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- Darwish, poet of the Palestinian cause, dies after surgery (Independent)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, is to get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank following his death this weekend – an honour only previously accorded to the PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
- Cubans Greet Fidel Castro on His Birthday - Invasor
Cubans Greet Fidel Castro on His BirthdayInvasor, Cuba - Aug 14, 2008From China, the Cuban sports delegation to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games sent a congratulation message to Fidel Castro on his 82 birthday, expressing their ...
- 48 poets to be selected for Million's Poet (Khaleej Times)
ABU DHABI - From thousands of applicants, 48 poets will be selected for the final competition of the Million's Poet.
- Events for Aug. 23-24 (Seattle Times)
Events for Aug. 23-24 Family fun Duwamish River Festival Sat Live music, water-taxi rides, food, kids' activities, health and natural-yard-care...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - Forbes
Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people's experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston. He was 67. The predominant Palestinian poet, whose work has been translated into more ...
- Teacher has one job: advance knowledge - Reporter
When he became president of the University of Chicago, Robert Hutchins is supposed to have remarked that a college administrator's job was to provide sex for the students, football for the alumni and parking for the faculty (he promptly eliminated ...
- This muddled terror law limits free speech and wrecks innocent lives - guardian.co.uk
This muddled terror law limits free speech and wrecks innocent livesguardian.co.uk, UK - 9 hours agoThe Crown Prosecution Service was right to say that the Heathrow shop assistant Samina Malik (the "lyrical terrorist") was not tried for writing poetry, ...
- Tacoma stage performer finally comfortable in his own skin - Tacoma News Tribune
For one guy, Chad Goller-Sojourner’s got a heck of a lot of stories to tell. Like the sixth-grade bus trip where the kid behind called him a tar-monster the whole way. Or 10th-grade biology class, where his classmates held a mock auction for the ...
- 'Dirt', Prager, Kreisler, Judd, 'Mythellaneous' Announced for NYC's East to Edinburgh Fest (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
Scotland-bound U.S. productions that will play the Edinbugh Festival Fringe in August will first stop at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan July 8-27 for the fifth annual East to Edinburgh Festival.
- British Council supports Power in the Voice - Dailynews
British Council supports Power in the VoiceDailynews, Botswana - 17 hours ago... Stompie, Mabutswapele, Vusi, TJ Dema, Exodus Live Poetry Collective, Abronia Theatre Productions, Sedibeng Choir, Krush, Magosi, and Dark Genius, ...
- The Annual 3rd Black Arts Festival - Battle Creek Enquirer
WHERE: Mill Race Park (Located in downtown Battle Creek across from the Kellogg Foundation) Battle Creek, MI WHY: The 3rd Annual Black Arts Festival will be held at Mill Race Park on Saturday August 16, 2008 which focuses on the education heritage ...
- World briefings 7.8 - Daily Herald
World briefings 7.8Daily Herald, UT - Jul 7, 2008CAIRO, Egypt -- Under pressure from fundamentalist forms of Islam and bursts of sectarian violence, the most populous Christian community in the Middle East ...
- Artistes celebrate humanism (The Herald)
SUNDAY is usually an unusual day for a musical show or any fairs largely because people consider it a day for rest.
- Book 'em - San Francisco Bay Guardian
Book 'emSan Francisco Bay Guardian, CA - 2 minutes agoMaybe I can convince my dad to come up to the city and turn my sporadically gathered collection of 1970s poetry books and photography monographs into a ...
- The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust - Aversion
The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy TardustAversion - 1 hour agoIt took Nine Inch Nail Trent Reznor merely an album to help Saul Williams achieve what several published volumes of poetry, a screenwriting credit, ...
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