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- Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Gavin Esler, Newsnight presenter and novelist (Independent)
Gavin Esler, 55, is a presenter on BBC2's Newsnight and also on BBC News24. His fourth novel, A Scandalous Man, is just out, and he is one of the BBC Radio 4 contributors to More From Our Own Correspondent, also out now
- Of verse and violent crime (Toronto Star)
Crime may not always pay, but writing about it certainly does – it's consistently a lead news item, and murder mysteries and TV shows like CSI are widely popular on the fictional front. So why shouldn't the luridly topical be a subject for poetry, too?
- MEREDITH CUMMINGS: Plan can solve buffet quandary - Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
MEREDITH CUMMINGS: Plan can solve buffet quandaryTuscaloosa News (subscription), AL - 3 hours agoI must tell you that this is a man who is fluent in classical Latin and writes poetry, so I don't want you to get the wrong picture. Slovenly he is not. ...
- Mr McGovern - Paly Voice
Mr McGovernPaly Voice, CA - 38 minutes ago"She was also able to make poetry interesting." Math teacher Colin Hawkins is leaving at the end of this year to spend a year in Hawaii with his three ...
- I survived Madras in May - Sify
I am back in America after a year’s stint in Chennai. Now I have started missing Chennai. While I have lived in Mumbai for several years earlier, the year’s stay in Madras leaves me with mixed emotions. Having lived in the U.S. for almost 30 ...
- Special events: Dancers to perform at 'Stars' (The Toledo Blade)
ParagraphText1:The Cassandra Ballet of Toledo will be featured guest performers at the Music Under the Stars kickoff concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Toledo Zoo amphitheater. A dozen dancers from the West Toledo company will perform to Sousa's beloved march, "Stars and Stripes Forever." Choreographed by company founder and director, Cassandra Macino, the work has become a signature piece for ...
- Erudite yet under-rehearsed (The Globe and Mail)
Shakespeare's Sonnets can inspire obsession and Simon Callow is as dedicated to them as any
- Locals swarm FemmeFest (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
Inaugural event rocks three venues... By Jeff Hahne.On May 31, numerous bands swarmed the Visulite Theatre, SK Net Cafe and Double Door Inn for a female-based festival – the inaugural FemmeFest. With art, poetry and a ton of music, the event benefited Shelter Health Services and drew in a large crowd of support at each venue. From solo acoustic performers such as Bridgit Scheide, Erika Blatnik ...
- Theater Reviews: Showgirls , As You Like It (LA Weekly)
GO AS YOU LIKE IT Directors Ellen Geer and Melora Marshall set this evergreen Shakespearean comedy in the years after the American Civil War, but, fortunately, they apply the concept with a light, tactful hand.
- Hip-Hop Rumors: Ray-J / Kay Slay! Update on Dr. Donda West! Paris ... - allhiphop.com
Here are some quickies since most of the rumors are from yesterday, earlier today and stuff. What’s this madness I hear? Baby Sham, Rah Digga, Rampage and Spliff Starr are no longer Flipmode? They are now called…The Famous Millionaire Squad (FMS ...
- Sharp Teeth, By Toby Barlow - The Independent
A novel in verse – about werewolves. Hmm. It's a great elevator pitch, but would anyone actually want to read it? Well, they ought to. The verse is free verse of the loosest kind, often recognisable as verse only by the typography, but the ...
- Can Poetry Really Be Translated? - Huffingtonpost.com
There's a great story of a Japanese production group that decided the conclusion of Samuel Beckett's classic Waiting for Godot was a little too...inconclusive. In case you aren't familiar with the play, the unresolved wait for Godot represents, in ...
- Film Clips - Creative Loafing
Film ClipsCreative Loafing, NC - Aug 13, 2008The first half sprints with this plotline, resulting in a movie that's consistently funny and inventive – even the typically heavy-handed direction by Peter ...
- Teens invited to enter writing contest - Daily Journal
Teen writers are invited to submit their short stories and poems for entry in the Vineland Public Library's Teen Writing Contest, for ages 13 to 18. There will be three winners in both short story and poetry categories. First prize-winners will win ...
- Michael Swigart, ex-city manager, dead at age 63 - Twentynine Palms Desert Trail
Michael Swigart, ex-city manager, dead at age 63Twentynine Palms Desert Trail, CA - 3 hours ago“He writes poetry. He does photography. He had a very creative side. He also was very involved in community service and felt strongly about giving back to ...
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