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- London bishop to investigate reports that 2 gay priests exchanged vows ... - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : London's bishop said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines. The priests walked down the aisle in a May 31 service at one of London's ...
- A Latino institution struggles to stay open (Los Angeles Times)
Ruebén Martinez's Libreria Martinez has become a cultural focal point in Santa Ana and a magnet for famous authors. But dwindling customers and landlord pressure may put him out of business. When Ruebén Martinez set up his bookshop in an old Santa Ana furniture store a decade ago, he bargained the landlord down to half-price rent, saying he sold books, not diamonds. ...
- Felix Dennis's top 10 anti-poverty books - guardian.co.uk
Felix Dennis's top 10 anti-poverty booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoFelix Dennis is a poet (he endows the annual Forward poetry prize for best first collection), a publisher, and one of the richest men in Britain. ...
- Germany films life of critic Reich-Ranicki - Monsters and Critics
Hamburg - Filming begins in July on a biopic depicting the Holocaust years of one of Germany's most extraordinary literary figures: an intense, finger-wagging critic whose judgement about new books has been akin to law for the past 35 years. Marcel ...
- Stories of Illness and Healing - Women Write Their Bodies - Healthcare Today
Healthcare TodayStories of Illness and Healing - Women Write Their BodiesHealthcare Today, UK - 14 hours agoThe collection includes a variety of women's illness narratives - poetry, essays, short fiction, short drama, analyses, and transcribed oral testimonies ...
- What's the worst song cover of all time? - Popwatch
Total Guitar magazine recently named Celine Dion and Anastacia's rendition of AC/CD's "You Shook Me All Night Long" (from 2002's Divas Las Vegas concert on VH1) as the worst song cover of all time. (Thanks to Popeater for the heads up.) As a rabid ...
- Oh, Kanchenjunga - American Chronicle
Oh, KanchenjungaAmerican Chronicle, CA - 24 minutes agoAnd another lama with jet-black hair, suddenly came up, behind a mask of a Tibetan demon with ferocious-looking teeth, and springs in front of us to get ...
- Bill Holm named McKnight Distinguished Artist - Minnesota Public Radio
Bill Holm named McKnight Distinguished ArtistMinnesota Public Radio, MN - 1 hour agoWhile he's produced a pile of books of prose and poetry over the years, he's earned his living as a teacher. Now, newly retired Bill Holm says he realizes ...Writer Bill Holm's ship comes in Minneapolis Star Tribuneall 2 news articles
- East High grad gets Boys, Girls Clubs award (Denver Post)
Her blue-streaked hair and contagious smile make 18-year-old Shonnetta Henry look like your average, happy-go-lucky Denver teenager.
- Bergmann aims to go where no poet has gone before - Wisconsin State Journal
For most poets, the release party for a new chapbook is seen as a time to reign as the belle of the ball. But for Madison poet F.J. Bergmann, the recent debut of her new chapbook "Constellation of the Dragonfly" gave her the chance to spread around ...
- Winners named in African-American History Contest - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Dozens of local students using a variety of media were named winners Tuesday in the 16th annual National City African-American History Contest. Using poetry, an essay, art, music or video, students between the ages of 6 and 18 had to complete the ...
- Old 97's Murry Hammond Releases First Solo Album (Kansas City InfoZine)
Seventeen tracks, produced by Mark Neill, are self-released by Hammond on the "Hammond family label," Humminbird Records.
- Poetry uses all six senses - Tonight South Africa
Baitse Mokiti is from Pimville, Soweto. She works as a communications assistant. She has an Honours Degree in Psychology from Unisa. She fell in love with words in primary school when her class was presented with an assignment to write a short story ...
- DUI Series: Nine-year sentence is not long enough (York Daily Record)
Maria Rivero has a black bow fastened to the front door of her home on Lincoln Street in York and, inside, her walls are adorned with photographs of her and her husband, Inocente Yanez-Sanchez.
- On the march (Journal Inquirer)
Andover’s Memorial Day parade and service will be held Monday, May 26. The parade starts at 8:45 a.m. at Andover Elementary School on School Road. It follows School Road to Hebron Road (Route 316), to Memorial Park (Route 66), and Center Cemetery for a memorial observance.
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