The travel writer Bill Aitken tells a story about the Ganga. He was walking down its banks with an Indian friend, who decided, on the spur of the moment, to take to take a ...

Start with a list,” I tell them. “Like Tim O’Brien did in “The Things They Carried,” the title story in a collection about an American platoon in Vietnam. In the story, O’Brien listed what each ...

In “The Oak and the Larch,” Sophie Pinkham examines a vast history and culture through the branches of its ancient trees.

The House of Representatives narrowly passed a mini-bus of appropriations bills, but the Senate outcome is uncertain due to ...

What to know Syracuse schools have struggled to show substantial improvement in student literacy through state test scores, the primary way schools are evaluated. Following the lead of many ...

Molly Tuttle is a dedicated student of awesome musical traditions. She grew up on bluegrass, and has been rewarded with ...

I know that warmer weather will come and the snow and cold and ice will melt. Please understand I am not using any metaphor ...

What happens to writing when we stop writing? This piece reflects on how time away from the page quietly reshapes memory and ...

We have plumbed the depths of abstract words, but what about abstract ideas? Abstractions are a fact of professional life. The law is littered with them. Think of the legislative process, intellectual ...

St. Joseph High School juniors in English teacher Alicia Yrle’s class recently wrote extended metaphor poems as part of an assignment related to the poem “Huswifery “ by Edward Taylor. It compares the ...

ABSTRACT: Citation in academic writing serves to provide evidence for arguments and demonstrate academic literacy. Previous research has largely focused on single perspectives, limiting insights into ...