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- Book extract: The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt (Independent)
A woman I didn't know was shutting the door to Inga's apartment just as I arrived. I saw her hunched body and rust-coloured hair on the landing as she turned and, with her head lowered, proceeded slowly down the stairs. When we neared each other, she abruptly looked up into my face for a fraction of a second. I backed off to allow her to pass, but she didn't move out of the way, and we brushed ...
- Farm Tales (Tri-State Neighbor)
Tell your own stories about farm life, or share cowboy poetry and other insights. Farm Rescue An indepth, multimedia feature about the organization that keeps farm families farming.
- Pendolino (Sydney Morning Herald)
An old hand, a deft touch, a new restaurant ... the scene is set for some fine Italian food.
- The early years: An unhappy childhood - CNN
(CNN) -- Before he became the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II was Karol Jozef Wojtyla. Friends in Wadowice, a town of 8,000 Catholics and 2,000 Jews 35 miles southwest of Krakow, called Wojtyla "Lolek." He was born in 1920, the ...
- Community Calendar for July 24-Aug. 3 - Houston County News
Community Calendar for July 24-Aug. 3Houston County News, MN - 20 minutes agoSea Poetry: Tues, July 29, 6-7:30 pm, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona. Free. Open to the public. Readings by poet James Armstrong. ...
- News isn't all bad for newspapers these days - Nashua Telegraph
News isn't all bad for newspapers these daysNashua Telegraph, NH - 6 hours agoWhat's worse, newspapers do it to themselves – with all the navel-gazing self-pity of 13-year-old Hamlet writing morbid poetry on his MySpace page. ...
- An 'I am' poem (Berkshire Eagle)
Preferring to eschew the popularly proclaimed "National Poetry Month" of April for the other 11 months, I've written a new poem using an old form. It's called the "I Am" poem and it comes with a list of questions, which poets can choose to answer or not.
- BHS WWII Memorial rededication poignant tribute - Barnstable Patriot
Barnstable PatriotBHS WWII Memorial rededication poignant tributeBarnstable Patriot, MA - 1 hour agoThrough poetry, essay, and letter readings, as well as music, the veterans on the memorial, other veterans who served and died, and those in attendance were ...
- Retirement will end varied career (The Observer-Dispatch)
During Milton Bloch's retirement with his wife in Ohio, he will have plenty to keep him busy. In his spare time, Bloch writes short stories, poetry and books, carves creatures out of wood, makes jewelry, is an amateur magician, and draws cartoons.
- Gowdy, Lee up for Trillium prize (CBC Toronto)
Barbara Gowdy and Dennis Lee are among the finalists for this year's Trillium Book Award.
- Why Danielle Steel is 'critic-proof' - CNN
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's only 9:33 a.m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning. Danielle Steel's 75th book, "Rogue," is the tale of a sober-minded psychologist and her playboy ex-husband. She's in a Rockefeller Plaza dressing room, having ...
- Byron's bear and other tales - guardian.co.uk
Byron's bear and other talesguardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoThe Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland is a treasure trove of anecdotes, quotes obscure and reassuringly familiar, odd poetry and literary pub ...
- Poetry: Read It When You’re Drunk - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsPoetry: Read It When You’re DrunkNew York Times Blogs, NY - 3 hours ago“The poem that says ‘I love you’ is the little black cocktail dress, the classic thing that everyone would like to have written one of. ...
- The Baltimore Museum of Art's Front Room Series Continues with Jim ... - Art Daily
The Baltimore Museum of Art's Front Room Series Continues with Jim ...Art Daily - 45 minutes agoSince his first exhibition in 1958, American artist Jim Dine (b. 1935) has been a forceful presence on the American art scene. Known for creating familiar ...
- Learning from the bard of South Beach - Centre Daily Times
Learning from the bard of South BeachCentre Daily Times, PA - 6 hours agoThere was a poet/professor, Edmund Skellings, who taught Shakespeare and poetry and recited the great English poets like they were set to music. ...
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