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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Britannica’s Book Bingo

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

9 American Countercultural Books

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Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017

What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)

8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

14 Tough Questions Answered

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Also Known As	Pa Jen • Wang Renshu
Born	October 19, 1901 • Fenghua • China
Died	July 25, 1972 (aged 70) • Fenghua • China
Political Affiliation	Chinese Communist Party

Qian Zhongshu

Chinese scholar and author

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer

Vladimir Nabokov

American author

Edmund Wilson

American critic

Cesare Pavese

Italian author

G.K. Chesterton

British author

Simms, detail of an engraving published by Johnson, Fry and Company, 1861

William Gilmore Simms

American novelist

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Riccardo Bacchelli

Italian author

Ṭāhā Ḥusayn

Egyptian author

Ana Castillo

American poet and author

José Emilio Pacheco

Mexican author

Constance Lindsay Skinner

American writer and historian

Rosario Ferré

Puerto Rican writer

John Wain

British critic and writer

Alice Dunbar Nelson

American author

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

British writer

Dezső Kosztolányi

Hungarian author

Satō Haruo

Japanese author

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

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