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Virginia’s Lt. Gov-elect Ghazala Hashmi (D) holds a PhD in poetry and selected five poems for fellow Democrats that brought her comfort over the past year.

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In the quiet hills of Shimla, Kanwar Dinesh Singh crafts poetry that whispers rather than declares. With more than two ...

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Subú-seré? Poetic licence gave me the indulgence of this headlining. Not even the English Language, in its pretentious ...

The phrase “weathering the storm” sounds calm, almost sturdy—but it’s usually said at the exact moment life feels least ...

Dismissed as a lame duck, Emmanuel Macron has clawed back some influence after his defense of Greenland and Denmark. Will ...

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Writer/director Josef Kubota Wladyka and stars Alberto Guerra and Alejandro Edda visited the IndieWire Studio, presented by ...

Your great column last week reminded me of the word “Truthiness,” first coined by beloved talk show host and comedian Stephen Colbert. We could create a whole new lexicon solely based upon the “truthy ...