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- Among the Ghosts: Heroes and Grand Plans (New York Times)
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, the British adventurer and diplomat, was as decisive in the creation of the modern Iraqi state as any single person.
- Public Capital - Austin American-Statesman
Robert Elder keeps watch over the state's pension and investment funds, their strategies, and the people who are affected by those decisions. The following is the text of a speech I gave this afternoon in Round Rock at the Equity Center’s ...
- Students leave as friends after summer EIU writing institute - Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
Students leave as friends after summer EIU writing instituteJournal Gazette and Times-Courier, IL - 47 minutes ago... to concentrate on what writing fit them best, Stuart added. “We were able to write whatever we want, from poetry to a parent letter, she said. ...
- Dragging Anchor (Washington Post)
The images are blurry and grainy, like a dream, dense with a meaning just beyond the mind's reach. The reels are out of order and I am not always sure what I am looking at as I search for answers in home movies taken 45 years ago. My father had transferred the films to videotape before he died. T...
- Angelou, Lear named for 2008 Marian Anderson Award (AP via Yahoo! News)
TV producer Norman Lear and author Maya Angelou will be the 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award, which honors artists whose leadership benefits humanity.
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in critical condition after heart ... - Ha'aretz
Sydney Morning HeraldPalestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in critical condition after heart ...Ha'aretz, Israel - Aug 9, 2008... the 67-year-old poet, known as the national poet of Palestinians, is in difficult condition at an American hospital after undergoing open heart surgery. ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishPalestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish in critical condition The Canadian PressPalestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 Kansas City StarKhaleej Timesall 435 news articles
- Beth Jackson to help select nation's best children's book - Daily Post-Anian
As a school librarian since 1977, Beth Jackson has a pretty good idea on what children like to read. That background is coming in handy with her selection as one of 15 panelists nationwide who'll be charged with the responsibility of choosing the ...
- Sussex County festival is ruled by the word - Newark Star-Ledger
Photos by Patti Sapone /The Star-Ledger Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Robert Hass reads during the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival at Waterloo Village. There were walks in the woods, gift shopping and food, hacky sack games and flirting, but the day ...
- Performance Loft announces season - Redlands Daily Facts
The theme for the first evening is "Artistry of Women," with different art forms performed throughout the Mitten Building space by local female artists. The second Cabaret @ the Loft event will be Feb. 11 with the theme "Laughing at Love," as it will ...
- Toronto homeless sell hate propaganda - National Post
National PostToronto homeless sell hate propagandaNational Post, Canada - 1 hour agoShe has written poetry and essays for all three of Toronto's street papers: the original Outrider, the upstart Outreach Connection, and now the Street News. ...
- Dasmunsi releases book on poet ‘Dinakar’ - Bihar Times
Bihar TimesDasmunsi releases book on poet ‘Dinakar’Bihar Times, India - Sep 23, 2008Hailing from a remote part of Bihar, the poet contributed enormously to the on-going freedom movement through his inspirational writings, the Minister added ...
- Nadine Chapman: Professor and mentor - Whitworthian
Nadine Chapman: Professor and mentorWhitworthian, WA - 42 minutes agoAfter Chapman passed away, McIntyre submitted six poems to the twice-yearly journal, Field, which publishes contemporary poetry. “I made a promise to her to ...
- Intwasa Arts Festival kicks off - The Herald
Intwasa Arts Festival kicks offThe Herald, Zimbabwe - 5 hours agoOne of the major highlights of the festival would be a poetry grand slam featuring a well-known South African poet Flo. Theatre lovers would also have an ...
- The Power Of Cuddly - Newsweek
The Power Of CuddlyNewsweek - 1 hour agoThe nightingale, a source of inspiration in English poetry from Milton to Keats, has experienced a 63 percent decline since 1980, when the study began. ...
- Tacoma gets performing arts potpourri - Tacoma News Tribune
If you had to sum up the 2008-2009 performing arts season in Tacoma, opening later this month, the word would be “different.” Of course, every organization’s lineup is unique, but most of them are pushing boundaries in audience, performers or ...
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