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A wall mural at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London. Amanda Young/Alamy

How sport and poetry make the perfect match on TV

Broadcasters often reach for verse to inspire fans and heighten the drama of sporting events.
Walden Pond was Thoreau’s sometimes chilly muse. Lane Turner for The Boston Globe/via Getty Images

5 wintry books to read during long nights

A literature professor suggests some classic reads to curl up with when it is cold.
Socrates: not going gently.

Why I teach poetry and opera to medical students

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. I usually begin my end of life ethics lecture with one of Dylan Thomas’ best-loved…

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