New Prince Harry Nickname Suggests the Royal Family Lost More Than It Realized

Prince Harry has reportedly been labeled a “lost asset” by royal family experts. The Duke of Sussex recently visited Britain ...

What happens to Odysseus after The Odyssey?

In The Telegony, Odysseus travels to Thesprotia. There, he marries queen Callidice, and the two have a named Polypoetes. Then ...

Was Odysseus actually a hero? What classicists say most people get wrong about the Odyssey

For centuries, Homer's epic poem and central character Odysseus have been misunderstood, but these are the main ways people ...
Bronx Times

Bronx poet Wilfredo Laracuente awarded prize by the Mayor’s office for poem on life after incarceration

While serving a 20-year prison sentence, Wilfredo Laracuente spent his time preparing for the life he hoped to build after ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Was There Ever an Original Version of ‘The Odyssey,’ and Do We Need to Worry About What Homer Would Think?

The earliest surviving fragments of the epic poem—the subject of Christopher Nolan's latest Hollywood blockbuster—date back ...
Manila StandardOpinion

A poetry of struggle that refuses to forget

The Negros Trilogy is more than a literary project. It is an act of public memory, a meditation on language and power THIS ...
NPR

Ukraine invasion — explained

The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official — a shift ...