Although all the winners of the Bad Sex Award (with the notable exception of Sebastian Faulks in 1998) have accepted the prize with good grace, the enthusiasm of last year’s winner was unprecedented.

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...

Inspired by the cleansing water of spiritual baths, aja monet's new poetry collection "Florida Water" explores ways a poem can rinse, unravel and reveal hard truths.