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- Greg Sandow on the future of classical music (Arts Journal)
With sadness, I want to mourn the death of Thomas M. Disch , who wrote the libretti for two of my operas, The Fall of the House of Usher and Frankenstein . The link takes you to his New York Times obituary. If you read it, you'll see that the last few years weren't happy for him.
- Review: The Lost Leader by Mick Imlah - guardian.co.uk
Review: The Lost Leader by Mick Imlahguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoIn a sense, The Lost Leader is the wrong title for a book in which Imlah sees to it - brilliantly - that none of his subjects gets away.
- Cleburne rapper Scott Johnson is trying to send an uplifting message - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Cleburne rapper Scott Johnson is trying to send an uplifting messageFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 19 minutes ago"My mother wrote poetry, and growing up in West Virginia, everyone’s got problems," he says. "It’s always down, and there’s always an air of depression. ...
- PCPL welcomes children's librarian - Banner-Graphic
Moving to Greencastle felt like coming home for Putnam County Public Library's new children's librarian Rajean Gallagher. "When we came to look at Greencastle, I fell in love. It just felt like home," Gallagher said. She first came to town to check ...
- home  : news  : news  : young people - Voices News
Winners of a Memorial Day poetry contest sponsored by the David S. Miles American Legion Auxiliary at Oxford High School were (from left) Robert Stumpo, Emily Coffindaffer and Sinh Le. Each received a monetary award and a certificate of appreciation ...
- Together again, Tashi celebrates Messiaen work - Chicago Tribune
Together again, Tashi celebrates Messiaen workChicago Tribune, United States - Aug 8, 2008Loriod played the "20 Contemplations" at Northwestern University for the composer's 70th birthday in 1978, and in 2002 Pierre-Laurent Aimard brought it to ...
- Woman Sentenced For Witness Tampering - The Bulletin
Philadelphia - A woman convicted of witness intimidation was sentenced to two and half years in prison yesterday. During her trial, Adero Mahia Miwo, 25, of Jenkintown, confessed to intimidating a government witness in a federal drug case. She was ...
- Brave teacher encourages students’ writing talent - Martinsville Reporter-Times
I’ve been getting stories from elementary-age students that rival those of some adult reporters. Scott Frye of Northwood Elementary has bravely presented work from his language arts classes, complete with pictures and captions. He doesn’t know it ...
- Literary late-bloomers (The Christian Science Monitor)
Of course we all know that if at first you don’t succeed you’re supposed to try, try again, but frankly I don’t know how most authors stand the rejection.
- Master class: How the National Gallery is turning children on to art (Independent)
Harry is five, and tired in an I'm-not-tired-Miss way, despite having travelled for four hours on a bus from Wolverhampton to the capital. He has walked up the marble entrance stairs of London's National Gallery, and up another flight to reach Room 1. Here, surrounded by artworks, his words come in a seamlessly rhythmic stream, untroubled by doubt or pauses. "When I saw a picture of it real I ...
- SMU frat housemother loves job at age 76 - KVUE
The bass of a neighbor's stereo thumped against the thin walls of Lila McCurtain's apartment. Deep voices shouted profanities outside her window. A car alarm went off. Oblivious to the chaos, McCurtain calmly crossed her legs and leaned forward in ...
- Clubs: Wilmington Civitan Club awards scholarships - StarNewsOnline.com
Clubs: Wilmington Civitan Club awards scholarshipsStarNewsOnline.com, NC - 32 minutes agoBring three to five short, original pieces of prose or poetry. Reservations requested. Details: 200-0884. Fish Fry: 11 am-7 pm, American Legion Post 10, ...
- Basque author-in-residence wins prestigious literary prizes - UNR NevadaNews
UNR NevadaNewsBasque author-in-residence wins prestigious literary prizesUNR NevadaNews, NV - 1 hour agoAtxaga has also written short stories, children’s literature, poetry and essays. Atxaga’s work has sold more than 200000 copies, making him the most ...
- Paperback choice - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukPaperback choiceTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 44 minutes agoBased on Shelley's notebooks and sketches as well as his poetry and letters (Anne Wroe remarks on details such as how heavily or lightly the pen or pencil ...
- Western Writers' Centre Deadlines and Poet-Search! - Indymedia Ireland
The Western Writers' Centre are already liaising with a prominent Irish-based poetry group to organise a possible Scotland exchange . . . .but there's a missing link The Western Writers' Centre's deadlines for submissions of events, news, books and ...
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