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- Smartmom knows an ‘edgy mom’ - BrooklynPapers.com
Smartmom knows an ‘edgy mom’BrooklynPapers.com, United States - 3 minutes agoPoet Michele Madigan Sullivan delighted the crowd with her sassy, virtuosic poem about Elmo. Sophia Romero read a wonderful excerpt from her blog, ...
- Sharing stories of John: Tribute to student who drowned (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
John Erlanson loved crafting prose. “Love is the greatest power; it’s with us every hour,” he once wrote. Those lines resonated among more than 200 of Erlanson’s family members and friends who attended a nearly two-hour memorial service at Atascadero High School on Wednesday afternoon. Erlanson — a 17-year-old student at the high school — died May 7 when he drowned in the campus pool. School ...
- Death of a soulman - Age
Darren Jones with his son, Jett, born in May 2004. Darren, who was killed in a random attack in February 2006, used to teach Jett how to bang out a rhythm on the drums. THERE are things no father should have to do, believes Glenn Jones. One is to see ...
- Will you still love me and my songs when I'm 64 and even older? - Irish Independent
Will you still love me and my songs when I'm 64 and even older?Irish Independent, Ireland - 11 hours agoInfluenced by WB Yeats, he'd published several volumes of poetry and two novels before starting a recording career which yielded So Long Marianne, ...
- The Koran: Words beyond worth - Globe and Mail
Globe and MailThe Koran: Words beyond worthGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoPhilosophy, theology and poetry are all sealed intricately in the book. This is not an easy book to read, but sacred territory is never easy. ...
- Artscape: Material Matters - Columbus Alive
Artscape: Material MattersColumbus Alive, OH - 1 hour agoBy Tracy Zollinger Turner "I have some family quilts," said one woman, sitting on a bench in the art museum, looking up at "Cyborg Female 5: Stripped of ...
- You write the reviews: Roger Lloyd Pack, The Maltings, Wells-Next-The-Sea (Independent)
This was a good choice for the opening night of the 11th Poetry-next-the-Sea festival in Norfolk. Roger Lloyd Pack, best known for his role as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, commands a good audience even when poetry is the main topic. He was talking to Dame Gillian Beer, fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, in a Desert Island Discs-style format about his 10 favourite poems.
- Don Becker: 'clever,' 'funny,' 'likable' - Rocky Mountain News
Playwright, stand-up comic and creator of his own mythology, Don Becker left a mark on most who met him, whether a result of his caustic sense of comedy, his own struggles or his encouragement of those around him. Mr. Becker was found dead in his ...
- Freedom through forgiveness - The Gazette (Montreal)
Freedom through forgivenessThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 43 minutes agoMahlasela later joined a politically active poetry group, Ancestors of Africa, which drew the wrong kind of attention from the police. ...
- The opinion pages: mostly a man's world - San Francisco Chronicle
The opinion pages: mostly a man's worldSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 6 hours ago"It's not like writing the great American novel," Orenstein said, "it's not poetry. There are basic concepts that are pretty easy to share with people. ...
- Chicago Literary Scene Examiner - San Francisco Examiner
This Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 is one of those nights in Chicago when there is almost too much going on. We have two memorable Chicago literary events lined up right down the street from each other. 1. Texas-based literary journal, The First Line ...
- Captured pedophile's history began here 19 years ago - Houston Chronicle
When U.S. federal agents and Mexican cyberpolice recently captured an American pedophile on the FBI's most-wanted list, they snared a predator whose criminal deviance quietly began 19 years earlier in Houston. Jon Savarino Schillaci's victims here ...
- MOVIE REVIEW: 'Jellyfish' (Belleville News-Democrat)
A beautifully strange movie, "Jellyfish" - from the Israeli author, and now director, Etgar Keret - tracks the perambulations of three Tel Aviv women. Though they are unrelated, and their paths cross by chance, they share a common bond: a profound sense of disconnection - from family, from loved ones, from themselves.
- of Mad Dogs and Yamaha 50s - All Things Pakistan
of Mad Dogs and Yamaha 50sAll Things Pakistan, Pakistan - 2 hours agoDuring my high school years, poetry of Iqbal became part of our compulsory Urdu course. Almost in every Urdu class our teacher used to make us think about ...
- Who was Elizabeth Bain? - National Post
Who was Elizabeth Bain?National Post, Canada - 19 minutes agoAt first she didn't want to date him, but he later won her over with flowers and poetry. "He treats me like gold," she wrote in her diary as their ...
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