You can make a novel out of just about anything these days: recipes, PowerPoint slides, e-mails, text messages. Still, not many novelists have turned to rhyming couplets. The novel is an expansive, ...

Maggie Millner’s first book, “Couplets,” breathes new life into an old form to tell the story of a romance that catches its heroine off guard. By Adrienne Raphel When you purchase an independently ...

‘Times’ Couplets: Even the Galaxy Knows Urban RenewalWherein we arrange Times headlines in verse to bring you secret knowledge from the Gray Lady. Big Wishes, Easy Credit, Tough Times “A Seedy Stretch ...

David Rakoff's new book comes out this week. It's a novel written in rhyming couplets. In the book, the main character is dying of AIDS. Rakoff wrote it as he himself was dying of cancer. This ...

Writing a couplet can be tough, But when you work with friends, it's not so rough. On Monday, NPR's Morning Edition asked listeners and readers to share poems about the teams in their lives — both on ...

Lorenzo gets the Region Council job. A storm is about to fall on the Giammarresi family. Lorenzo gets the Region Council job. A storm is about to fall on the Giammarresi family. Mafia Only Kills in ...

Veteran actor Dharmendra recently shared two meaningful couplets on his Instagram, emphasizing the transient nature of sorrow and the eternal quality of goodness. He also paid tribute to Dwarka ...

As the Lunar New Year approaches, many Chinese families clean the front door of their home and hang poetry around it. This is a rich and age-old Chinese tradition, both cultural and religious. Chinese ...

A few days before the Lunar New Year, many people of Chinese descent hang sentences of poetry on the door of their home. This is an ancient and beautiful tradition through which Chinese people express ...