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- Academics don’t know it all (Art Newspaper)
As an independent art “historian”, I am puzzled by how academic scholars deride and belittle the contributions of non-academic writers without considering their well-known advantage: outsiders can sometimes see what insiders cannot.
- Poetry about absence reflects mature growth - Kansas City Star
Poetry about absence reflects mature growthKansas City Star, MO - 25 minutes agoThe notion of light subtracting itself — a metaphor for death, as we learn in the second poem, “All the Time Running,” about a coyote hit by a car — appears ...
- Nothing small about nano (Hindustan Times)
Truckers’ graffiti standing in for bumper sticker. What used to be a child’s lisping farewell is now deadly serious business. This week, Tata’s threat to withdraw the Nano from West Bengal made as many headlines as Bihar’s sorrow and the violence in Orissa.
- Jamaica Jams holds 11th Festival (Queens Courier)
Surrounded by music and poetry, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica (CCJ) launched their 11th Annual Jamaica Arts and Music Summer (JAMS) Festival on Friday, July 18, at the Lebanon Lounge on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica.
- Poet Mike reveals his favourite room - WalesOnline
Poet Mike reveals his favourite roomWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 24 minutes ago“I’ve been known to come down here at 2am and write poetry,” said Mike, an English teacher at Radyr Comprehensive School. “This week I’ve had a bit of time ...
- John Lichfield: Racy goings-on in la France profonde - The Independent
The nearest town to our house in Normandy is a sad place which has never fully recovered from the summer of 1944. In June of that year, it was pointlessly bombed by the British. In August, it was partially burned by the SS. Sixty-four years later ...
- Recalling Solzhenitsyn, the genius of socialist realism (International Herald Tribune)
What seems to have gotten lost in all the tributes to Alexander Solzhenitsyn is the reason he was listened to in the first place - namely, his virtues as a writer.
- 51 books for 51 years - Malaysia Star
Malaysia Star51 books for 51 yearsMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 6 hours agoThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth: I STOLE this book off my father’s shelf when I was a teen and could not put it down. The world of espionage has ...
- Omoefe's reopens with tasty soul food on its Nigerian menu - Grand Rapids Press
KALAMAZOO -- Soul food has been given a bad rap in recent years because of its fat, but it's fine every now and then and irresistible when expertly prepared. That's why we're glad it has become a part of the menu of the newly reopened Omoefe's Place ...
- The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose ... - PhysOrg.com
The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose ...PhysOrg.com, VA - 9 hours agoFrom nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just ...
- “I did all this in the service of a truth” - alt.muslim
alt.muslim“I did all this in the service of a truth”alt.muslim - 2 hours agoBut as I read - books by Western scholars, Islamic scholars, religious clerics, ancient Arabic poetry – what I gained from my reading was an impression of ...
- Nightingale has a tale from dark side - Tulsa World
Summer has gone, and so has the tendency to stack light-hearted musicals on top of each other. But once in a while, something different and darker comes around. At the Nightingale Theater, the Actor's Company of Tulsa is putting up a little 1928 ...
- Ferguson's a man of many words - Tonight South Africa
Gus Ferguson is one of the greatest poets this country has. His poetry is quirky and sometimes very deep. Based in Cape Town, he's a cartoonist, a pharmacist and a committed cyclist. He publishes other poets through his company, Snailpress, and runs ...
- Community Events Calendar - WRIC TV
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Richmond YWCA Event Summary: "On Aug 14th at 6:30p, the YWCA of Richmond is urging everyone to participate and tune in to a panel discussion observing Sexual Assault Awareness month. The topic focuses on what the legal and ...
- Stores thinking outside the book - San Francisco Gate
As independent bookstores scramble to compete with chain stores and online retailers, one small Marin County bookseller found a way to survive. He got rid of the books. "The space was so small that people sitting in the cafe were practically on top ...
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