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- Judging is a cushy job: Javed Akhtar - NDTV.com
Judging is a cushy job: Javed AkhtarNDTV.com, India - 49 minutes agoYoung songwriters don't give enough importance to the craft of poetry, says screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar. "Passion, emotion and fantasy are ...
- Woman's family suing Green Cove over Taser death (The Florida Times-Union)
The family of a schizophrenic woman who died after being shocked by a Taser 10 times during a mental health crisis is suing the city of Green Springs and two of its police officers in federal court.
- Eminent critic Kashfi dead - Pakistan Dawn
Pakistan DawnEminent critic Kashfi deadPakistan Dawn, Pakistan - 12 hours agoBorn in 1932 into a family that had a tradition of scholarship and literary tastes, Kashfi had a chance early in his life to meet the subcontinent’s ...
- In d'Harnoncourt's death, city loses art-world treasure (Philly.com)
ANNE d'Harnoncourt, 64, an icon who turned the Philadelphia Museum of Art into a world-class institution during her 26-year tenure, died of cardiac arrest late Sunday night at her Center City home, museum officials said yesterday.
- Getting into character with Marisa de los Santos - Bucks County Courier Times
Marisa de los Santos talks about her characters as if they are real. Sitting outside of Sugarfoot Café in Wilmington, Delaware, the best-selling author apologetically puts on dark glasses to combat the sun and proceeds to gush about the people who ...
- Kelley Deal, The Breeders - Gothamist.com
Not since Jacob took the birthright of his older brother Esau back in the Old Testament has a younger twin grabbed a bigger chunk of the spotlight than Kim Deal has over her sister Kelley throughout the years. However, Kelley is no slouch on her own ...
- Sex and the City (R) ** | They're back, and they'll shop til you drop - MiamiHerald.com
Sex and the City (R) ** | They're back, and they'll shop til you dropMiamiHerald.com, FL - 27 minutes agoAmerica's favorite rich, white-guy playa dithers like a nervy schoolgirl and even at one point -- brace yourself -- recites poetry. He's de-Bigged. ...
- Free Bird Sheryl Crow let all inhibitions go in recording her new ... - Modesto Bee
Free Bird Sheryl Crow let all inhibitions go in recording her new ...Modesto Bee, CA - 25 minutes ago"My main objective was to be strikingly truthful on this record, to not mask anything behind beautiful poetry, but just to really speak the truth," she said ...
- Literary luminaries attend unveiling of statue of 'people's poet' Al Purdy (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - Eurithe Purdy sat at the feet of her late husband, renowned poet Al Purdy, on Tuesday as a statue of him was unveiled at Queen's Park.
- Final festival lineup decided (The Montana Standard)
The line-up for the 70th National Folk Festival is complete. Thirteen additional performers have been added to the roster for a total of 27. In all, 250 individuals will demonstrate, exhibit and perform at the festival July 11-13.
- Britain's "lyrical terrorist" wins court appeal - CNBC
LONDON - A British woman who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" and wrote a poem about beheading a hostage, won an appeal against a criminal conviction in London on Tuesday. Samina Malik, 23, had been convicted last year of possessing documents ...
- Rachel Taylor Brown’s Road to Success - ACED Magazine
Rachel Taylor Brown’s Road to SuccessACED Magazine, FL - 8 hours agoRachel correlates music with poetry, "I think good poetry opens that window into your mind. It feels like the top of your head lifting off, ...
- Museum to highlight young artists' works (Daily Herald)
Mike Owen is a 21-year-old Elmhurst resident diagnosed with a high functioning form of autism. He taught himself to paint and draw by watching television five years ago.
- 'Algren' captures city's gritty magic - Chicago Sun-Times
'Algren' captures city's gritty magicChicago Sun-Times, United States - 1 hour agoOf course it would not exist without the raw, poetic riffs of Nelson Algren -- Chicago's unofficial poetry-and-prose laureate who captured the hot beat and ...
- Noon - Poetry reading and book launch Thursday for Emelihter Kihleng - Guam Pacific Daily News
Noon, May 11 — The University of Guam's Women and Gender Studies program under the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences is sponsoring a book launch and poetry reading for "My Urohs" by Emelihter Kihleng. The event will be held at 6 p.m ...
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