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- Signing off: the weird world of book signings (Independent)
To some authors, the book-signing is a curse. What could be more excruciatingly dull, to the sensitive creative mind, than to sit for hours in a festival tent or bookshop, inscribing your name on several hundred copies of your new masterpiece? This isn't a proper display of your writing talent – a baboon scratching the dirt with a stick could do it just as well.
- Buzz Out Loud 748: At play in the Web of Misery - CNet
Somehow today's show suddenly turned into a poetry slam, replete with economic gloom, the devastating hackery of coffee pots, and the slow creep of a fox on fire. All right, that's about enough of that annoying crap. In other news that may or may not ...
- POET LAUREATE OF THE UNITED STATES: Kay Ryan Poems that turn ... - San Francisco Chronicle
POET LAUREATE OF THE UNITED STATES: Kay Ryan Poems that turn ...San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 2 hours agoRyan's work has appeared in four editions of "The Best American Poetry" and in three Pushcart Prizes anthologies. She has also received a 2004 Guggenheim ...
- Bern out! - Business Line
Business LineBern out!Business Line, India - 13 hours agoOur last stop was the 15th-century Gothic Munster (cathedral), its feathery spire — the highest in Switzerland — towering over the Old Town. ...
- A new chapter for poetry - Jerusalem Post
A new chapter for poetryJerusalem Post, Israel - 5 hours agoWhen I hear a good poem, it doesn't matter if I'm embarrassed by something in the poem, I experience a thrill. This is a sort of freedom," says Meiri. ...
- A Gentle Way To Spark Creativity - Hartford Courant
WEST HARTFORD — - Sam Slate sat on the floor of his language arts classroom at King Philip Middle School on a recent Friday, eyes closed, smile forming, ruminating peacefully. A few feet away was Kate Callahan, a folk singer-songwriter who has ...
- Special: Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 32nd death anniversary today - The New Nation
Special: Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 32nd death anniversary todayThe New Nation, Bangladesh - 3 hours agoHis poetry and nationalist activism earned him the popular title of 'Bidrohi Kobi' (Rebel Poet). Accomplishing a large body of acclaimed works through his ...
- JVC Jazz Festival in Review (New York Times)
Reviews of performances by Tribe, Cecil Taylor and SĂ©rgio Mendes.
- 'Pact' distress can only be eased with a song - Baltimore Sun
S ometimes the news is so shocking, absurd, or disturbing that it makes headlines in different media for weeks instead of the usual couple of days. Experts weigh in, and testimonials and interviews follow from neighbors, schoolmates and work ...
- Kay Ryan, UCLA graduate in English, named 16th poet laureate of U.S. - UCLA News
With poetry's lofty reputation, the uninitiated might think that humor and poetry overlap only in dirty limericks. For UCLA alumna Kay Ryan, who was named poet laureate of the United States on July 17, "much of the best poetry is funny." In an essay ...
- Getting the message on locking up sheds - maltonmercury.co.uk
Getting the message on locking up shedsmaltonmercury.co.uk, UK - 11 minutes agoFellow judge Simon Thackray, of The Shed music and poetry venue, added: “It was great fun judging the little shed and a big eye opener! ...
- Brother Benedict Reney RIP - Independent Catholic News
Brother Benedict Reney RIPIndependent Catholic News, UK - Jul 2, 2008Though his short-term memory wasn't always good he never lost contact with the poetry and songs of his childhood and his deep sense of prayer. ...
- Intoxicating Rhymes & Sobering wine: The life and times of Khayyam - Payvand Iran News
This educational documentary is about the life and times of Khayyam, the famed 11th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer. Although today Khayyam is better known as a poet, during his lifetime he was known mainly for his achievements in the ...
- Pair of Statues have a Tale to Tell (East Aurora Advertiser)
Two of East Aurora's most well-known men are also its two quietest. Called Bert and Mike by some of those who know them best, they're two of the oldest fellows in town, and you may have even sat on their shoulders as a kid, but they've never said a word to you. It's not that they're made of stone; no, they're made of bronze, and they're the statues of Elbert Hubbard and Michelangelo that have ...
- When I was in my 20s, I was given a Chinese puzzle box. It was a lovely object,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
When I was in my 20s, I was given a Chinese puzzle box. It was a lovely object, smooth and elegant and wonderful to touch. It was also an elegant puzzle. The instructions: "Open the box." Three words. The solution involved thinking (including some sideways...
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