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- A portrait of the author (The Buffalo News)
Nine family portraits that belonged to James Joyce, including two of the literary giant himself, have been restored by Buffalo State College art conservators and will be showcased for the first time during the 2009 North American James Joyce Conference in Buffalo.
- OutLoud Open Mike at the Beebe Estate features local writer Tom Sheehan (Melrose Free Press)
OutLoud at The Beebe Open Mike Coffee House will feature Thomas F. Sheehan on Wednesday, July 16. Sheehan is a local and internationally published poet and writer from Saugus; author of fiction (“Death for the Phantom Receiver”); nonfiction (“A Collection of Friends: Memoirs”) and poetry (“This Rare Earth and Other Flights”).
- The Ayatollah Begs to Differ - Publishers Weekly
The Ayatollah Begs to DifferPublishers Weekly, NY - 2 hours agoIranians love poetry; they love music; they love socially showing off. And in some cases, ta'arouf is about a political advantage: if you can ta'arouf well, ...
- Book of the day: The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño - Daily Telegraph
Translated into English for the first time, the Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño’s prize-winning book portrays a lost generation. It opens in Mexico City in 1975 with the diary of Juan GarcĂa Madero, a 17-year-old devotee of the “visceral ...
- A long flowering (Baltimore Sun)
New book celebrates the late poet Josephine Jacobsen and her 'gift for happiness' Poet Elizabeth Spires, a Goucher College professor and friend of the late poet Josephine Jacobsen, has edited a chapbook of Jacobsen's poems.
- 10 things to do this weekend - Crain's Chicago Business
Crain's Chicago Business10 things to do this weekendCrain's Chicago Business, IL - 1 hour agoHBO Def Poet Kevin Coval, founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival, celebrates the release of his new book of poems, "EVERYDAY PEOPLE ...
- The End of Hyphenated Soccer in the US - OhmyNews International
The End of Hyphenated Soccer in the USOhmyNews International, South Korea - 8 hours agoFor the women, the results of their last trip to Asia -- to contest the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup -- were less like the poetry of Lao Tzu and much more ...
- Writer leads group into love affair with words - San Diego Union Tribune
Writer leads group into love affair with wordsSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoFlo Rose is a group member who has been writing poetry off and on since the third grade. She taught sociology and English in community colleges but said she ...
- Scuba accident victim's coma now considered irreversible - CDNN
CDNNScuba accident victim's coma now considered irreversibleCDNN, New Zealand - 1 hour agoHer writing and performance fit together as well as anyone else's on stage." Lewis later won the Austin-wide Under 21 poetry slams in 2003 and 2004. ...
- Troilus and Cressida - Times Online
Only a great and adventurous director such as Declan Donnellan could suddenly come up with such a crude, muddled, overdirected production. The key to it is a passionately simple-minded loathing and mockery of war and warriors. Greeks and Trojans are ...
- Identity wars - Khaleej Times
Identity warsKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 4 hours agoThe Muslim stereotype used to define all the pleasure of high living: great cuisine, a fine dress sense, education, high poetry. ...
- Notes on despair - Buffalo News
Notes on despairBuffalo News, United States - 23 minutes agoIt’s the difference between writing poetry and scribbling in your diary. This is nominally country music, and most of the songs proceed at somnolent, ...
- Why Did You Leave Poetry Alone? - Dar Al Hayat
A few more years, a bunch of months, a handful of days would have all been meaningless. Knights never beg from Master Time. This is the Master's mission since sand was created. It is a swordsman and a woodcutter. It hates tall men, loud songs, and ...
- Poetry Comes Alive - WOWK
Poetry Comes AliveWOWK, WV - 3 hours agoThe Cabell County Library hosted the high-intensity poetry event this morning. The kids in attendance are even able to interact with the performers. ...
- Poetry in Palestine - Quill & Quire
Poetry in PalestineQuill & Quire, Canada - 1 hour agoAny damn fool can chuck a bomb while it takes brains to write a poem, and the Palestinian people understand this, he pointed out. ...
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