Strolling around Disneyland this summer, re-acquainting myself with Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, Mister Toad, Simba, and so on, the following reflection occurred to me: that these strange imagined ...

Composer/pianist Michael Hoppé writes volumes of music, but he's not known for actually putting much of it down in black and white. He's a studio guy, he says, his faint English accent slipping in. He ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” taught in classrooms across the United ...

One way to gain insight into someone’s psyche is to read what they wrote when they were 13. For Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, that’s his very first published poem, “The Battle of Lovell’s Pond,” which ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Longfellow Days, a monthlong Brunswick celebration of the famed American ...

These lines of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Lost Youth” refer to one of Maine’s most famous sea battles, where two young captains fought to the death, and then found glory and eternal rest ...

Just in case it’s not on your calendar, Wednesday, Feb. 27, is the 212th birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who may be gone but is certainly not forgotten in Boise, with his famous name attached ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. On this day in 1775, patriots in Lexington and Concord fought the first ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem “Paul Revere’s Ride,” taught in classrooms across the United States for over a century, begins with the line: “Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the ...