When it comes to gothic fiction, there is perhaps no more instantly recognized name than Edgar Allan Poe. He endured a lot during his short and tumultuous 40-year life and used his experiences to ...

Gil Cuadros' long-awaited posthumous new book of short stories and poems, "My Body Is Paper," was recently released by City Lights Books. Although Mr. Cuadros died in 1996 of AIDS at the age of 34, ...

What may at first glance seem like a simple nature poem holds a deeper meaning that can teach children a lot about our world. First published in 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Mountain and the ...

There are a lot of ways in which you probably know Edgar Allan Poe. Maybe you know him for his poem, "The Raven." Or maybe ...

Billy Collins believes in the beauty of short poems. He says they show how poetry can squeeze a lot of meaning into tight spaces. His new collection of short poems is called "Musical Tables," and ...

OPUS 7—Sylvia Townsend Warner— Viking ($2). JONATHAN GENTRY—Mark Van Doren —Boni ($2.50). Many a U. S. reader found to his surprise that Stephen Vincent Benét’s John Brown’s Body was readable and even ...