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- Mahmoud Darwish Dies in Houston - Houstonist
HoustonistMahmoud Darwish Dies in HoustonHoustonist, USA - 4 hours agoDarwish, known for his political activism as well as his poetry, became a symbol of life in exile living in the Soviet Union, Israel, Lebanon, Tunisia, ...
- Redhill named Griffin judge - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Redhill named Griffin judgeTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 6 hours agoTORONTO (CP) — Michael Redhill, a noted Canadian novelist, poet, playwright and publisher, will be among the judges for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize ...
- THEATER: Beaty's 'Resurrection' (The Washington Times)
Daniel Beaty's "Resurrection" is a work that looks more intently at the problematic present experienced by many black men while also delivering a formula for a more promising future.
- Sylvain Trudel's 'Mercury Under My Tongue' - International Herald Tribune
Mercury Under My Tongue By Sylvain Trudel. Translated by Sheila Fischman. 159 pages. Paper, $13.95. Soft Skull Press. Sylvain Trudel's acid novel "Mercury Under My Tongue," tartly translated from the French by Sheila Fischman, is a tale told by a 16 ...
- Join the world literature tour to Australia - Guardian Blogs
Anyone who imagined that there wouldn't be that many stops in Hungary for the English reader on tour was in for a pleasant surprise last time we set off on our travels. Booklitstew's sense that the country's literary star has been rising ...
- Director Stone selling five Chinese paintings (Miami Herald)
Besides a keen interest in Vietnam, Oliver Stone is also a collector of Chinese art. The Oscar-winning American director, whose George W. Bush biopic W. hits theaters Friday, has commissioned Christie's in Hong Kong to sell five of his modern Chinese paintings, the auction house said in a statement.
- Mystery Surrounds A General's Death In Syria - The Bulletin
Nicosia, Cyprus - It would appear the Syrians are embarrassed and even in distress over the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of General Mohammed Suleiman. In life, he was known as the "shadow man," and in seeming keeping with this ...
- The old Paris charm of Edith Piaf's Belleville (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
PARIS -- Tourists looking for old Paris charm and a taste of "La Vie en Rose" should head to Belleville, a largely overlooked part of the city and the birthplace of Edith Piaf. ...
- 'Big Read' Essay, Poetry, Art Contest - Times Tribune of Corbin
'Big Read' Essay, Poetry, Art ContestTimes Tribune of Corbin, KY - 1 hour agoBy Steven Earnest For the Times-Tribune The Corbin Public Library recently received 100 copies of “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest Gaines. ...
- Around the Area: 09.05.08 - 09.11.08 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
EXHIBIT: The exhibit "Cataclysm and Creativity: Art in the Age of Uncertainty" will be on display through Nov. 1 in the Weil Gallery, Center for the Arts, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
- Scotland's Yester House on market for Ă‚ÂŁ15 million - Telegraph.co.uk
Scotland's Yester House on market for Ă‚ÂŁ15 millionTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Aug 12, 2008Parkland around the house includes a walled garden dating from 1750 and an early 19th century "gothic" stable block. The grounds also contain the ruins of ...
- Eleanor O'Leary, 92; was biographer, book reviewer - Boston Globe
Eleanor (Ruggles) O'Leary showed signs of a literary and theatrical bent as far back as her student days at Vassar College in the 1930s, when she acted in school plays and wrote for campus publications. Some 20 years later, John Houseman, the late ...
- Senior College Offers Variety of Fall Courses - RedOrbit
Senior College Offers Variety of Fall CoursesRedOrbit, TX - 55 minutes agoSenior Players: This drama troupe returns for the fifth season with members exploring literature through short vignettes, readings, one-act plays and poetry ...
- Made of Honor - DVD Talk
Made of HonorDVD Talk, OR - 1 hour agoThe fantasy that "everything will work out" and "love conquers all obstacles" makes for great sophomoric poetry but it generally results in a level of ...
- Site of the week: The Manchester Review - guardian.co.uk
Site of the week: The Manchester Reviewguardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago... writing (home to creative writing professor Martin Amis), will be published each spring and autumn, offering a mix of fiction and poetry as well as art, ...Manchester literary journal to publish new work by John Banville Crain's Manchester Businessall 2 news articles
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