—If the best French lyric poetry of modern days has indisputably a charm of refinement and delicate beauty all its own, the best of the German has an inveterate earnestness and a depth of feeling that ...

URSULA DUBA WAS 19 when her parents finally allowed her to leave Germany and visit her aunt in Belgium. The aunt arranged a blind date for her, and it was heaven on Earth. “We were dancing to ...

Another international controversy is building between Germany and Turkey over, of all things, a poem. Last month on German TV, the comedian Jan Boehmermann performed a crude poem mocking Turkey's ...

BERLIN — Late-night comedy sketches featuring a German song and a follow-up poem making fun of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have created a diplomatic rift, and left German Chancellor Angela ...