From Elon Musk to Jordan Peterson, a certain strand of conservatism has recruited the poetry of Homer and Dante in their culture war. Juan de la Corte’s The Fire of Troy, found in the collection of ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Sitting in a circle the day before opening night, Ukrainian war veterans and drama students took turns reading their lines from a script that traveled centuries to reach them. At the ...

John Hollander is the author of numerous books, including "Figurehead: And Other Poems," "Selected Poetry," "Tesserae and Other Poems" and the anthology "Committed to Memory." He is Sterling professor ...

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