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Billy Collins was the U.S. poet laureate at the time of the 9/11 attacks. A year later, he wrote "The…

Nine Sioux tribes have been locked in a land dispute since 1877, when the government broke a treaty setting aside…

Author and historian David McCullough has explored the French influence on American life throughout his career. Jeffrey Brown and McCullough…

Stephen Sondheim is the Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist behind some of the most celebrated and titanic musicals to hit…