Karen Skinazi, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Literature and Culture and the director of Liberal Arts at the University of ...

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Valentine’s Day has been about love and connection for centuries. Medieval writer, Geoffrey Chaucer, played a pivotal role in ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right? Or is its history darker?

While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial greeting cards by centuries.

Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right?

For couples, it’s a beautiful day to celebrate their unending love for one another. For single people, it’s a chance to pretend to the outside world that you’re absolutely fine being alone, while ...

Valentine was executed on February 14 in the year 270 and this date is commemorated as St Valentine’s Day in various ...

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

We may never know if St Valentine, a martyr beheaded for officiating the forbidden weddings of persecuted Christians, was keen on chocolate and ...