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- Haycast 04: Farting, reading and Rushdie - Guardian Unlimited
In today's programme, Claire Armitstead talks to the children's authors Francesca Simon and Eoin Colfer, plus the poet and performer Lemn Sissay. We also hear what some of the youngest fans of the Hay festival like to read. Francesca Simon is author ...
- The Real Lincoln Bedroom: Love in a Time of Strife (New York Times)
Daniel Mark Epstein?s careful parsing of the Lincoln marriage interweaves the crisis-filled, mercurial career of Abraham Lincoln with an equally rocky tale of man and wife.
- Euthanasia at end of trail (The Monterey County Herald)
GERLACH, Nev. — Five mustangs pounded across the high desert recently, their dark manes and tails giving shape to the wind.
- VMI receives grant to enhance Arabic program - WSLS.com
VMI receives grant to enhance Arabic programWSLS.com, VA - 11 hours ago... and intermediate Arabic, Arabic composition and conversation, Arabic civilizations and cultures, and Arabic literature and poetry, among others. ...
- Gender-bending, role-switching keep Savoyards cast lively (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
The expression that "men are from Mars and women are from Venus" only entered our modern lexicon about 15 years ago -- but Gilbert & Sullivan not only understood the idea about 100 years before that, but also used it as rich fodder for their famed brand of musical satire.
- Oregon Literary Fellowships submission deadline set - WilliametteLive.com
Oregon Literary Fellowships submission deadline setWilliametteLive.com, OR - 1 hour agoThe programs of Literary Arts are Portland Arts & Lectures, Poetry Downtown, Oregon Book Awards, Oregon Literary Fellowships, Poetry in Motion, ...
- It's sheer poetry as Ian comes to town - Selkirk Today
It's sheer poetry as Ian comes to townSelkirk Today, UK - 1 hour agoAlongside the day job, he has been writing poetry for longer than he cares to remember and was originally inspired by the Mersey Beat poets of the 1960s and ...
- Up close and personal with the Lincolns - Chicago Sun-Times
Up close and personal with the LincolnsChicago Sun-Times, United States - 41 minutes agoThey read poetry together, and talked politics. They shared ambition -- Mary wanted to marry someone who would be president, and recognized greatness in ...
- Poetry in motion (winnipegsun.com)
Hands up ... how many people reading this column have ever heard of Ashley Harkleroad? Since I don't see any hands in the air, I'll fill you in. Ashley Harkleroad is the 72nd-ranked player on the WTA tour.
- Literary community lobbies for city to create poet laureate - The Kingston Whig-Standard
Literary community lobbies for city to create poet laureateThe Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - 1 hour agoOnly those that have published at least one book of poetry -not including self-published volumes -and are noted writers living in Kingston would be eligible ...
- Cool App of the Moment - Times Union Blogs
Wordle . You can feed it a pile of text or links to a web page with a feed, and create cool visual art from the words contained therein. Here’s my blog wordled . Here’s my poetry chapbook, Jefferson Water . Completely pointless, but still ...
- Barbara Walters’ audition - Daily Citizen-News
One of my favorite and most enduring journalists of all time is Barbara Walters. When the traditional door of news anchor was shut to her, she broke many barriers in her career and created a new genre of TV. Through her gumption and imagination, she ...
- Past/Present/Future for … Phill Jupitus - Whatsonstage.com
Comedian Phill Jupitus , resident panellist on BBC Two’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks , makes his London theatre debut this week in Nick Reed ’s Lifecoach at the Trafalgar Studios. After rising to prominence as a punk poet and stand-up, Jupitus has ...
- Roger Palmer lets the Dogs out (Creative Loafing Tampa)
Childlike artworks underscore the horrors of war... By Megan Voeller When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. --J.S. Mill When philosopher John Stuart Mill evoked those brutal images in 1862, he was actually writing in favor of war, but only in cases that "protect ...
- Big Read gets major boost - The Salinas Californian
Big Read gets major boostThe Salinas Californian, CA - 1 hour ago"Robinson Jeffers is the greatest American poet of the West," he said. The grant is one of three going to local institutions. The Robinson Jeffers Tor House ...
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