The celebrated South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach has died at 85. He used his art to fight for justice for ...

The National Book Awards, established in 1950, celebrate the finest achievements in American literature. Managed by the ...

Breytenbach was a poet, novelist, painter and activist whose work touched on and influenced literature and the arts both ...

Lorde’s early experiences with feelings of marginalization became a central theme in her work. She started writing poetry ...

With poetry and mysticism, Marlene Pasini takes readers down roads of identity and memory in a journey between the earth and ...

For many LGBTQIA+ individuals, it provides an opportunity to explore identity, love, and personal struggle, converting deeply ...

Boston College hired a new professor in theater arts this year to teach a class that will “interpret the theme of identity” ...

In her third column installment, Burtner draws on Sylvia Plath’s ‘sad girl poetry’ to understand the political madness of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

This narrative approach allows researchers to discern themes in the words and phrases people use that can reveal identity themes. Rather than ask, point-blank, “How empty do you feel?” ...