Quote of the Day by William Wordsworth: "The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless..."

William Wordsworth’s timeless quote highlights how small acts of kindness and love quietly define a meaningful life, even in ...
Scientific American

Hidden copy of the oldest known poem in the English language leaves researchers ‘speechless’

Researchers discovered the copy of the 1,300-year-old poem lurking inside a historical text in an Italian library ...
University of California, Davis

13 New Summer Reads by Aggie Authors

Aggie authors have summer readers covered with a variety of topics — from fantasy fiction to academic nonfiction. Check out the list of new books by UC Davis alumni and faculty.ALUMNI AUTHORSEllen ...
The Slovak Spectator

The famous Slovak writer who reinvented himself in Patagonia

It is not the only trace left by the writer known in Slovakia as Martin Kukučín (1860-1928). While living in Patagonia, he ...

Five poems to read with your morning coffee

The greatest casualty of our education system? Poetry. Either you’re from an older generation and you know a few lines by ...
The Slovak Spectator

Not just schoolbook clichés. Rediscovering famous writer through his strikingly modern travelogues

It is not the only trace left by the writer known in Slovakia as Martin Kukučín (1860-1928). While living in Patagonia, he ...

Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

Researchers in Dublin have uncovered the oldest surviving English poem, hiding in a medieval book in a Roman library.