Winner of two Governor General's awards for poetry, Michael Ondaatje is one of the most brilliant and acclaimed of that impressive group of Canadian poets who first published in the 1960s, a group that includes Margaret Atwood, Gwen MacEwen, and B. P. Ni...

Once a highly regarded denizen of a burgeoning Canadian literary scene in the early 1970s, Michael Ondaatje (born 1943) has since gone on to achieve international renown for his poetry and fiction. His 1992 novel, The English Patient, was made into a mot...

In 1975, just as American troops were leaving Vietnam, the United States airlifted 2,000 orphans and Asian-American children out of the country in a humanitarian effort called "Operation Babylift." Tonight, in a fascinating documentary, PBS's "American Experience" explores the story of what happened to...

Dear Bel A VERY good friend's daughter recently told me she is gay and has finally found the love of her life at the age of 48. She has only just admitted this to her mother, who is 75. Her mother...