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- Literary journeys lead back to childhood for 2 women (Daily Record)
While at Rocking Horse Ranch Resort recently, Marcia Ivans of Chatham Township asked her son for batting pointers so she could hit better in her next game with the Chatham Adult Women's Softball League. She's 68. He's 44.
- Al-Azhar University, Cairo University, and the Sorbonne - guardian.co.uk
Al-Azhar University, Cairo University, and the Sorbonneguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago... of On Pre-Islamic Poetry, which called into question the historical accuracy of the Qur'an. He was acquitted, but the book was temporarily banned. ...
- Sacajawea Bluegrass Festival returns next weekend to Pasco's state ... - Tri-City Herald
It's one thing to hear great bluegrass music on the radio or on a CD through a great set of speakers, but it's still not as good as hearing it live. And when the Sacajawea Bluegrass Festival gets under way next weekend, you'll get your fill of lively ...
- Readings and Talks (The New Yorker)
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB Eugene Drucker, a violinist for the Emerson String Quartet, reads from his début novel, “The Savior,” about a violinist in a Nazi concentration camp. Drucker will also perform. (15 Gramercy Park S. No tickets necessary. June 19 at 7.) FILM FORUM The downtown revival house, which is . . .
- A native's guide to San Jose - CNN
A native's guide to San JoseCNN - 6 hours agoThe shop stocks local-interest books written by San Jose natives and holds regular poetry readings. Owner Cathy Adkins feels the pinch from online ...
- Time-warp tunes - Auburn Citizen
Time-warp tunesAuburn Citizen, NY - 3 hours agoThe “wordplay” theme is a prelude to next year's 30th anniversary, for which organizers created a poetry contest. “The text (from the winning poems) will ...
- Grant Park Festival offers fine-spun mix of music - Chicago Sun-Times
Grant Park Festival offers fine-spun mix of musicChicago Sun-Times, United States - 7 hours agoIn a superb performance of Benjamin Britten's song cycle, "Les Illuminations," based on the poetry of the youthful renegade Arthur Rimbaud, guest soprano ...
- Al-Qaeda indicts Musharraf - The Post
The PostAl-Qaeda indicts MusharrafThe Post, Pakistan - 48 minutes agoAl-Qaeda leader also shared his personal experiences in the tape and said that he had read in his childhood the complete poetry work of Allama Mohammad ...
- From slam poetry to matrimony - Worcester Telegram
From slam poetry to matrimonyWorcester Telegram, MA - 12 minutes agoMr. Infante’s poetry is included in “The Last American Valentine” (Write Bloody Publishing, 2008) and in “The Spoken Word Revolution Redux; Slam, ...
- Jamie Bernstein shares her father’s legacy with audiences - Cleveland Jewish News
Jamie Bernstein shares her father’s legacy with audiencesCleveland Jewish News, OH - 10 minutes agoThe Beatles had returned to America for their second tour, and Dad was consulting with them about setting John Lennon’s poetry to music. ...
- Riding The Trail To Hell - Newsweek
Riding The Trail To HellNewsweek - 35 minutes agoI won't pretend that Jarmusch's austere poetry will speak to everyone. His vision of the West's culture of death doesn't pander to the thrill-seeking ...
- Writing workshop set (Babylon Beacon)
East Islip Senior Center will presÂent a creative writing, poetry and memoir workshop given by Barbara Donovan, published poet, English teacher and director of the Live Poets Society for 20 years. The workshopÂwill be held from June 25 to Aug. 13 on Wednesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. the fee is $35 for eight sessions.
- Poetry Night internship looking for more applicants (California Aggie)
Although Poetry Night at Bistro 33 has been a successful bi-monthly event since its inception in 2006, the work involved with publicizing and promoting the event has become burdensome for UC Davis English lecturer and Poetry Night co-creator and co-host Andy Jones.
- Bookreporter.com Beach Bag of Books -- PEONY IN LOVE By Lisa See (Book Reporter)
Steeped in traditions and ritual, this story brings to life another time and place --- even the intricate realm of the afterworld, with its protocols, pathways, and stages of existence, a vividly imagined place where one's soul is divided into three, ancestors offer guidance, misdeeds are punished, and hungry ghosts wander the earth.
- Mashpee soldier killed in Afghanistan (Boston Globe)
A second Mashpee soldier has died in a week in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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