Over the last 15 years, Iranian-born polymath Hamid Rahmanian has created popup books, large-scale cinematic shadow-plays, and concert experiences, telling the story of the Shahnameh, an epic poem ...

His thoughts on the legendary war—documented in Homer’s two epic poems—were prompted by an online controversy over Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey. The British classicist argued ...

The Vietnamese tradition of poetry and music captures the indomitable spirit of the people — a spirit that seems equal to any adversity. The quintessential example of this tradition — characterized by ...