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- The Gift of Prose to Soothe the Traveler - New York Times
The Gift of Prose to Soothe the TravelerNew York Times, United States - 20 minutes agoBy JIM DWYER As of this spring, poetry is no longer making nothing happen in the subways, buses and rail lines. Poetry in Motion, the public project that ...
- Bulges (The New Yorker)
The Incredible Hulk” picks up the story of Bruce Banner--the guy with anger-management problems--some five years after the end of his tantrummy misadventures in “Hulk.” As Bruce, Edward Norton has taken over for Eric Bana, and Louis Leterrier has replaced Ang Lee as director, but Bruce’s situation . . .
- He’s Lost Control - PopMatters
He’s Lost ControlPopMatters, IL - 1 hour agoHer poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and she has published articles on various pop-culture-related subjects including the night she almost ...
- Pages 1 2 - Salon
Fleming finds it ironic that Western Europe tends to love Obama. "He's someone who they alternately refer to as a black or métis [mixed-raced] politician, but they don't know what to do with their own minorities." Other instances of French ...
- On issues, Obama poetry won't rhyme - Everett Herald
Barack Obama is such a stand-up guy that he'll stand up twice -- once for each side of an issue. The poetry reading on change and hope is over. Now that he has to talk about real policy, there's little rhyme in the rhythm. Take James Johnson, who was ...
- PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Mark Rylance - Playbill
Given his pedigree, one would expect that actor Mark Rylance's long-awaited Broadway debut would be in a high-minded production of some work of the Bard's. Rylance was, after all, the first artistic director of the Globe Theatre in London, turning ...
- 'Emo' fan 'hanged herself after talking of suicide' - Telegraph.co.uk
'Emo' fan 'hanged herself after talking of suicide'Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoPolice investigating the death later found long-sleeved shirts with bloodstains at the wrists and Rachel's diary containing poetry and entries describing ...
- Four Poems by Dana Gioia - Newsweek
Four Poems by Dana GioiaNewsweek - 11 hours agoThe American poet, critic and chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts has been recognized for his role in reviving rhyme, meter and narrative in ...A Life In Books: Dana Gioia Newsweekall 2 news articles
- (August 7, 2008) (China Daily)
(Yury Ilyakhin, from Russia, is one of eight torchbearers selected by China Daily for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch Relay.)
- Del Martin, 87; pioneering lesbian rights activist (Los Angeles Times)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, has died. She was 87.
- The funny side of life (Mail and Guardian)
There's a note for the postman pinned to the front door of Marina Lewycka's functional, foursquare house in the rowdy university quarter of Sheffield in northern England. "If no answer," it says, "please put packages behind the wheelie bin. Don't worry -- they're only foreign books."
- Court rejects Lesbos 'insult' - Scotsman
A GREEK court has dismissed a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the use of the word "lesbian" to describe gay women, according to a court ruling made public yesterday. Three residents of Lesbos, the birthplace of the ancient ...
- Senior college sweethearts (Bar Harbor Times)
MOUNT DESERT — Jim Clunan steps down as president of Acadia Senior College this week.
- Merrick Bay preserve named for murder victim Schiffman - Newsday
Merrick Bay preserve named for murder victim SchiffmanNewsday, NY - 1 hour agoMany attendees shed tears for Schiffman, whom they described as a funny, sensitive young woman whose poetry and writings acutely expressed her innermost ...
- Cutting edge artist salutes Brontë rebel - Keighley News
Cutting edge artist salutes Brontë rebelKeighley News, UK - 4 hours agoHis family were very proud of his talents. "His poetry was admired by experts and was published five years before any of his sisters' work. ...
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