2 days ago · The first settlement in the area, Harrisburg (1826), was destroyed in April 1836 by the Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna in pursuit of Sam Houston and the Texas army. A …

Nov 19, 2025 · Sam Houston, American lawyer and politician, a leader in the Texas Revolution (1834–36). He later served as president (1836–38; 1841–44) of the Republic of Texas and was …

Dec 29, 2025 · In September U.S. Pres. James K. Polk sent John Slidell on a secret mission to Mexico City to negotiate the disputed Texas border, settle U.S. claims against Mexico, and purchase New …

Prose poem, a work in prose that has some of the technical or literary qualities of a poem (such as regular rhythm, definitely patterned structure, or emotional or imaginative heightening) but that is set …

The form developed as part of the oral tradition along with heroic poetry and exists in most languages. Examples include Deor’s Lament, an early Anglo-Saxon poem, in which a minstrel regrets his …

Jan 2, 2026 · Poetry is a type of literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or an emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, …

Fought along the San Jacinto River, near the site of what was to be the city of Houston, the battle ensured the success of American settlers in the Texas Revolution (War of Texas Independence).

Jan 2, 2026 · American poet Robert Frost said shrewdly that poetry was what got left behind in translation, which suggests a criterion of almost scientific refinement: when in doubt, translate; …

Moody Professor of English, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1964–86. Author of The Poetry of W.H. Auden; Dionysus and the City; editor of W.H. Auden: A Collection of Critical Essays and others.

Dec 12, 2025 · Just weeks before the event in Austin, Richard Speck killed eight female nursing students in a Chicago town house. What set the Texas Tower shooting apart was the …