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- Thomas M. Disch, 1940-2008 - Mediabistro.com
As the holiday weekend drew to a close, science fiction fans were saddened as the news spread online: Thomas M. Disch had died Friday morning , an apparent suicide.
- Calendar, July 24-30 (Berkshire Eagle)
"Antiquities at the Williams College Museum of Art," talk with Elizabeth E. Gallerani, Mellon Foundation Academic Programs Assistant, 2 p.m. at WCMA, Williamstown.
- What Happens in Vegas... (2008) (New York Times)
Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher in "What Happens in Vegas." “What Happens in Vegas,” one of those junky time-wasters that routinely pop up in movie theaters, won’t make you laugh much or at all. (Once was enough for me.)
- U.P. centennial literary awards winners announced (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
The U.P. Institute of Creative Writing has announced the winners of the Gawad Likhaan: U.P. Centennial Literary Awards.
- Wide-angle view of hip-hop; classical group makes Spoleto debut (The State)
Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s “the break/s” looks at hip-hop through a wide lens. The piece, which will feature two turntables, a live feed and Joseph’s spoken word and dance, will attempt to tell hip-hop’s living history. Joseph, who was astoundingly prolific on HBO’s “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry,” will put hip-hop in all its glories and defects at center stage. His combination of theater, ...
- Why We Love Ryan Adams's Crazy Tumblr - Gawker
Why do I get the feeling that if I don't stop reblogging Ryan Adams , I might get stabbed en route to the Beatrice? (Or get stabbed inside, when Emily Brill shows up.) Young Manhattanite and former Gawker mastcot Andrew Krucoff concedes that Ryan ...
- More than 100 authors slated to attend book fest on Sunday - The Desert Sun
More than 100 authors slated to attend book fest on SundayThe Desert Sun, CA - 17 hours ago"I've loved reading and books since I was a kid," said Johnson, former owner of Peppertree Bookstores in Palm Springs and La Quinta. ...Book Festival organizer believes in the power of books The Desert Sunall 7 news articles
- Love and Death - Albany Times Union
Love and DeathAlbany Times Union, NY - 38 minutes ago“I can understand the character a little bit more; understand the poetry of the language a little bit more; understand the requirements of the role a little ...
- Oxymorons demonstrate a facile complexity - Naples Sun TImes
Oxymorons demonstrate a facile complexityNaples Sun TImes, FL - 4 hours agoFinally, many poems are written by people who have fallen in love, and they become inspired to write romantic poetry to their beloved. ...
- May 26-June 1, 2008 (Washington Post)
6 P.M. Robert Jensen , a professor of media law, ethics and politics at the University of Texas (Austin), discusses and signs Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, 202-387-7638.
- Cheap Wine - New York Times Blogs
I spent three years at Harvard in the Society of Fellows. I had no obligations there except to spend my Monday nights eating fancy meals in the company of some of the world’s most brilliant thinkers: Nobel Prize-winning scientist Amartya Sen ...
- Writers ignite next 'black literary renaissance' - MinnPost.com
MinnPost.comWriters ignite next 'black literary renaissance'MinnPost.com, MN - 8 hours agoThat's how Arleta Little, poet and executive director of the Givens Foundation for African American Literature, describes the first annual Givens Black ...
- Up Front (New York Times)
?I?ll confess that there are moments, when writing criticism, when I?d rather be writing poetry,? says William Logan. ?I can?t say I?ve ever found it the other way around.?
- Garrett, prodigious writer and professor, dies at age 78 - Daily Progress
The protagonist may be gone but his stories go on. George Garrett, former Virginia poet laureate, accomplished novelist, essayist and former head of the University of Virginia’s creative writing program, died at his home Sunday night after a ...
- Celebrating National Nursing Home Week at Heritage Park (Rolla Daily News)
MOTIVATED CONTENDERS — Some residents of Heritage Park Skilled Care are thrilled to be so actively involved in their community. From left, Phyllis Geschwender, Joan Lee, Rev. Joseph Bailey Sr. and Jane Legate.
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