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- In Beijing, author treads fine line as she tells Tibet's story - Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science MonitorIn Beijing, author treads fine line as she tells Tibet's storyChristian Science Monitor, MA - 1 hour agoPhotos from 1960s Tibet and a framed map of ancient Asia, whose thick black border marks an independent Tibet, cover a wall. "If I didn't write [about ...
- Editorial Roundup (AP via Yahoo! News)
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
- Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter dies at 78 - East Valley Tribune
LONDON - British Nobel laureate Harold Pinter - who produced some of his generation's most influential dramas and later became a staunch critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq - has died, his widow said Thursday. He was 78. Pinter died Wednesday after a ...
- Wild Bunch AFM slate mixes established and new filmmakers - Screendaily.com
Wild Bunch AFM slate mixes established and new filmmakersScreendaily.com, UK - 5 hours agoA road movie set entirely in an apartment, the film is "a mix of the best of US buddy movies with the poetry and emotion of Michel Gondry. ...
- Portland Police Pitch Calendar - WCSH
PORTLAND (AP) -- The Portland Police Department is promoting a 2009 calendar that features poetry and photography produced by officers and detectives. The calendar was created as part of the Arts & Equity Initiative to help tell the story of life and ...
- Coffee, Radical Literature and Art - City on a Hill Press
Coffee, Radical Literature and ArtCity on a Hill Press, CA - 13 hours ago1 with an open mic celebration featuring music and poetry, among other live performances. Centrally located in “the Hub,” SubRosa is right next to the Bike ...
- Celebrities To Read Poems - Oneindia
Celebrities To Read PoemsOneindia, India - 9 hours agopoetry. What poems does BK Chandrashekhar like? Master Hirannaiah reads poems when not performing on stage. Why is Ravi Belagere crazy about Gulzar. ...
- Interview: Coffee House Press publisher Allan Kornblum - Twin Cities Planet
Interview: Coffee House Press publisher Allan KornblumTwin Cities Planet, Minnesota - 1 hour agoHe stuck at it, bucked the odds and, in 1984, launched Coffee House Press to publish poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. A benefit for Coffee House ...
- Greece to mark anniversary of Byron's death (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Greece has declared the anniversary of the death of Lord Byron, the Romantic poet who fought in its 19th century war of independence, as a day of celebration to hail Greek culture.
- Worlds apart, yet related by tradition (The Japan Times)
FLYING POPE: 127 Haiku, by Ban'ya Natsuishi, translations by Ban'ya Natsuishi and Jim Kacian. Allahabad, India: Cyberwit.net, 2008, 139 pp., $20 (paper) Ostensibly these two books of poetry seem to have little in common, beyond their red covers (the first an ancient painting of a tiger, claws and face, bordered by green leaves; the second a mysterious gray wing on a red background), but the ...
- Four Reasons to Harness the Healing Power of Poetry (Santa Barbara Independent)
For those who love the written word, poems are great life companions.
- Courage to Teach retreats nurture teachers' souls (The Capital Times)
Television viewers might recall the interview when actress Katharine Hepburn told interviewer Barbara Walters she was like a tree, prompting Walters to ask, "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" While the idea of reflecting about trees might sound strange -- Hepburn had no problem with it and said she would be an oak -- observing changes in trees is part of the renewal process ...
- Remembering a ‘curious’ Studs Terkel (Jewish World Review)
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | It is a special brand of tragic timing that took Studs Terkel and Barack Obama's grandmother away as the whole world tuned in to America's big election.
- Author Anne Rice shares her journey back to faith (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
In "Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession," the woman who made a fortune writing about the adventures of vampires and others "doomed to marginality or darkness" recounts how she regained her faith after years of being an atheist.
- With Serena , Ron Rash Crafts a Harrowing Tale of Depression-Era Appalachia (Nashville Scene)
George Pemberton arrives at the train station in Waynesville, N.C., with his new bride Serena. Through the window he sees Rachel Harmon, the teen who used to share his bed, now swollen with child. Beside her is her very pissed-off father. This is the Great Depression, after all. The day when you ...
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