Topic: Pablo Neruda

National Poetry Month: How and why I celebrate

Based on my own experience, I still think of television as an especially powerful tool in raising poetry’s profile.

Nobel Prize in Literature: Which Latin American writers have won?

Mario Vargas Llosa is the first Latin American to win the honored literary prize in 12 years. Of the 102 awards presented since 1901, only eight have gone to Latin American writers.

Mario Vargas Llosa wins 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. Who else won in the past decade?

Mario Vargas Llosa has won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Peruvian author and former presidential candidate received the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 1995 and is the first South American author to win the Nobel since Gabriel García Márquez won the award in 1982.

Here are the past decade's winners.

Mario Vargas Llosa: Why the 2010 Nobel Prize winner stirs controversy in Peru

Mario Vargas Llosa's political identity as a right-wing maverick as made waves on both sides of Peru's political spectrum since the 1980s.

Let’s Take the Long Way Home

How do you say goodbye to a once-in-a-lifetime friendship?

Why art is vital to freedom

On July 4, remember Solzenhitsyn's words: 'Art serves to battle lies and preserve the moral history of a society without the transitory and debasing rhetoric of bureaucrats.'

Music's Spell

A pocket-sized collection of poems about the power of music.