By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Couples can also plan together to enable intimate silent experiences — perhaps doing something together that they both enjoy, ...

Sahitya Akademi awardee Shanta Gokhale emphasized the power of silence in her thought provoking keynote address at the ...

In a century-old building in Tehran, Saeed Anvarinejad turned the dial of a vintage radio to tune into some of Iran's ...

Four years after her historic inaugural poem, Amanda Gorman reflects on its impact, censorship, and her mission to uplift ...

The shortlists were announced for English and Hindi languages. The winners in each category will receive a cash prize of Rs ...

Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...

Our language has become a brittle shell, too fragile to hold the magnitude of our collective grief. Yet, in this poverty of words, there is an unexpected wealth: the profound presence of silence.

Twenty students from Spokane-area schools will be showcasing their art in the annual Black Voices Symposium event on Monday, many of them gracing the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center stage with ...

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry continued on Thursday with loved ones sharing their memories of three more of the victims. The ...

Sonia Sanchez is one of the most powerful voices in American poetry, a literary giant whose work spans decades of activism, ...

On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was ...