As a young conservatory student in 1993, I was talking with a classmate. He told me that his teacher, a prominent trumpet player in the New York Philharmonic, would begin each weekly lesson by having ...

For centuries, poets have turned to autumn as a mirror for the human condition, a season oscillating between abundance and ...

"Some poetry of mine is born of actual events and experiences, exploring social themes and human values," says Mukul Kumar, ...