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Top 100 Works in World Literature

Source: Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002. The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54…

Israeli Druze

With the outbreak of civil war in Syria, more Druze turn to Israel for citizenship. By Jennie Wood Related Links Conflict from 1948 through 2000 Recent…

Brewer's: Hair, Hairs

(Anglo-Saxon, har.) The greatest events are often drawn by hairs. Events of great pith and moment are often brought about by causes of apparently no importance. —Sir John Hawkins's…

National Poetry Month

For any readers in April, happy National Poetry Month! It is an important month-long period where readers and writers alike can explore the wide world of poetry in all its forms, and become familiar…

Writing Well: Music to the Eyes

Music to the EyesWriting WellPicture This: DescriptionHelp Is on the Way!Make a Deposit in the Idea BankTake the PlungeColor My WorldMusic to the EyesTools of the TradeAn Affair to Remember Writing…

Brewer's: Straw

Servants wishing to be hired used to go into the market-place of Carlisle (Carel) with a straw in their mouth. (See Mop.) At Carel I stuid wi' a strae i my mouth, The weyves com roun' me…

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

(Encyclopedia) Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772–1834, English poet and man of letters, b. Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire; one of the most brilliant, versatile, and influential figures in the English…

Shakespeare Quotes: Comedies

All the world's a stage William Shakespeare Related Links William ShakespeareQuiz: Famous Quotes from Shakespeare Shakespeare's PlaysShakespeare's SonnetsQuiz: Shakespeare's…

Poets on Poetry

I, too, dislike it—Marianne Moore I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.—John Ashbery, London Times (23…