Fifteen-year-old Sammy di Cantini, resident of a mining region of Pennsylvania, is determine...

Herman had often walked these streets, eyeing the forest of tall ships, their blackened strakes h...

There is no such thing as history, you see. It's a dream, perhaps even a dream of a dream . . ....

By 1910, Leo Tolstoy, the world's most famous author, had become an almost religious figure, surr...

An acclaimed American poet, Jay Parini is widely recognized for his ability to confront mode...

poems on coal mining and the hard coal region of Pennsylvania

Jay Parini's biography of the poet, Theodore Roethke. Parini views Roethke through the lens ...

Thirty-five of Robert Frost's best-loved poems, wonderfully illustrated for kids ages 8 t...

In House of Days, his fourth collection of poems, Jay Parini moves beyond his earlier work t...