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- Nigeria: 'Mediocres Are Killing Country's Publishing Industry' (AllAfrica.com)
Sam Asowata is a poet, journalist and book editor.
- John D McHugh/AP - Egypt Today
I WAS SLIGHTLY ANNOYED as I walked down a pitch-black stairwell at St. John’s Church in Maadi with only my cell phone backlight to illuminate my way through an unexpected power outage that had interrupted my interview with Terry Waite. It’s ...
- Cross purposes - Guardian Unlimited
The Archbishop of Canterbury will face questions for only half an hour. So there won't be time to ask him about gay bishops, his touching fondness for early Incredible String Band songs or eyebrow grooming. Instead, we must focus on his book ...
- Poetry that doesn't toe a party line - Guardian Unlimited
In a decade when our main political parties compete over an ever narrower patch of middle ground, a decade when individual introspection has replaced collective action, from "Not-In-My-Name" anti-war slogans to individuals worrying about their own ...
- Hammershoi's decade of brilliance, before banality set in (International Herald Tribune)
For 10 dazzling years, the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi seemed possessed by some inner vision that made him see the world around him through a luminous haze. Some of his poetic portraits and interiors are now on view at the Royal Academy until Sept. 7.
- Renowned Palestinian cartoonist remembered in Gaza - www.worldbulletin.net
www.worldbulletin.netRenowned Palestinian cartoonist remembered in Gazawww.worldbulletin.net, Turkey - 3 hours agoIn 1985 Al-Ali moved to London, where he stayed until his death. The tribute to Al-Ali's life and work included reading of new and classic poetry about ...
- Slingshot Hip Hop invades Lebanon - Menassat
Slingshot Hip Hop invades LebanonMenassat, Lebanon - 1 hour ago"You saw in the film how that one kid called himself an Arab and not a Palestinian. This is what my [Palestinian] friends are taught in Israeli schools," ...
- Jude Dibia or Kaine Agary: Who wins 2008 NLNG literary prize? - Vanguard
VanguardJude Dibia or Kaine Agary: Who wins 2008 NLNG literary prize?Vanguard, Nigeria - 40 minutes agoThe prize, which was reviewed upwards from last year’s $30000 rotates yearly among four literary genres of prose, poetry, drama and children’s literature. ...
- Pa.'s 'Poetry Pond' free for fans - Cherry Hill Courier Post
Pa.'s 'Poetry Pond' free for fansCherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 8 hours agoBy Steve Wood Courier-Post Staff • September 10, 2008 Poets and their fans are invited to Tyme Gallery's annual Poetry by the Pond on Saturday, Sept. 27. ...
- Wichitan cheats death (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
The law — and other lawyers — have been pretty good to Clifford Bridwell over the years.
- Uncovering lost Khazar capital - Houston Chronicle
This house from the 11th or 12th century made of flamed bricks was found in 2005. An archaeologist believes it is part of Itil, a Silk Road city that served as the Khazar capital, near Astrakhan, about 800 miles south of Moscow. MOSCOW — A Russian ...
- All races lay claim to hip-hop (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Milwaukee’s thriving hip-hop scene gave birth to Arrested Development, the Rusty P’s and Black Elephant.
- Art & Soul: Poetry of light (Savannah Morning News)
In 1960, artist Stephen Antonakos experienced an epiphany while walking down a street in Manhattan. Struck by the poetic majesty of the light cast by a neon sign, he felt compelled to incorporate this colorless, odorless gas into his art. "When I started to work with neon, it was immediately geometric, abstract," Antonakos said. "I wanted to use the material for its own qualities. I called ...
- Theo already planning for the future - Lethbridge Herald
Theo already planning for the futureLethbridge Herald, Canada - 33 minutes agoI was always the quirky kid doing choir and writing poetry. I was always the outsider.†Now Tams is a national phenomenon whose musicality has caught the ...
- Poet Cecil Giscombe Inspires Students with the Outdoors - UC Berkeley
UC BerkeleyPoet Cecil Giscombe Inspires Students with the OutdoorsUC Berkeley, CA - 1 hour agoThe course was focused on non-fiction prose various kinds, including the work of the flaneurs, or intellectuals who roamed urban boulevards in order to ...
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