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- Kay Ryan Is Named New U.S. Poet Laureate (The Online NewsHour)
The Library of Congress announced Thursday the appointment of Kay Ryan as the 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-2009.
- Julian Sher, Jon Redfern among crime-writing award-winners (CBC)
Crime stories spanning subjects from a fictional murder in Victorian London to the real-life worldwide hunt for internet child predators were recognized at the 25th annual Arthur Ellis Awards gala Thursday evening.
- Letters (Washington Post)
In two of her recent Poet's Choice columns, Mary Karr makes assertions that cannot go unchallenged. In the June 8 issue of Book World, she states that "William Matthews beat brain cancer" before submitting to a heart attack in 1997. It was Matthews's wife, Patricia, who beat brain cancer. Two of...
- by Horacio Castellanos Moya The serious tone masks a tongue in ... - TheCelebrityCafe.com
by Horacio Castellanos Moya The serious tone masks a tongue in ...TheCelebrityCafe.com, NY - 5 hours agoIt is the first gem of the poetry of the oppressed to be collected in the journalist’s notebook. This sentence dominates his unstable mind as he slogs ...
- That’s What She Said - New York Times Blogs
That’s What She SaidNew York Times Blogs, NY - 9 hours ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- The Truth About the Cultural Revolution - Bay Area Indymedia
Bay Area IndymediaThe Truth About the Cultural RevolutionBay Area Indymedia, CA - 4 hours agoThere was an explosion of creativity among the masses: short stories, poetry, paintings and sculpture, music and dance. Cultural troupes and film units ...
- Posted By: kansas girl - Manhattan Mercury
Facebook, MetroPCS, Riverbed, RealNetworks and Macromedia. Founded by CEO, Ilja Laurs, in Lithuania, GetJar has recently passed the 100 million downloads barrier and boasts a user base covering every country in the world with a mobile ...
- Cameron Sullivan: A new twist on an old bard - Tri-Valley Herald
Cameron Sullivan: A new twist on an old bardTri-Valley Herald, CA - 5 hours agoFive months of Shakespeare plays and sonnets plus lectures on poetry and novels spanning from John Milton to Daniel Defoe solidified my path toward a major ...
- Review and Interview, 'Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami' on PBS Aug. 11th a ... - Monsters and Critics
No other sports figure captured my imagination or interest the way Muhammad Ali did when I was a little kid in the late sixties and seventies.
- Rhyme And Reason - Post-Journal
CHAUTAUQUA - If poetry could take on a human persona, it would be a mild-mannered accountant by day and a psychopath at night in the eyes of Billy Collins. ''It's basically taking a little premise and pushing it to see how nutty it becomes, how ...
- Supermodel’s death suspected suicide - The Celebrity Cafe.com
The cause of death only remains speculated, but supermodel Ruslana Korshunova, 20, was found on the pavement outside of her home in Manhattan’s Financial District, said the New York Post. Korshunova graced the covers of French Elle and Russian ...
- Top Poets Perform on Montana Poetry Day (Scoop.co.nz)
Celebrated New Zealand poets, Sam Hunt, CK Stead, Glenn Colquhoun and Poet Laureate Michelle Legott take to the stage to celebrate Montana Poetry Day, Friday 18 July.
- Booked (The Reader)
* On Wednesday, Aug. 6, the Bookworm will host the monthly What Are You Reading? book chat from noon to 1 p.m. and again that evening from 6–7 p.m. No reservations are required — just enthusiasm for books of all genres.
- Obama's Biden balancing act - AFP
AFPObama's Biden balancing actAFP - 15 minutes agoIf Obama brings poetry to the ticket, Biden will bring prose, and plenty of it. The son of a used-car salesman, Biden is proud of his working-class roots, ...
- The top five films of Summer 2008 - Bowling Green News
The top five films of Summer 2008Bowling Green News, OH - 9 hours agoWith a dynamite final performance from the late Heath Ledger as Batman's ultimate nemesis, the Joker, "The Dark Knight" will be the topic of box office talk ...
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