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- A macabre little treat - Globe and Mail
A macabre little treatGlobe and Mail, Canada - 29 minutes ago... to remake Giovanni Boccaccio's sexual-shenanigans classic The Decameron as an adrenalin-driven teen flick clad in period costumes and set in Tuscany. ...
- Spellbound by monsters of the deep - guardian.co.uk
Spellbound by monsters of the deepguardian.co.uk, UK - 12 minutes agoBut what poetry there is here and what a balm for the soul. What Ishmael found so terrifying - 'I know him not, and never will' - comes to us, ...
- “Virtual Greats” Enters $1.5 Billion Virtual Goods Market - Business Wire (press release)
“Virtual Greats” Enters $1.5 Billion Virtual Goods MarketBusiness Wire (press release), CA - 4 hours agoWith everything from art contests to discussion forums on poetry, politics, celebrities and more, to fully customizable profiles, digital characters and ...
- John Gierach talks about fly fishing and his new book, 'Fool's Paradise' (The Oregonian)
ohn Gierach is perhaps the premier fly fishing writer in America today. The author of 16 books, including the now iconic "Trout Bum," was in Portland recently, promoting his new book, "Fool's Paradise."
- Cowboy gathering heads to Fort Scott - Morning Sun
The cowboys are coming on June 13-15 to Fort Scott Community College. The 12th annual Echoes of the Trail Cowboy Gathering starts Friday, June 13th at 7 p.m. with Johnny Kendrick and Sons, Richards, Mo., and six other cowboy musicians and poets ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - The Associated Press
The Associated PressPalestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67The Associated Press - Aug 9, 2008He joined the Israeli Communist Party after high school and began writing poems for leftist newspapers. "When we think of Darwish ... he is our heart, ...
- Life's still a riot - Globe and Mail
VANCOUVER -- It has been 25 years since Billy Bragg topped the British indie chart with his debut mini-LP Life's a Riot With Spy Vs Spy - an album that included the classic A New England . He was an angry young man, schooled in the Clash. By the time ...
- Students to compete at poetry slam event - Akron Beacon Journal
Students to compete at poetry slam eventAkron Beacon Journal, OH - 8 hours agoRegistration for the poets is free. Tickets to the event, which also is expected to feature performances by teen jazz band Spoken Word and a high school ...
- Author Bonta Gets Space Award: To Boldly Go Where Poetry Inspires - Los Angeles Chronicle
Author Bonta Gets Space Award: To Boldly Go Where Poetry InspiresLos Angeles Chronicle, USA - 7 minutes agoPoetry fuels rocket science as an organization of space professionals presents an award to the power of verse. Washington, DC - The Space Frontier ...
- Joyce Carol Oates explores JonBenet Ramsey-style case (The Standard-Times)
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates
- Stanley Plumly's Romance With Keats - New York Sun
Poets who die young often have surprisingly lively posthumous careers. John Keats (1795-1821) provides the most celebrated example: Almost immediately after his death in Rome, at the age of 25, he entered the realm of legend. Though his poetry wasn't ...
- Personal Histories - Nation
Anyone doubting the prominent place that Polish poetry now occupies in the American literary landscape need only examine the books published these past few springs, the time of year when publishers large and small try to indulge readers' senses ...
- Highs -- and Lows -- in the 20s - Washington Post
Washington PostHighs -- and Lows -- in the 20sWashington Post, United States - 3 hours agoThe effect is that of illustrated poetry. A word scrawled in ink or painted on canvas delivers very different meaning. Some suggest interior monologues, ...
- Around the Bend: 06.20.08 - 06.26.08 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
ROLLER DERBY : Hurricane Alley Roller Derby presents Daddy's Derby Darlins today at the Saxet Hall, 3952 Leopard St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $7; free/ages 10 and younger. Information: 884-8431 or 688.0862.
- José Garcia Villa’s poetry now part of Penguin Classics (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - Playing with shadow and spark, the book’s cover exemplifies the multifarious nature of its author, the poet José Garcia Villa.
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