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- Israel's Nazi-porn problem - Salon
Taking their name from the Nazi prison camps in which they were set, Stalags were Israeli pornographic paperbacks featuring Nazi themes. How do you make a movie about a disreputable and totally defunct literary genre? That question never quite gets ...
- Personal History Informs David Guterson's Newest Novel - Kitsap Sun (Subscription)
Personal History Informs David Guterson's Newest NovelKitsap Sun (Subscription), United States - 1 hour agoLater, he breaks free from the "unhappiness machine" and sneaks off to the Olympic Peninsula's Hoh rainforest with Gnostic gospels and Buddhist poetry in ...
- Prince’s First Book Out This Autumn (Soul Shine)
American singer Prince will be releasing his first book this year which will be a collection of lyrics and poetry accompanied by photographs of and selected by the artist surrounding the numerous shows he played in London's O2 Arena in 2007.
- 'World's worst poems' at auction - BBC News
BBC News'World's worst poems' at auctionBBC News, UK - 28 minutes agoAlex Dove, from auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull, said: "Poetry didn't really come to him until I think he was 47 and the voices in his head told him that he'd ...
- Local authors signing at Jesse Stuart Foundation - Huntington Herald Dispatch
Local authors signing at Jesse Stuart FoundationHuntington Herald Dispatch, WV - 3 hours agoClaudia Pemberton, will be signing her first novel, “Love Leaves No One Behind.” Claudia works for the Cabell County Public School System. ...
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman #8 - Wayne Independent
I have a confession to make. Now, it’s Week 8; by the Universal Law of Diet Columnists, this is supposed to be the part where I tell you about how I haven’t gone to the gym since Week 3, or I’ve been standing in front of my fridge at 2 in the ...
- Set to music, Nikki Giovanni's poems fly, dance with life, energy - TheReporter.com
Set to music, Nikki Giovanni's poems fly, dance with life, energyTheReporter.com, CA - 1 hour agoBy Richard Bammer In most cultures, poetry - linked by its rhythmic elements to music and dance - emerges before prose. In its earliest forms, say, ...
- Akita that kept 10-year vigil inspires books, movies - SouthCoastToday.com
Akita that kept 10-year vigil inspires books, moviesSouthCoastToday.com, MA - 49 minutes agoThe book's author, Leslea Newman, is well-known in literary circles and has written more than 50 fiction books and collections of poetry. ...
- Library News: Lyceum program planned - Wicked Local Gloucester
Library News: Lyceum program plannedWicked Local Gloucester, MA - 2 hours agoIn celebration of National Poetry Month, the Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library invite all students living in Gloucester to participate in “Poetry ...
- Book Review: Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti (Blogcritics.org)
Elias Canetti's Nobel Prize winning, life changing book. I have read a few horror stories in my life. When I was young, it was R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps series, and when I got older, it was Stephen King and Jonathan Carroll. However the book that sent a shiver down my spine from the very first sentence came from none of these authors. It came from a Nobel Prize winning book written by Elias ...
- Burroughs' 'Wolf at the Table' memoir is a serious departure (USA Today)
With his new book, A Wolf at the Table, writer Augusten Burroughs proves that his memory well hasn't gone dry. He's still dipping his favorite literary bucket the memoir into the past and pulling up fresh material.
- Boy, 6, hailed a hero after saving drowning friend - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Focusing on price fires up Wal-Mart's results Fayetteville, Ark. —- Wal-Mart executives said Friday that a reinvigorated focus on price has allowed the world's largest retailer to beat out competitors in a challenging economic environment... Wal ...
- Repertoire of Urdu poetry on display - Saudi Gazette
Certainly, it seems that the fresh motivation of the Mushaira is happening neither in Pakistan nor in India, but in the Middle East because of the Urdu loving communities. The 12th annual Indian Consulate General Mushaira organized at the ...
- Birthplace a ‘complete spectrum’ of Sandburg’s life (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
Sometimes, an interesting tourist attraction can be found in your own backyard. The Carl Sandburg Historic Site, 313 E. Third St., birthplace of the world-famous journalist and poet, is located right here in Galesburg, offering a lot of history collected under one roof. Maintained by the Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association, the exhibit is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through ...
- American Scene (The Washington Times)
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