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- Summer Choir concert spotlights American poets (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
For its depth and meaning to be truly experienced, poetry should also be heard, and not just read. As evidence, the blossoming of spoken word, open mics and poetry slams are bringing the joy and power of poetry to a new generation.
- Rushdie traces the roots of his latest award-winning tale (Miami Herald)
Fatehpur Sikri, the old, abandoned capital of India's Mughal King Akbar, is a somewhat deserted place these days, a bit off the beaten tourist path, outdone by the popularity of the Taj Mahal about an hour away.
- Arthur Russell's Out of Context Tribute - Village Voice
Village VoiceArthur Russell's Out of Context TributeVillage Voice, NY - 1 hour agoThe black screen turns to the luminous aqua-blue of an underwater landscape. A black ribbon curls and unfurls, slowly revealing itself to be an unspooling ...
- Writer, Interrupted - Minnpost.com
Nationally acclaimed author Marya Hornbacher talks wtih Hannah Dentinger about her new memoir, "Madness: A Bipolar Life," which offers an unflinchingly candid glimpse into a life periodically upended by mental illness. ONE DAY IN 1997 MARYA ...
- AP Interview: Afghan journalist demands justice after death sentence for insulting Islam (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
The prison uniform Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh wears is emblazoned with crudely painted black scales of justice, but the young journalist insists on the eve of his appeal that he has yet to see justice done.
- A dream come true - Bancroft This Week
A dream come trueBancroft This Week, Canada - 1 hour agoHer book of poetry Kaleidoscope of Praise went on sale in October and within two months she sold out of 250 copies sending her back to her publishers ...
- Book reviews - May 29, 2008 - Tonight
Book reviews - May 29, 2008Tonight, South Africa - 1 hour agoPlato insisted you must live up to your speeches; New York governor Mario Cuomo said: "You campaign in poetry, but you must govern in prose. ...
- Letter to the editor: 'Democratic process' takes hit in laureate bid - Gloucester Daily Times
Michael McNamara (Letters, Gloucester Daily Times, June 20) knows so much about Vincent Ferrini. Were they good friends? Did they have coffee together once a week? Thank God that Vincent's critics died and he continued to live — and apparently only ...
- A first in Canada - spoken word in written (East York Mirror)
It may seem like a contradiction in terms but according to David Silverberg, spoken word poetry can mean as much when it isn't spoken at all. "I think the best spoken word comes alive on the page as...
- Sheldon photography shows - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-DispatchSheldon photography showsSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 1 hour agoThe headliner, of course, is the survey of Gordon Parks' photography for Life and other magazines during the '50s and '60s at the St. Louis Art Museum ...
- Prison choir taps new conductor to fill octogenarian’s post - Kansas City Star
Prison choir taps new conductor to fill octogenarian’s postKansas City Star, MO - 2 hours agoArts in Prison is a nonprofit organization that offers inmates activities in music, theater, visual arts, poetry and even yoga. But the East Hill Singers, ...
- Every pet has a tale (The Olympian)
As for the unfavorable review of their cuisine - it's hard to argue, but also hard to imagine that the cats know what sawdust is.
- Every day is special - 20.06.2008 - Today's Zaman
Every day is special - 20.06.2008Today's Zaman, Turkey - 6 hours agoKülebi has an important place in contemporary Turkish poetry due to his attachment to folk poetry traditions. Külebi’s poetry is enriched with simple, ...
- Noted Native American author at 'CreekSpeak' - Daily Democrat
Noted Native American author at 'CreekSpeak'Daily Democrat, CA - 5 hours ago... read "Yololandia: Memories from the Patwin Plains" and other works of his poetry and literature that explore Native American experience in California. ...
- Reflecting History - Discover Mid-America
Reflecting HistoryDiscover Mid-America, MO - 7 hours agoHis poetry and short stories have been published in the pages of The Kansas City Star, Review, Friction Magazine, Mid-America Poetry Review, The Same, ...
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