Epics like The Doors' "The End" and Yes' "Closer to the Edge" are some of the longest songs in rock history, and they pushed ...

Dana Gioia, poet and critic: “I believe that a poet is, in some sense, involuntary. To a certain degree, a poet is at the mercy of his or her inspiration. A poet needs to cultivate a certain humility ...

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When I meet Nineb Lamassu at England's Cambridge University, where he's a researcher, he transports us to his Middle Eastern homeland by opening his computer and playing me a recording of a man ...

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As the denouement of the operatic nuclear negotiations with Iran approaches (although who can be sure about those won’t-get-off-the-stage divas, John Kerry and Javad Zarif), the drama diminishes: ...