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- Buffett on Edwards: Sue! - Slate
MoveOn, NeverMind: "MoveOn now calls their being listed [alongside AT&T and PG&E] as a sponsor 'a mistake' (they're apparently sponsoring an event at the same time), and swears they're going to get their name taken off the publicity for the event ...
- Beyond the ORDINAR.E - Hindu
HinduBeyond the ORDINAR.EHindu, India - 19 minutes agoSo gloriously evocative; the movie deserves to be called poetry. It moves from scrappy kiddy comedy to over-the-moon romance. On a mission : Just me and the ...
- The Amnesiac - Wall Street Journal
Ditched by his girlfriend and holed up in Holland with a busted leg, James Purfew -- the hero of "The Amnesiac" -- broods on the kinds of big questions that plague the post-college, pre-marriage set: Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going ...
- Namibia: From a Rag And Bone Boy to Top Playwright (AllAfrica.com)
When Petrus Haakskeen was not trudging through one of Namibia's poorest villages selling bones and empty bottles well before his 10th birthday to supplement his grandmother's meagre income, he read whatever printed material he could lay his hands on.
- Famed architect's city treasures prove inspirational to local artists (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
FITCHBURG - The warm sunshine yesterday evening allowed visitors at the second annual Downtown Paint-In exhibition on Main Street to take in the paintings of the city's architecture outdoors, where the works were created.
- Who said, 'God grant me the serenity'? - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Who said, 'God grant me the serenity'?Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Jul 13, 2008Some of them refer to the prayer as if it were a proverb, while others appear to claim it as their own poetry. None of them attribute the prayer to a ...
- Tony's Social Pages - The Smart Set
Tony's Social PagesThe Smart Set, PA - Jul 8, 2008The poets Salmon and Cremnitz got into some sort of brawl — although they later said they had faked the DTs, complete with mouths frothing with soap suds, ...
- Young poets gear up for 'slam' contest - Bolton News
Young poets gear up for 'slam' contestBolton News, UK - 1 hour agoBy Nick Lakeman » Originating in the United States, poetry slams are fun and dynamic poetry competitions that have become a global phenomenon. ...
- SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT: From the burger stall to Olympic hall - Northern Echo
SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT: From the burger stall to Olympic hallNorthern Echo, UK - 15 minutes agoChief Sports Writer Scott Wilson met Sunderland-born light heavyweight Tony Jeffries and discovered a poetry-loving pacifist who has swapped burgers for ...
- Bodacious ‘bodocking’ good time set for this weekend (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Are you ready to throw a bodock ball? How about chunk a bodock post? Or perhaps enjoy all that good ole’ bodock food? You can have all this fun at Pontotoc’s premiere family reunion on the court square with the coming of the Bodock Festival.
- Author writes about rock 'n' roll lifestyle she envies - ElmLeaves
Author writes about rock 'n' roll lifestyle she enviesElmLeaves, IL - Jul 23, 2008She acknowledges she has come a long way from writing a lot of bad poetry about razor blades and unrequited love in junior high. ...
- 'Hatchet Buddha' is enlightening - Louisville Courier-Journal
'Hatchet Buddha' is enlighteningLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 1 hour agoFrederick Smock is chairman of the English department at Bellarmine University. His forthcoming book is "Craft-talk: On Writing Poetry. ...
- Happiness at Hope - ChristianToday
Happiness at HopeChristianToday, UK - 14 hours agoShe became a single teen-mother herself when her baby’s father abandoned her. She struggled to survive with no home, food or support from anyone, ...
- Ha Jin wants to visit China - Victoria Advocate
Ha Jin wants to visit ChinaVictoria Advocate, TX - 10 hours agoHe said the publisher wanted to publish "Under the Red Flag," "The Bridegroom" "Ocean of Words," "In the Pond" and a collection of his poetry but abandoned ...
- Spot-on poetic types (Straits Times)
GIVE them a word, any word, and members of the Proletariat Poetry Factory will spin a poem out of it - on the spot. Armed with portable typewriters, the group of arts students and young working adults have been making appearances at flea markets, selling poems.
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