To read the poems of Dalia is to be brought into the great circle of survivors; her words call up memories of arduous journeys and celebrations of victories won. In her poem, Time to Write, Dalia shares that she “once yearned for... Read More

There are inherent difficulties in understanding what people within other cultures believe. This is especially true when it comes to American perceptions of the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims. In "Who Speaks for Islam?", Georgetown... Read More

“’Twas the day before zoo day, when all ‘round the park, the creatures felt restless and wished it were dark.” If this rhyme sounds familiar, that’s because it’s a clever take on The Night Before Christmas, updated and told... Read More

Entire families fled southern Sudan during the civil war, but rarely did they survive whole. “I had eleven children; four remain,” Taban from a Ugandan refugee camp said. “Three have died of disease, and four were shot when we were... Read More

Sidney Wade could easily be speaking of herself when she writes about a turtle that “precisely / balances her load / of hungry bone on / four dactylic feet.” These lines end the poem “Tortoise” from Wade’s latest book, Stroke,... Read More

Before leaving for France on June 10, 1940 as the sole reporter for the New Yorker, A.J. Liebling had been keeping the company of “prize fighters’ seconds, Romance philologists, curators of tropical fish, kept women, promoters of... Read More

Most plants thrive in soil that is rich in humus—decaying organic matter—because humus holds moisture and provides nutrients to plants. According to the authors of "The Complete Compost Gardening Guide", the best way to give plants... Read More

According to legend, the first marathoner, Pheidippides, ran from the Greek town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Greeks had defeated the Persians; also according to legend, he promptly fell down dead. Today, millions of... Read More