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- Dem. Party Chairman Killed - Log Cabin Democrat
Bill Gwatney, chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party, was fatally shot this morning at party headquarters in downtown Little Rock. Gwatney died of his injuries in a Little Rock hospital this afternoon. The shooter was pursued by police from ...
- Morocco to Host Poetry Competition - Alarab online
Alarab onlineMorocco to Host Poetry CompetitionAlarab online, UK - 41 minutes agoA declaration that the candidate has not already won any literary award for the collection or poem(s) submitted. The deadline for submission of entries is ...
- DJ Taylor: The glittering prizes - Independent
DJ Taylor: The glittering prizesIndependent, UK - 40 minutes agoInterviewed on Radio 4, the impresario of early 1970s counter-culture and erstwhile editor of Oz declared that he had turned to poetry because the younger ...
- Armani's new release - Guardian Unlimited
"Opposing influences achieve harmony in an unexpected cruise that brings back to the west a flavour of the orient, but always adapts every suggestion of ethnicity into an exotic allusion tempered by a western stance." Thus began the press release for ...
- Palestinians prepare to bury poet - BBC News
GulfNewsPalestinians prepare to bury poetBBC News, UK - 2 hours agoHis poems were transformed into popular songs and used in political speeches, and the words he wrote now form part of Palestinian daily life, ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishMahmoud Darwish, Poet Laureate of the Palestinians, 1941-2008 Democracy NowMahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet The Plain Dealer - cleveland.comCleveland Indy Media - GulfNewsall 566 news articles
- Little-traveled Puglia offers rustic charm (The Record)
Travelers — even Italians — may tell you that the heel of the Italian boot is remote and inhospitable. They haven't been to Puglia. To prove my point, let's meet a few locals. Say, this fellow in the pretty-as-a-wedding-cake town of Galatina.
- Review interview: Richard Dawkins (Times Online)
Well, it’s a distinction of sorts. Professor Richard Dawkins, who holds the chair for the public understanding of science at Oxford, was last week nominated as one of the country’s Groovy Old Men – a group of sexy “silver foxes” that also includes the actors Bill Nighy and Terence Stamp.
- Seattle Symphony's "A Hero's Life" a rousing program - Seattle Times
7:30 p.m. Thursday, 1 p.m. next Friday and 8 p.m. Oct. 4, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; $17-$97 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org ). Adversity and triumph are powerful themes in both Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben" and Dmitry ...
- How Kev Choice and Ise Lyfe Get Down (Low) - East Bay Express
How Kev Choice and Ise Lyfe Get Down (Low)East Bay Express, CA - 6 minutes agoSome have advanced from slam poetry to staged monologues or solo shows (in the Danny Hoch or Sarah Jones vein). And some, like celebrated Oakland poet Ise ...
- BAT OUT OF HELL - Asbury Park Press
BAT OUT OF HELLAsbury Park Press, NJ - 1 hour agoIn "The Dark Knight," the citizenry is nearly free from the tyranny of crime as a result of the vigilantism of the Caped Crusader, in coordination with the ...
- Wordslingers 2008 brings a modern message from the 13th Century (The Union)
What could a poet from 13th-century Persia have to say to 21st-century Americans in Nevada County?
- 'As You Like it' opens in Weston - Rutland Herald
'As You Like it' opens in WestonRutland Herald, VT - 2 hours ago"There's so much talk about love and the poetry of love and there's so much of that in Ireland," Fox said. "Also, there's storytelling and a sense of ...
- Dozens answer call to show Inland writers' talent (The Press-Enterprise)
One of the surprises of the first Inlandia Writers' Workshop at Riverside Public Library this summer is the diversity of people who showed up. "The ages ranged from 14 to 80, which is pretty amazing," said Ruth Nolan, workshop leader, poet and associate professor of English at College of the Desert.
- American Poets Added to British Archive - New York Times
American Poets Added to British ArchiveNew York Times, United States - 4 hours ago... are among the 14 influential 20th-century American poets whose recordings have been added to Britain’s free online poetry archive, the BBC reported. ...
- LA spoken word artist Rich Ferguson and musical mayhemist Paul ... - PR.com (press release)
LA spoken word artist Rich Ferguson and musical mayhemist Paul ...PR.com (press release), NY - 8 hours agoAbout Ferguson, Mitch Myers of Amazon.com once said: “Spouting a peculiar blend of spoken-word poetry, Ferguson has developed a poetry style that is both ...
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