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- Publishing Industry Dynamic Despite Fears - St.Petersburg Times.ru
Publishing Industry Dynamic Despite FearsSt.Petersburg Times.ru, Russia - 1 hour agoBy Olga Sharapova More than 70000 visitors, including traders, bibliophiles and book market professionals, visited the Third St. Petersburg International ...
- New translation of 'Aeneid' restores Virgil's wordplay, in original meter (Cornell News Service)
The Roman poet Virgil spent the last 11 years of his life writing "Aeneid," an epic poem of a hero's journey from Troy to Italy, styled on Homer's "Odyssey" and "Iliad."
- China's junk culture (BBC News)
China is an emerging superpower, but back in the 19th Century Brits were scathing of this alien culture.
- The opinion pages: mostly a man's world (San Francisco Chronicle)
When it comes to the opinion pages of some of the most influential American newspapers, it's far too often a man's world. One reason for the disparity is obvious: Women are still breaking through glass ceilings in business, government and academia. But...
- Romanno Bridge, By Andrew Greig - Independent
Romanno Bridge, By Andrew GreigIndependent, UK - 47 minutes agoBy the end of the book, you'll be in no doubt that the author is the same man who has five books of poetry to his name, plus two on mountaineering, ...
- NORM: Steve Wynn goes for mega-yacht - Las Vegas Review - Journal
NORM: Steve Wynn goes for mega-yachtLas Vegas Review - Journal, NV - 6 hours agoAlan Fawcett from the 1980s lip-synch shot "Puttin' on the Hitz" TV show, among a group staging auditions Tuesday at Poetry nightclub, in Forum Shops at ...
- The write stuff - Danbury News-Times
A freshman at Immaculate High and a senior at New Fairfield High captured the top writing prizes for students from Fairfield County in the 11th annual IMPAC/Connecticut State University System prose and poetry competition. "Ghosts on This Island/To ...
- Poem to be published in poetry anthology - Amarillo Globe News
A poem written by Ashlyn Thomas, 12, a Westover Park Junior High School student, will be published by The American Library of Poetry in an anthology, "Brilliance." The entry by the daughter of Alan and Patty Thomas, "The First Day of Spring," has ...
- Local happenings - Dailyrecord.com
Local happeningsDailyrecord.com, NJ - 23 minutes ago"Poets in the Garden" will be held in August. Poets Susan Jackson and Dave Petruzelli will share their original poetry. This is a general admission event. ...
- Augustana professor's writing goes international (The Argus Leader)
Writer Patrick Hicks takes readers on a journey, exploring stories set in England, Spain, Germany and Ireland. The Augustana College professor also uses Midwestern settings in his poetry, even Sioux Falls, for his first international paperback: "Finding the Gossamer." The 38-year-old writer-in-residence in Augie's English department is a Minnesota native but spent several years studying and ...
- DBP competitions to mark Royal B'day - Borneo Bulletin Sunday
The Language and Literature Bureau (DBP) will be holding its third annual activities in conjunction with the royal birthday of 2008 on the theme Negara Zikir (A religious verses chanting nation). This was revealed in a press conference attended by ...
- Literary writing in the North of Nigeria: The task before critics? - Vanguard
Literary writing in the North of Nigeria: The task before critics?Vanguard, Nigeria - 6 minutes agoHausa novels, poetry and plays of the 1930s have no place in Nigerian literature. Similarly, The Wheel, The Descendants , Fire in My Backyard and A Possible ...
- Book Reviews: Milwaukee Does Strange Things To People; National Anthem (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Milwaukee Does Strange Things To People: New and Selected Poems 1979-2007. By Susan Firer. The Backwaters Press. 163 pages. $16. National Anthem. By Kevin Prufer. Four Way Books. 82 pages. $15.95. Susan Firer and Ke...
- The Good 'Shepherd' - Jamaica Observer
SHEPHERD. [Success] has to do with the decisions you make in your life. You have to find your purpose in life (Photo: Garfield Robinson) Rising film and theatre star, Sheldon Shepherd, talks exclusively to Splash about his exciting new projects ...
- David Baddiel on the dearth of great films about great writers - Times Online
David Baddiel on the dearth of great films about great writersTimes Online, UK - 32 minutes agoWithout his poetry, Thomas was just another selfish alcoholic boor. The Edge of Love is really just another love triangle movie, and interesting though love ...
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