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- Jakob Dylan comes into his own - Worcester Telegram
Jakob Dylan comes into his ownWorcester Telegram, MA - 4 hours agoFrom being a premature baby to a far-from-perfect lover, Dylan examines himself through unguarded musings and intimate poetry. During one of the album’s ...
- I'll Take the Manhattan - Washington Post
Washington PostI'll Take the ManhattanWashington Post, United States - 3 hours agoWhich is just as well, since almost no one reads poetry anymore. I've been tasting a lot of silly drinks lately, and I believe we have entered the age of ...
- As freedoms wane in ex-Soviet bloc, Ukraine fills the gap (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
A gloomy Vladimir Putin wears a Czarist crown, clutching a bag full of dollars and a miniature television tower. Filipp Pishchik says this and similar cartoons, depicting the former president as a corrupt leader who stifles free speech, got him in trouble with authorities and forced him to leave Moscow last year for neighboring Ukraine. "Ukraine is just great," said the ...
- Revered songwriter Tom Waits picks El Paso for rare concert (El Paso Times)
News that Tom Waits was bringing his "Glitter and Doom" tour to the Plaza Theatre on June 20 was met with surprised glee by some, head-scratching indifference by others.
- Our Fifth Annual Guide to Getting Away From It All... - Egypt Today
“I worked in an almost arid land. I had to discover by myself, and I also had to pave [this land],” the novelist and editor Gamal El-Ghitani quotes Mahfouz as saying in his book Al-Magalis Al-Mahfouziyya (Mahfouz’s Gatherings). At the age of 25 ...
- Sunday, July 20, 2008 (Fort Worth Weekly)
Stage West Noises Off. Michael Frayn’s classic slapstick farce about the collapse of a theater production. Thru July 27. 821 W Vickery Blvd, FW. $18-25. 817-STG-WEST.
- What's On: Other Screens - Toronto Star
What's On: Other ScreensToronto Star, Canada - Jun 26, 2008Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. W. 416-968-3456. cinemathequeontario.ca Innis Town Hall Tonight: Screening of Werner Herzog's Stroszek and poetry reading by ...
- Legendary director, Sydney Pollack dead at 73 - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa, has died. He was 73. Pollack died of cancer Monday ...
- The Poet Laureate must have the X Factor - Telegraph.co.uk
The Poet Laureate must have the X FactorTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoIf she really has ruled herself out of the running then the nation is the poorer, for Wendy Cope is that very rare thing in the poetry world: a good poet ...
- Elvis fan club will have star its way (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Elvis Presley's star will be in front of the Riviera. A local Elvis fan club isn't feeling a whole lot of love from the Elvis Presley Estate.
- EMERGING ARTIST SERIES - View Magazine
EMERGING ARTIST SERIESView Magazine, Canada - 8 hours ago“I have published poetry and fiction and a book about writing, [but] this is my first time directing.” In a series mainly peopled by keen 20–somethings, ...
- Program unites K-Central, K-College writers - Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Program unites K-Central, K-College writersKalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com, MI - 54 minutes ago``I'd been writing poetry for a while but I was scared about what people might say if I tried to share it with them,'' said Heady, who tackles personal ...
- COMMUNITY NEWS: Calling all literature lovers - Portugal Resident
COMMUNITY NEWS: Calling all literature loversPortugal Resident, Portugal - 4 hours agoGuest readers at the latest ALFA will be Michael Harris, who will be reading from his own works of poetry and some of his favourite other well known pieces, ...
- City's young writers learn art of expression - New Britain Herald
Aarion Santiago jots down a poem Tuesday afternoon during a writers' clinic at the Oak Street Community Center in New Britain. NEW BRITAIN - A small group of inner-city kids learned to express themselves using the printed the word over the summer ...
- A first for Badlands Trio - Florida Times-Union
A first for Badlands TrioFlorida Times-Union, FL - 21 hours agoHe doesn't break a lot of new ground with his ragged poetry and broken heart. But he can turn a phrase and throw a little humor in when you're not looking. ...
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