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- Authors grieve over Wallace's apparent suicide - BusinessWeek
The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself last week. Readers are seeking out his work, including his 1,000-page novel "Infinite Jest ...
- The Week In Books: A feast of rich and dark materials (Independent)
Monoculture threatens literature just as much as landscape. If featureless plains of soya beans or oilseed rape can ruin not just the charm but the resilience of an eco-system, then a reading culture built around a narrow band of middle-of-the-road fiction and biography runs the risk of wrecking its fertility. From tutors on creative-writing courses I hear the complaint that their students ...
- London poet gains Parliamentary recognition - Londoner
London poet gains Parliamentary recognitionLondoner, Canada - 1 hour ago“When he was here reading for Poetry London last autumn he asked me to participate and send him a poem. The maximum number of lines was 90 and Crossing the ...
- University of Malta: Evenings on campus 2008 - Malta Independent Online
University of Malta: Evenings on campus 2008Malta Independent Online, Malta - 2 hours agoDunn’s first collection of poetry, Terry Street, was published in 1969, and Love or Nothing appeared in 1974. He has other poetry books to his credit, ...
- The Games have begun, but what was that ceremony about? - Reuters India
The Games have begun, but what was that ceremony about?Reuters India, India - 1 hour agoPeking Opera puppeteering, 8th century Tang dynasty poetry, scroll painting and ancient Kunqu song vied with synthesised ambient noise and Liberace-esque ...
- 1-25 of 135 results - Seattle Weekly
Category Art Exhibitions Art Openings & Events Books & Authors Cabaret/Burlesque/Variety Classical/Opera Club Events Comedy Dance Family Events Fashion Festivals/Parades Food Events Lectures LGBT Local Film/Arthouse Museums Music Poetry/Spoken Word ...
- A Playlist by Ta-Nehisi Coates - New York Times
New York TimesA Playlist by Ta-Nehisi CoatesNew York Times, United States - 2 hours agoBut most importantly, “It Takes A Nation” is just great poetry. “Black Steel” is one of the rawer cuts on the album. The song posits Chuck D as a political ...
- The games people display - The Age
The AgeThe games people displayThe Age, Australia - 33 minutes agoBirley names Neville Cardus, the romantic prose-poet of cricket, as the key offender: "He describes some of the characteristics of certain aspects of art ...
- Sarah, the sexed-up raptor from Dr Who - Daily Mail
All hail the shooting star that is Sarah Palin. She is fast on the draw all right. Last week we had no idea who she was, but already, after McCain’s insanely bad speech and her track ’em and kill ’em number, McCain needs her more than she needs ...
- Vermont Readers' Guide - BurlingtonFreePress.com
Vermont Readers' GuideBurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - 17 minutes agoParini's new book is "Why Poetry Matters." For his pleasure reading, Parini says he returns to Dickens. He's reading "David Copperfield," which he first ...
- Classic Poetry for Modern Life - The Epoch Times
Classic Poetry for Modern LifeThe Epoch Times, NY - 27 minutes agoAs the second stanza describes, we must free ourselves from the inner “passions” that would, if unleashed, turn our freedom into chaos. ...
- From Mr Delivery to yesterday's hero - Cape Argus
The strident clamour of calls for the ANC to axe the "lame-duck" President Thabo Mbeki is far from the epithets the country's leader once enjoyed as the crown prince who became the philosopher king and was hailed as Mr Delivery. As Mbeki's comrades ...
- The kitchen garden graduate: potatoes - Daily Telegraph
Cooking and eating potatoes you've grown yourself has very little in common with tipping a bag of supermarket spuds into a pan. Anyone can do the latter. The former is a complex, finely calibrated process involving diplomacy, strong thumbs and a ...
- Family & Kids - RedOrbit
Family & KidsRedOrbit, TX - 52 minutes agoPoetry & Lyric Workshop - Sept. 24, 4 pm Wordsmiths John Kuker and Sara Burlingame will be on hand to give you tips, tricks and suggestions about writing ...
- Easy listening - Irish Independent
Irish IndependentEasy listeningIrish Independent, Ireland - 16 minutes agoIn addition, there are book and poetry readings, talk radio podcasts and recordings of public performances of classical music. The sound quality varies on ...
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