Homer and Sappho to Donne and Milton, Plath and Angelou. The late, great Benjamin ...

How would an official poet laureate “speak” to the spoken word, slam or hip-hop communities, or to bush poets, or to ...

With the fall season quickly approaching, you might find yourself wanting to hunker down at home for a cozy night in more ...

Ancient Greece is known for many things, but how many of us know that there were a select few women who became exceptional ...

Nothing is failing in Western societies more completely, and more tragically, than school education. This is especially so in ...

Sorry to disappoint, but Dionysus doesn’t have a cat in Greek myth. (I know, I know, this was one of my favourite bits too.) ...

New books, from Bay Area and Northern California authors, listed by release date: Linda Watanabe McFerrin, award-winning poet, novelist, travel writer, and founder of the literary group Left Coast ...

Ancient Greece was a land of stories, and the best of all its storytellers was Homer, who lived around the eighth century BC ...

Sometimes life teaches you things you never wanted to know.As I alluded to in a previous column, I broke my femur, or thigh ...

If you're keen to see Europe's hot spots but want to avoid crowds and potential protests, these surrounding regions offer a ...