Lara Marlowe

In honor of Arab American Heritage Month in April, we are sharing books by Arab and Arab American authors that share their culture, history, and personal lives.

For National Poetry Month in April, we are sharing poetry collections and books about poetry by authors who have their own stories to tell. These poets delve into history, reimagine the present, examine poetry itself—from traditional poems many know and love to poems and voices that are new and original. Find a full collection of

I spent the last two weeks of August 2023 in Ukraine for The Irish Times, my third trip since February 2022. In the course of my reporting, I interviewed Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko for an article about women in the Ukrainian military. She is one of the most extraordinary people I have interviewed in 42 years of journalism.