If you're hunting for the perfect love poem for her, look no further than Byron's most famous lines. "She Walks in Beauty" ...

I’d been conditioned to believe that all women should want both of those things and be quietly apologetic if we failed to ...

Four incredibly strong women, all with a shared ability ... judgments about mental illness. I love the imagery swirling around in the poem, often continued over several lines such as the ...

Actress Ashley Judd read a poem by 19-year-old Nina Donovan from her home state of Tennessee. “I am a nasty woman,” the poem began. “Not as nasty as a man who looks like he bathes in Cheeto ...

In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...

Once upon a time, many years ago, a young woman pressed her senior prom corsage in a book of Shakespearean love poems. She ...

In this essay from 2013, a writer tries to appreciate the limits of his own life.

I’ve seen the ways that show business can warp a young woman’s self-perception. I’ve even fallen prey to some of them.

Once upon a time, many years ago, a young woman pressed her senior prom corsage in a book of Shakespearean love poems. She placed the book on her dressing table next to a framed photo of her with ...