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- Zobel’s ‘Noche Clara’ goes for P6M at Christie’s - Inquirer.net
Zobel’s ‘Noche Clara’ goes for P6M at Christie’sInquirer.net, Philippines - 15 hours agoThe Christie’s catalogue describes the work as transcending “the lineal quality of its composition that captures the essence of prose, poetry and rhythm in ...
- Kinky Friedman tells what he would do in latest treatise - West Kerr Current
Kinky Friedman tells what he would do in latest treatiseWest Kerr Current, TX - 2 hours ago“There’sa little wisdom, a little humor, a little poetry, but I know you can’t please everyone.” It’sa camp stew of tender introspection and reflection, ...
- Don't disparage a politician for having a way with words - Minneapolis Star Tribune
May I offer a few words in defense of eloquence? You wouldn't think that eloquence is the sort of thing that needs defending, but it has taken some hits during the presidential primaries. Other sorts of speaking skills went pretty much uncriticized ...
- 'Wit' makes deadly affair liberating, joyous - News-Press
Vivian Bearing has stage four ovarian cancer. There is no stage five. She's doomed. And all the jokes and all the wit in the world can't change that. "It's not my intent to give away the plot," Bearing (Janina Birtolo) drolly tells the audience at ...
- 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 ...
- Neuroscientist: Poetry Comes From Synesthesia, Tree-Climbing (Wired News)
A prominent neuroscientist told a crowd at the World Science Festival that the curious phenomenon of synesthesia -- in which some people "taste" colors or "hear" smells -- is simply a consequence of the aptitude humans evolved for abstraction.
- Carroll Yesteryears (Carroll County Online)
Yesteryears0518 is in the In Focus folder. These Civil War veterans are part of a group photo of the Pickett Grand Army of the Republic Post taken about 1890 in Winfield.
- Slavenka Drakulić: With the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, Serbia has a chance to lift the veil of denial over its past (Guardian Unlimited)
Slavenka Drakulić: With the fall of charismatic murderer-poet-doctor Radovan Karadzic, Serbia can lift the veil of denial over its past
- Classrooms close for the summer - Belmont & Mount Holly BannerNews
Classrooms close for the summerBelmont & Mount Holly BannerNews, CN - 25 minutes agoLiz Ann is now a strong reader who’s also translated her skills into writing, especially poetry. In one of Hovis’ packed boxes, were two of Liz Ann’s poems ...
- Me and Mr Jones - Sunday Herald
I HAVE an Average Joe lifestyle," declares Shia LaBeouf. There is a short silence before the 21-year-old actor, thinking back over what he has just said, hastily tags on a caveat: "Kind of ..." LaBeouf may in fact be that rarest of things - a ...
- Community calendar - May 8 (Akron Beacon Journal)
Area community events for the entire family
- Students fundraise to aid Chinese earthquake victims - California Aggie
UC Davis students are still feeling the aftershocks of Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province, but some have jumped into action to aid the relief efforts. Approximately 20,000 people have died and 40,000 people are missing or ...
- Who is Barack Obama? - Spiked
Who is Barack Obama?Spiked, UK - 10 hours agoAt Harvard, he was elected editor of the Harvard Law Review, the first person of any African-American heritage to reach that prestigious position. ...
- Researcher debunks myth Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sufi poet - The Post
Researcher debunks myth Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sufi poetThe Post, Pakistan - 42 minutes agoISLAMABAD: A Pakistan-origin US researcher has claimed that Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a great poet of the subcontinent, was not a Sufi and his poetry is a ...
- Love, loss loom in 'Dangerous Age' - News & Observer
Love, loss loom in 'Dangerous Age'News & Observer, NC - 1 hour ago"A Dangerous Age" is Gilchrist's 20th book of fiction (she has also written poetry, a book of nonfiction commentaries and a memoir), and her characters and ...
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