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- Andrew O'Hagan asks if Barack Obama signals the return of hope (Guardian Unlimited)
An idea of the United States as idealistic and open has always captivated Andrew O'Hagan, even as America - with Britain in its wake - turned its back on decency. Does Barack Obama signal the return of hope?
- SCREEN TESTERS: What the panel said - Chicago Tribune
Henri: As a lifelong Rust Belt resident, I'm a sucker for romantic representations of dystopias, so it's not surprising that this movie touched my inner trash compactor. However, I don't know what to think about the human characters in the film. Why ...
- The Week in Preview: May 12 - Nashua Telegraph
The Week in Preview: May 12Nashua Telegraph, NH - 45 minutes agoThe new poet laureate's work will debut on Bad Poetry Day, Aug. 18. With spring officially in full swing (you can tell because it rains instead of snows), ...
- Dreaming of fries make me teary - National Post
Dreaming of fries make me tearyNational Post, Canada - 3 hours agoIn my teens, when I kept notebooks filled with poetry, the lone candy, tasted but not chosen, might have been the kind of thing that could make me cry. ...
- President condole family members of late Saikura Naeem - Miadhu
MiadhuPresident condole family members of late Saikura NaeemMiadhu, Maldives - 33 minutes agoThe most important of work of Naeem’s latest is the writing of a book on the Literacy Project initiated by the President in 1980. He had completed writing ...
- "Only the Truth Can Save Us" - Dagens Nyheter
"Only the Truth Can Save Us"Dagens Nyheter, Sweden - 1 hour agoHe was my junior and we were both leading figures of our poetry society. Those were years worthy of remembering the rest of our lives. ...
- Library announces laurels for poetry (The Republican)
CHICOPEE - Chicopee Public Library officials have announced the winners of the annual poetry contest. "This year, for the first time, we were fortunate to have the book club at the Senior Center volunteer to act as judges," said Sylvia J. Horton of Young Adult Services.
- Fulbright Scholar brings Irish flair to poetry - U-Wire.com
Critically acclaimed Irish poet Kevin Kiely will be presenting two lectures at EWU on Wednesday, May 21. In addition to poetry, Kiely is also an author, playwright, historian and biographer. He is currently a resident Fulbright Scholar at Boise State ...
- Calling all Weld writers. Sign up for the Neighborhood columnist contest. (Greeley Tribune)
It is time again for our In the Neighborhood columnist contest. We are
- Thanks for the Poetry - Slate
This abortion ruling strikes me as a lot like the religious culture-war debates, where we spend a lot of time fighting about symbolics and very little about things that matter (a creche vs. faith based funding, abortion language vs. actual access ...
- Mugabe plays the God card - Globe and Mail
In perhaps his sincerest admission of how he has regarded today's runoff presidential vote, Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe recently told a group of businessmen in Bulawayo: "Only God, who appointed me, will remove me." The not-so-veiled threat of ...
- Top Canadian writer leads off book festival - Press and Journal
Top Canadian writer leads off book festivalPress and Journal, UK - 9 hours ago... where she will talk about her book Scottish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave. Gaelic poetry comes from two of Gaeldom’s best – Anne Frater, ...
- 19 Jul : THE RUN-UP, SKG, ELKS, THE WINTERKICKS @ New Cross Inn ... - Drowned In Sound
19 Jul : THE RUN-UP, SKG, ELKS, THE WINTERKICKS @ New Cross Inn ...Drowned In Sound, UK - 1 hour agoMessy guitar acoustics with spit-fire poetry to infectious layers of synth & keyboard melody. http://www.myspace.com/skgskgskg ELKS : Well rated Raw ...
- Chautauqua Morning Lecture Series (Action News 24 Erie)
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. – Chautauqua Institution is pleased to announce the speakers scheduled to take the lecture platform this season. The Morning Lecture Series is held each weekday morning at 10:45 in the Amphitheater.
- Palace sets stage for literature's Everywoman - Albany Times Union
Palace sets stage for literature's EverywomanAlbany Times Union, NY - 31 minutes ago"I've had 10000 people fill an arena and pay to hear an old black woman talk of love, of poetry, of laughter. I guess it means I belong to everybody. ...
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