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STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State English Professor Robert West has written “A Clear Eye,” a collection of 59 poems offering reflections on nature and human experience.

With ear-splitting excess, flamboyant virtuosity and a talent for transgression, where classical music has led, metal has followed. Let’s hope the Philharmonia’s Metal Orchestrated concert turns it up ...

The horror maestro delivers a fresh take on the classic monster schlocker, and the former 1D man is back with a new album of slinky, loved-up R’n’B ...

Benjamin Saltzman’s ‘Turning Away’ suggests that averting the gaze is not evasion but a form of recognition — one that ...

It’s 1979 and he’s 20 years old, alone in his cluttered Mercedes, singing a new song to himself — “I Can’t Help It,” the ...

The Fraser family experiences a terrible tragedy thanks to a house fire. Claire and Jamie make a discovery about their ...

What I did not expect to find was something far more remarkable: a living ecosystem devoted to preserving the Syriac language ...

Just shows that even the quietest recordings can experience a powerful second life.

The novel starts as a cute inversion of the classic fairy tale: Halla, a baby princess, cast out by a wicked stepmother, is ...

Mozart's "Don Giovanni," the local premiere of the 2022 opera "Omar," and a fresh production of "Guys and Dolls" are among the highlights of the 2026-2027 season for Chicago's Lyric Opera.

My earliest memories are of Methodist Mission quarters in the diocese of Dilkusha, Fiji. Dilkusha, the name of a minor Indian ...