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- Author of youth novels, Eyerly dies at age 100 - DesMoinesRegister.com
Author of youth novels, Eyerly dies at age 100DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - 18 minutes agoOn that machine, Eyerly, who died Monday in Des Moines at age 100, churned out 18 novels for children and two books of poetry and co-wrote a nationally ...
- Lau Nau: - Pitchforkmedia.com
Lau Nau:Pitchforkmedia.com, IL - 3 hours agoLau Nau's press materials report that the album was written and recorded in the stolen intervals spacing her child's naps, and that it reflects her newfound ...
- Author Patricia Smith gives poetic voice to Katrina victims - Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Poet Patricia Smith is gifted beyond reason. Fluid, impassioned, inexorably profound, she puts fire to the page with such brilliance you don’t even have to like poetry to be arrested by her hand. Small wonder she has more awards than you can shake ...
- Book Review: Literary memoir is believable (The Oklahoman)
"My Sister, My Love†by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95). Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss†Rampike replacing the real-life child beauty pageant contestant. The resolution she imagines is ...
- Autumn Equinox Poetry Festival - San Francisco Chronicle
Autumn Equinox Poetry FestivalSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 1 hour ago6 pm Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, the Embarcadero at Market St., SF (415) 835-1020. Read from their works. 4:30 pm The Poetry Center, Humanities Bldg. ...
- Homefolks in Sylacauga - Daily Home Online
A reminder of the program at Comer Library this Sunday afternoon, Sept. 14th. Dr. Rob Gray will review his book of poetry, “I Wish I Was Langston Hughes.†The program begins at 2 p.m., in the Harry I. Brown Auditorium, with a reception following ...
- 'The Border Kingdom' by D. Nurkse - Los Angeles Times
'The Border Kingdom' by D. NurkseLos Angeles Times, CA - 3 hours agoIN HIS ninth book of poetry, "The Border Kingdom" (Alfred A. Knopf: 98 pp., $26), D. Nurkse begins with a whisper: "Jericho," a short poem that promises, ...
- Bulgarian poet Konstantin Pavlov dies at 75 - International Herald Tribune
Bulgarian poet Konstantin Pavlov dies at 75International Herald Tribune, France - 19 minutes agoHis poems have been translated into many European languages and he has been recognized with a number of national awards for poetry and literature. ...
- Excerpt: Tyranny of Nice by Kathy Shaidle and Pete Vere - Western Standard- Shotgun Blog
Excerpt: Tyranny of Nice by Kathy Shaidle and Pete VereWestern Standard- Shotgun Blog, Canada - 52 minutes agoShaidle, who blogs at Five Feet of Fury and has penned a critically-acclaimed poetry collection, is currently fighting an HRC-related court case. ...
- Homeless girl's poem is put to song, for benefit - Boston Globe
For pianist Andrea Surova of Bedford, songwriting developed as a natural extension of the poetry she began writing at age 10. As a result, she has an even more special appreciation for the poem written by a 12-year-old homeless girl and the ...
- Libby George: 'Trinidad,' monoprint - North Coast Journal
Libby George: 'Trinidad,' monoprintNorth Coast Journal, CA - 3 hours agoThere are photographs, prints, sculpture, a wall hanging made from ocean rock, pages from one of Jerry Martien's chapbooks of poetry. ...
- Native insight: Textbook guides teachers on author's racial messages (Missoulian)
Carla Hinman's freshman class at Hellgate High School began reading the Sherman Alexie book, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,†Tuesday morning in recognition of Montana's Native American Heritage Day. Authors like Alexie, a member of the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene tribes, have helped educators bring a discussion of Native life into the classroom.
- RECENT ITEMS» (Filter Magazine)
David Berman’s country drools have always been the most beautifully observed witticisms; his poetry of the broken-willed continually entertains and sparks the heart. The only variants tend to be how he let his tales unfurl. Earlier releases tended to be slower, more jilted-fairytale affairs.
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies - Reuters
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died on Saturday after heart surgery in Texas. President Mahmoud Abbas declared three days of national mourning to honor ...
- Beats and sounds worth paying for - Mmegi Online
Mmegi OnlineBeats and sounds worth paying forMmegi Online, Botswana - 1 hour agoThat's all there is to be said about the Exodus Live Poetry open mic session held Tuesday at Khwest. Well, no, not really, but it is certainly something ...
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