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- Quote of the day - Salon
It's my feeling that the weighing, for comparative purposes, of prejudices and inequalities is not useful and can never be accurate. The sexism vs. racism horse race that has stemmed from 2008's primary season has been frustrating and dispiriting ...
- 1936 guide for women reissued, and it's still relevant today - Star-Gazette
"The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence," wrote Vogue scribe Marjorie Hillis in the 1936 book "Live Alone and Like It." The gem of a ...
- Host of bands rock at festival - Evening News Norwich
Thousands of festival-goers enjoyed music from the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, Blondie and Interpol at the hugely successful third Latitude Festival. Set in Henham Park, near Blythburgh, the lakeside festival boasted big names from the ...
- Caroline Kennedy, used to exercising discretion in the spotlight ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Caroline is a wonderful person, smart, caring, articulate....everything the article says...but, just what one earth would she know about … read more vetting a bunch of politicians? If I didnt know better I would think she was on the search ...
- Ahmad Faraz buried amid tears - Daily Times
Ahmad Faraz buried amid tearsDaily Times, Pakistan - Aug 26, 2008In a condolence messages to the bereaved family, Khan paid tribute to the poet for his contribution to the Urdu literature. He said Faraz was one of the ...
- Free reading Sunday at Prairie Lights (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Fiction writer Brian Falkner from New Zealand and poet/fiction writer/translator/playwright Yael Globerman from Israel, participants in the University of Iowa International Writing Program, will be joined by Tom Macher, a fiction writer in the Iowa Writers' Workshop, in a free reading at 5 p.m. Sunday, in Prairie Lights Books.
- Gilani condoles poet’s death - Associated Press of Pakistan
Gilani condoles poet’s deathAssociated Press of Pakistan, Pakistan - 6 hours agoIn a message to the bereaved family, the Prime Minister paid tributes to Ghaznavi’s contribution to poetry. He said Khatir Ghaznavi was not only a poet but ...
- The Labor and the Booby-Trapped Baby - Dar Al-Hayat
The Labor and the Booby-Trapped BabyDar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - 2 hours agoWith roses and flowers; with songs, melodies and poetry; with dabkeh, parades and all kinds of dances; with drums and flutes; with orange blossom water ...
- Furstenfeld calls the events 'a really classy kind of thing ... - MTV.com
Furstenfeld calls the events 'a really classy kind of thing ...MTV.com - 1 hour agoIt'll be some question-and-answer stuff about creative writing, how I write my poetry and how she writes her books. And I'll play a few songs, ...
- 'Kid crunch time' can be cruelest season - CNN
NEW YORK (AP) -- My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the ...
- Scotland ready to celebrate with Homecoming Year - micebtn
Scotland ready to celebrate with Homecoming Yearmicebtn, Australia - 31 minutes agoFrom Celtic Connections to book, film, theatre, golf, comedy, poetry and music festivals, Scotland is expected to be a 2009 ‘must visit’ destination for ...
- Louise Glueck wins $100,000 poetry prize - CBC News
Louise Glueck, a former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, has won the $100,000 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. Glueck, a New York-born poet who has authored 11 books of poetry, was named winner on Tuesday of the ...
- COMING OF AGE - Contra Costa Times
My heart started thumping when my parents told us we were going to Lebanon. They were beaming with excitement — my dad hasn't gone back to his homeland in nearly 20 years and it has been 14 years since my mom and I went there. Earlier in May, after ...
- Celebrating independence and heritage - Sterling Journal-Advocate
STERLING — Singing cowboys, a blacksmith, an auctioneer, demonstrations of butter churning and crafts, donkey rides, snow cones, fundraising, costume contests and lots of food — these were just some of the offerings at the 2008 Logan County ...
- The London Gay Men's Chorus, Theatre Royal, Brighton, June 15 - The Argus.co.uk
The London Gay Men's Chorus, Theatre Royal, Brighton, June 15The Argus.co.uk, UK - 5 hours agoThis vocal adventure takes William Blake's poems as a theme and explores our perceptions of love and relationships through music, prose and poetry. ...
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