When Jim Lutzweiler wrote Carter a letter challenging his decision to leave the Southern Baptist Convention, the 39th President of the United States wrote him back. "I enjoyed your entertaining ...

A voracious reader, the president liked poetry, Civil War history and Southern fiction. He also sent Erica Jong a fan letter.

The winsome truths of lyrical poetry may guide us into the future. Among recent releases are the groundbreaking anthology, ...

Earlier this month, we lost a voice that rang for decades with the clarity of truth and the warmth of eternal joy. Nikki ...

It’s laudable for full-time workers to receive a living wage. However, I’m not convinced that boosting minimum wage is a long ...

I first suggested using drones a decade ago to stop reckless driving. Think of the lives that could have been saved if we had ...

We’re just a few minutes’ walk from the train and Battery Park. Battery Park has a lot to do, especially the Staten Island Ferry, which has one of my favorite poems (“We were very tired, we were very ...

April was National Poetry Month and local poets skilled, and mostly skilled, submitted their work as letters. A welcome diversion from the narrative format. It’s not only schools that educate students ...

Anonymous letters will not be considered. Letters must address the editor, not a third party. We will not print form letters, ...

“Confession: I’ve always been somewhat of a soloist,” writes poet Andy Jackson. This approach has yielded him great success. In 2022, Jackson’s poetry collection Human Looking, which is about his ...

The United States Postal Service and volunteers have responded to North Pole holiday correspondence over the past century Alicia Ault; Updated by Kayla Randall The mailbox for letters to Santa ...