In the News: Long Live Cursive, Reincarnated Poets

Next time you read Chaucer or "Beowulf," grab a pint of mead, the honey wine of yesteryear that is making a comeback.

Attention aspiring writers: Is your lease up soon? Think about moving to Argentina, where congress is considering a special writers' pension.

Do you think cursive is dead? Think again, says Brian Palmer.

College Humor imagines more unreleased Shel Silverstein poems.

Beauty is in the eye of the dictator: What is totalitarian art?

Don Calame, author of "Swim the Fly," has managed to do the seemingly impossible: get teen-age boys to read.

Poetry Reincarnations animates famous poets reading their work. Check out Lewis Carroll reading "Jabberwocky."

David Hume turns three hundred this Saturday. What can we still learn from his writings?

Hidden spaces at the Frick Museum remind Mark Lamster of a truly lost space: the Lenox Library.