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- Jackson, Wyoming - Friday, July 18, 2008 - Jackson Hole Star-Tribune
Jackson, Wyoming - Friday, July 18, 2008Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY - 13 minutes agoActivities range from stick horse rodeo and melodrama to cowboy music and poetry. Cowboy Gathering memberships available with prices beginning at $25. ...
- Of ivory towers and coups d'etat - Guardian Unlimited
For any student of Persian, the name Ann Lambton is likely to conjure up feelings of either despair or gratitude. Despair, if, faced with her dense, unforgiving Persian Grammar , you felt like giving up before you'd even started. Gratitude, if having ...
- Patrons and pies at the Cat and Fiddle - Guardian Unlimited
At some point in the late 1690s (the precise date is not known) a shrewd and literary-minded publisher called Jacob Tonson struck up a meal-deal with a group of aspiring authors who included his own Fleet Street housemate, William Congreve. The ...
- The Olympic flame, for now, burns bright in Britain - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : Shortly after the Beijing Olympics, a British official was overheard to say that, with his country winning a trove of gold medals and now assuming the mantle of host for the 2012 Games, the cynics and skeptics opposed to London as the ...
- Queen's Personal Poet Hates His Job - Gawker
Queen's Personal Poet Hates His JobGawker, NY - 18 hours agoMaybe being a professional poet isn't a romantic escape from the drudgery of work and intellectual boredom. Being the Poet Laureate of the United States is ...
- Naima El Bezaz (Radio Netherlands)
"Taboos are there to be broken," says Moroccan-born author Naima El Bezaz. Her experience of severe depression became the basis for her latest novel as well as her Radio Books story "Taboo".
- Jared Diamond to Open International Genetic Diversity Symposium - UC Davis
Jared Diamond to Open International Genetic Diversity SymposiumUC Davis, CA - 2 hours agoLapsley is author of the book "Bottled Poetry," a history of California winemaking. News media who would like to attend all or parts of the symposium free ...
- Words and lyrics by... - The Desert Sun
Words and lyrics by...The Desert Sun, CA - 1 hour agoShe used to read poetry that I wrote. She felt I had a gift for words and was very complimentary at a time when not many people were looking at what I was ...
- The Economics of Clean Water: A Guest Post - New York Times Blogs
In 2000, the United Nations declared an intention to reach eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) — each with one or more targets — by 2015. The MDG’s are attracting a lot of money, but money can’t fix everything. Since I’m a water ...
- Ruth Padel's top 10 women poets - guardian.co.uk
Ruth Padel's top 10 women poetsguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoEveryone today knows and loves The World's Wife and the recent love poems in Rapture, but she made her name by much more political work (and a different ...
- Rosh Hashanah, the world's birthday - Times Online
Tomorrow is the start of the peak season for rabbis. They know that many Jews who have rarely set foot in synagogue during the past year will be putting in an appearance, and over the past few days they will have been polishing their sermons in the ...
- Letter: Allan Rodway - Guardian Unlimited
Brian Lee's suitably affectionate memories of academic and writer Allan Rodway (Other lives, 3 July) caught his personality beautifully. As a history student at Nottingham University in the 1960s, I can confirm that Allan's inspirational qualities ...
- Cultural groups celebrating funding boost from state - MetroWest Daily News
Cultural groups celebrating funding boost from stateMetroWest Daily News, MA - 11 hours agoBy Kelsey Abbruzzese/Daily News correspondent The state's cultural community, including MetroWest area museums and art programs, celebrated the news this ...
- The Balanced Life: 19 Tips for Cheering Yourself Up -- From 200 Years ... - Huffingtonpost.com
While reading a biography of English writer Sydney Smith, Hesketh Pearson's The Smith of Smiths , I stumbled across this letter. In 1820, Smith wrote a letter to an unhappy friend, Lady Morpeth, in which he offered her tips for cheering up. I have my ...
- Exhibition will put abbey on the national art map - This is South Devon
HISTORIC Torre Abbey is the venue for an exciting new contemporary art show. Following the reopening of the newly-restored abbey, the exhibition is showcasing exceptional sculptures, paintings, installations, dancing, performance, theatre, poetry and ...
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