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- Sister's death devastates in 'Goldengrove' (The Wichita Eagle)
"Goldengrove" by Francine Prose (Harper, $24.95) So much seems tragic when we're teenagers: our appeal -- or rather, the lack thereof -- to the opposite sex; our embarrassing parents; a spectacularly bad haircut. Nico, the 13-year-old protagonist of Francine Prose's new novel, experiences all that through the prism of true tragedy: the death of her golden, talented older sister, Margaret. ...
- A nation ales as the common coldie epidemic strikes - The Australian
A nation ales as the common coldie epidemic strikesThe Australian, Australia - Jul 20, 2008The Belgians invented beer that inspires poetry yet goes off like a liquid depth charge. And the Czechs, who gave us the unparalleled gift of pilsner, ...
- Those Elizabethans, hear them roar - Globe and Mail
There is much to like, but much more to admire, about director Peter Hinton's unwieldy The Taming of the Shrew currently playing at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. It drips with Hinton's research into the sexual politics of the Elizabethan era ...
- World Affairs Forum sponsors poetry reading - Setonian
World Affairs Forum sponsors poetry readingSetonian, PA - 1 hour agoFor example, they housed writers that were on the run because they were imprisoned and tortured in China for writing poetry. ...
- Watch Me Disappear - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldWatch Me DisappearSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 58 minutes agoPop with pomp and poetry? Gnarly grumps with a romantic bent? Life doesn't get any clearer this time around either, with an album that no doubt will ...
- Let's talk food at book fair (Honolulu Advertiser)
Contributors to the new compilation "We Go Eat: A Mixed Plate From Hawai'i's Food Culture" (Hawai'i Council for the Humanities) will take part in the book fair at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana tomorrow.
- Nigeria/Cameroon: Niyi Osundare - Meet the Poet Who Hates War (AllAfrica.com)
At the time this interview was conducted, the "oily apple of discord" otherwise called the Bakassi Peninsula was practically boiling with violent activity.
- Between the lines - Pune Newsline
Between the linesPune Newsline, India - 4 hours agoWe then divided the children into groups following which they were encouraged to write poetry. We compiled those poems under the name of Book of poem by ...
- Sports stars should prove they are not - The Island (subscription)
Sports stars should prove they are notThe Island (subscription), Sri Lanka - 2 hours agoThe Times of London gave British poet Fanny Walker a whole page last week in which she made an impassioned plea that performance poetry be included in the ...
- Change of direction for artist (Cooma-Monaro Express)
RAGLAN Gallery artistic director Petra Murphy has stepped down from her position on the board to dedicate more time to her creative work and her family.
- A cool spot on a blazing day - San Francisco Gate
(08-04) 04:00 PDT Beijing -- If Beijing has a sister city for weather, it would have to be Houston. On Sunday in Beijing, it was August in Houston. Sweat was trickling down my body as I stood smack dab between the two most distinctive structures yet ...
- FICTION: Oates enters 'tabloid hell' with tale based on JonBenet's death (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Some of Joyce Carol Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- 1-25 of 150 results - Seattle Weekly
Category Art Exhibitions Art Openings & Events Books & Authors Cabaret/Burlesque/Variety Classical/Opera Club Events Comedy Dance Family Events Fashion Festivals/Parades Food Events Lectures LGBT Local Film/Arthouse Museums Music Poetry/Spoken Word ...
- Cesaria Evora’s Unforgettable Voice Transcends Nostalgia - The Santa Barbara Independent
Cesaria Evora’s Unforgettable Voice Transcends NostalgiaThe Santa Barbara Independent, CA - 14 hours agoAbove all, the morna is poetry. The morna is simply the musical term for the Portuguese word sodade. The word “sodade†is specific to the Portuguese ...
- Text tattoos gaining popularity - San Francisco Gate
Sunday, September 7, 2008 He sees a man's back entirely inscribed with the first page of "Fight Club." The tattoo looks fresh, red and painful. He sees a woman holding aside her hair to show the nape of her neck, where this line by e.e. cummings ...
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