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- Special Reports (Online Journal)
ROME -- “With Russia it’s always like that,” writes contemporary Russia’s most read author, Viktor Pelevin. “You admire it and you cry, but when you look at what you admire up close, it can make you vomit.” That’s Pelevin, and others of the young generation. A mixture of compassion and fury.
- Bulletin Board, Aug. 21 - Norwich Bulletin
Bulletin Board, Aug. 21Norwich Bulletin, CT - 2 hours agoSinging, dancing, piano, guitar, poetry readings and skits. Proceeds benefit the South East Connecticut Community Center of the Blind. ...
- Street life on Kwame Nkrumah (Mail and Guardian)
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, is full of buildings that look like giant matchboxes at night.
- Education Ministry to ban 'Bible Lite' study booklet (Haaretz Daily)
The Education Ministry is to ban Bible aid booklets that help elementary and junior high school students by "translating" the text into simple Hebrew. Private publishers defend the booklets by arguing that biblical Hebrew is a foreign tongue to young Israelis.
- Hundreds gather at funeral for Palestinian poet Darwish (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmud Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.
- Benefits - Aug. 3 - Daily Camera
Benefits - Aug. 3Daily Camera, CO - 1 hour agoPoetry Slam Fund-raiser To benefit All Seasons Chalice/Anastasia Healing Fund to provide health care for disabled, chronically ill women with fibromyalgia ...
- Sandra Steingraber on "Sustainability on Campus" - Knox College
Sandra Steingraber on "Sustainability on Campus"Knox College, IL - 6 hours agoShe also is the author of "Post-Diagnosis," a volume of poetry; and co-author of a book on ecology and human rights in Africa, "The Spoils of Famine. ...
- Trespassing and telling tales - Queen's Journal
Trespassing and telling talesQueen's Journal, Canada - 1 hour agoEmerging from these two threads is Invisible Publishing. Based in Halifax but also made up of Montreal ’zinesters, the young company is interested in the ...
- Drawing the line - Chico News & Review
Drawing the lineChico News & Review, CA - 1 hour agoBy Christine GK LaPado Local visual artist and poet Bob Garner, known for his signature minuscule watercolor paintings and his spare, evocative poetry, ...
- Out & About: John Hiatt and Joan Osborne - Salt Lake Tribune
Distinctive singer/songwriter John Hiatt headlines, but Joan Osborne could handle headlining duties on her own. Best known for singing "(If God Was) One of Us" in the 1990s, Osborne is a bluesy singer who has sung with The Dead and is touring to ...
- Merced soldier, 23, dies of non-combat injuries (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 (2:39 p.m.) Military officials say a 23-year-old Merced woman died in Iraq on Thursday. Army Pvt. Janelle F. King died of injuries suffered "in a non-combat" incident in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday.
- Kellogg Writers Series opens with novelist, poet - University of Indianapolis
University of IndianapolisKellogg Writers Series opens with novelist, poetUniversity of Indianapolis, United States - 9 hours agoGlancy is a professor at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., where she teaches Native American Literature and Creative Writing. ...
- The Literati: Slamming Starts Up Again, The Best of Book Covers, and Anne Hotter Than LiLo (Torontoist)
Every Tuesday afternoon, Torontoist rounds up the city's literary news, including book deals, events, local sales, author happenings, and insider information from the book industry.
- Hyde Park/University Of Chicago - MetroMix
The University of Chicago Press hosts its first public sale in more than 20 years. Browse more than 20,000 hardcovers and paperbacks priced at $5 each, ranging in genre from anthropology to poetry to zoology. The author, educator, HBO Def Poet and ...
- Poetry.com Extends Its Community Connections - PR Web (press release)
Poetry.com Extends Its Community ConnectionsPR Web (press release), WA - 2 hours agoPoetry.com also hosts one of the largest online poetry libraries on the web. This section will continue to grow as the editors continue to look for new ...
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