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- 'Hyakunin' translations capture commission prize (The Japan Times)
In the same way that few British people have read all of Shakespeare's sonnets but many can quote at least a few lines of the lyric tradition, any adult who has gone through the Japanese school system is familiar with the Ogura "Hyakunin Isshu." This collection of 100 waka — a classic poetic form written in lines of 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 syllables — has been translated into English before. The first ...
- Dance review: Their turn in the spotlight - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Dance review: Their turn in the spotlightMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 3 hours agoAnd who knew that Tamara Nadel had the focus, gestural precision and clarity of storytelling to telegraph the poetry of Bharatanatyam through her singular ...
- Woody Allen's Barcelona Summer of Love - TIME
Vancouver SunWoody Allen's Barcelona Summer of LoveTIME - 3 hours agoIt is in Ovieto that Vicky meets Juan Antonio's ancient father, who writes beautiful poetry but refuses to publish it, believing that a world that has not ...Video: Woody Allen's 'Vicky Christina Barcelona' AssociatedPressVicky Cristina Barcelona DVD Talk'Vicky Cristina Barcelona': Olé to not-so-innocents abroad Santa Cruz SentinelDeadbolt - PopMattersall 621 news articles
- Web Watcher: Poetry in Motion - Times Online
Web Watcher: Poetry in MotionTimes Online, UK - 2 hours agoAs the poet extols his love of London's melting pot, the cityscape keeps pace with his words; rather than offering a visual interpretation of the poem, ...
- 'Slim and None' & 'The Franchise Babe - Golf, God, and Country' by Dan Jenkins (Cybergolf National)
I just finished your new book, "The Franchise Babe," and wanted to congratulate you, to tell you how many times I howled in delight while reading it and to wish you all the best with it. It's hysterical and my God is it true to life.
- Bards averse to top poetry job - Channel 4 News
A new poet laureate will be chosen when Andrew Motion comes to the end of his term. But who wants the job? Every 10 years there is a new poet laureate - that strange job in which one of Britain's leading writers is nominated to produce verse on state ...
- DVD Extra: Robbie Coltrane's `Incredible Britain,' `Dallas,' `Eureka ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hit the road with Robbie Coltrane or Martin Lawrence, visit wacky scientists in the Pacific Northwest in "Eureka," travel back to Bobby Ewing's shower shocker in "Dallas," get lost in a Louisiana bog in "Swamp Thing" and take a terrifying movie ...
- Cal Shakes Brings ‘Uncle Vanya’ to Orinda’s Bruns Amphitheater - Berkeley Daily Planet
Cal Shakes Brings ‘Uncle Vanya’ to Orinda’s Bruns AmphitheaterBerkeley Daily Planet, CA - 1 hour agoThe great director VS Meyerhold, who as an actor with Stanislavski premiered several Chekov plays and grew close to him, said Chekhov’s poetry was in the ...
- You can't miss these top Fringe picks - Edmonton Journal
You can't miss these top Fringe picksEdmonton Journal, Canada - 21 hours ago... happens in the Fringe's smallest venue, a vintage 1970 ETS bus (three sisters conjuring the passengers on their late driver dad's daily route). ...
- Out on the road again - Irish Times
Out on the road againIrish Times, Ireland - 1 hour agoHe is currently visiting scholar at Boston College, Glucksman Ireland House (NYU) and the University of Ulster. His collection of poetry, Downstate, ...
- 'Bring it on' urges Davis as Murdoch's man picks up the gauntlet - Scotsman
THE by-election sparked by the shock resignation of Tory MP David Davis was yesterday descending into farce with Kelvin MacKenzie, a former editor of the Sun, set to enter the race. Mr MacKenzie, now an outspoken columnist, said he would stand ...
- Sustainable Gardening: Habitat for Critters in Your Own Back Yard - Kitsap Sun (Subscription)
Sustainable Gardening: Habitat for Critters in Your Own Back YardKitsap Sun (Subscription), United States - 58 minutes agoIn another, you can listen to wildlife poetry and write some of your own to share. Local beekeepers will offer demonstrations on hive management and talk ...
- Entertainment Highlights: June 26-July 2 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
THURSDAY, JUNE 26 TOM WAITS 8 p.m. at the Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard. $70-$102.50. 314-534-1111 or www.metrotix.com.
- Like music? Check out ArtBeat (Somerville Journal)
Somerville’s arts community is ready to transform Davis Square into the two-day ArtBeat music-arts-dance-performance festival. Twenty-four local bands, playing hip-hop, pop and folk, will be taking stages at four locations in Davis Square on July 18 and 19.
- The Starbucks Mermaid Knows the Way Back to True Home - The Moderate Voice
The Starbucks Mermaid Knows the Way Back to True HomeThe Moderate Voice - 1 hour agoThe coffee shops held poetry readings. I was one of the Bowery Poets where I live, most of us who comprised this group, having spent time, either hard time, ...
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