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- Losing Games - Tehelka
Losing GamesTehelka, India - 3 hours agoTake the case of Indian poetry. Walk into any bookshop and ask for a book of poems by Kamala Das and see what happens. They will ask if you wouldn’t rather ...
- Stone me! - Guardian Unlimited
Julian Cope arrives on my doorstep looking exactly like he does in all his photos. He is wearing leather trousers, heavy boots (it is midsummer) a flowing camo jacket and The Hat. He politely takes his boots off when asked, but The Hat stays on ...
- Books at home create readers for life - Indianapolis Star
Books at home create readers for lifeIndianapolis Star, United States - 52 minutes agoNor did his mother, of Mexican heritage, though she did read periodicals and recited poetry to him while he was young. He grew up speaking Italian in a ...
- Lincoln's slam poets are off to nationals - Lincoln Journal Star
The poets are going to the show. Next week, the Nebraska Writers Collective team will head to Madison, Wis., to compete at the 2008 National Poetry Slam. The annual five-day event is the largest poetry performance gathering in the world. The Lincoln ...
- In this section (St Albans Observer)
A CONCERT in memory of a baby who died just over a year ago from a rare brain disease will be held this month in Redbourn.
- SPECIAL REPORT: Turn and Face the Change -- With Newspaper ... - Editor & Publisher
SPECIAL REPORT: Turn and Face the Change -- With Newspaper ...Editor & Publisher - 8 minutes agoAnd you people are throwing life preservers' — he meant it in the form of Newspaper Next — 'and we can't even get our hands out of the water to reach them. ...
- Hayden Carruth, 87; poet wrote of life's 'miserloos' - Boston Globe
Awakening one night, the poet Hayden Carruth found a spider sharing his pillow. "I blew at it gently," he later wrote, "and I swear it turned around and looked at me." Such attention to minutiae and to the sprawl of human emotion informed his poetry ...
- Keeping body and soul in tune (Guardian Unlimited)
Life & style: From choirs to karaoke, singing has always lifted spirits. But could it be good for physical health too?
- Big names for launch of Ripon's feast of arts - Nidderdale Herald
Big names for launch of Ripon's feast of artsNidderdale Herald, UK - 5 hours agoThe festival, taking place from September 10 to October 2, offers a rich selection of music, song, drama, poetry, street theatre, puppetry and a touch of ...
- ITV Censured For American Idol - Waveguide
Final rounds of the talent show, aired on ITV2, included the contestants in music videos sponsored by the car giant. Although product placement is permitted in the US, where the show is made and originally broadcast, it is forbidden in UK television ...
- More on “Creative Capitalism” - New York Times Blogs
I blogged last month about a Bill Gates speech on “creative capitalism.” Motivated by the Bill Gates speech, Michael Kinsley and Conor Clarke have undertaken an unusual web experiment in which they invited a number of prominent economists to ...
- The sixth annual Altered Barbie art show (San Francisco Chronicle)
Barbie is the ultimate cougar. She's single, frolics with younger men and, at 49 years old, doesn't look a day over 17. That is, until she's altered. "She's sexy. But the concept of altering Barbie, of turning her into a piece of art, brings it into the realm...
- Appalachian Adventure: Lecture Series welcomes two writers, historian - Maryville Daily Times
Appalachian Adventure: Lecture Series welcomes two writers, historianMaryville Daily Times, TN - 7 minutes agoHer 2005 book of poetry, Blood and Bone Remember, was awarded the Poetry Book of the Year Award in 2006 from the Appalachian Writers Association. ...
- 'Murder by Poe' melds famous tales with comic touch; Play continues at ... - MLive.com
ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan -- Meadow Brook Theatre , Michigan's resident professional theater company, opened the 2008-09 season last week with a new play by Jeffrey Hatcher titled "Murder by Poe." Billed as a thriller and featuring a full slate of ...
- Dr. Larry Monk passes away - Leesville Daily Leader
Dr. Larry Monk passes awayLeesville Daily Leader, LA - 1 hour agoGillespie also shared how Monk had a terrific sense of humor and was always singing and writing poetry. “He was fun to work with and was a joy to be around. ...
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