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- "Amitabh's life is an open book" - Hindustan Times
After the response to the screening of Everlasting Light , the documentary on Amitabh Bachchan, at MAMI last week, Jaya Bachchan is encouraged to find a wider platform to screen the film as well as work on a follow-up project. Since filmmaker Ram ...
- Writer offered a young Obama life advice (USA Today)
At key moments in his adolescence, Barack Obama could not turn to a father he hardly knew. Instead, he looked to a left-leaning black journalist and poet for advice on living in a world of black and white.
- Return Trip (winnipegsun.com)
Loosen those belts and get ready for a second helping of global hospitality. Twenty new pavilions open their doors today for Week 2 of Folklorama. Here's a sneak peek:
- `Book By Authors' takes on Northtown (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
Maybe you should take a shot at getting published in the second edition of "Book By Authors," a handsomely bound anthology of tales from our city.
- Play promotes understanding of blacks and Hispanics - The South End
Play promotes understanding of blacks and HispanicsThe South End, MI - 8 hours ago"Platanos" tackled issues on race, stereotypes and the realities of blacks and Hispanics expressed through poetry lyrics and punch lines. ...
- Cubs Fans Have Officially Gone Insane - FanHouse
Cubs Fans Have Officially Gone InsaneFanHouse, NY - 19 hours agoJust like the gentleman pictured above. See what you're doing, Carlos? Slam poetry and motorcross, man. Slam poetry and motorcross.
- Main Ghanaian opposition party launches manifesto for 2008 elections - African Press Agency
Main Ghanaian opposition party launches manifesto for 2008 electionsAfrican Press Agency, Senegal - 8 hours agoCultural displays and poetry recitals were also used to mark the occasion. Speaking at the function, Prof. Mills said given the mandate, within hundred days ...
- Crowds to join Olympics celebration - Shropshire Star
Shropshire StarCrowds to join Olympics celebrationShropshire Star, UK - 12 hours agoThe sound of Usain’s lightning bolts and Phelps’s octuple golds will be silenced by the strains of, erm . . . knitting, poetry recital and competitive ...
- Olympic Inspiration for Peace - MorungExpress
Olympic Inspiration for PeaceMorungExpress, India - 4 hours agoThere could be other great festivals and celebrations of human achievement in the areas of music, poetry, dancing and drama. We could celebrate those who ...
- What we write about when we write about sportswriting (Guardian Unlimited)
Even though publishers are reluctant to commission minority interest sport books, there are some real hidden gems on offer
- A story of love and books in Bohemian New Orleans (Seattle Times)
Louise "Gypsy Lou" and Jon Edgar Webb were the force behind Loujon Press, which published works by Kenneth Patchen, Henry Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs and introduced Charles Bukowski to the literary world.
- Ad Astra: Glancy explores American Indian legacy (Lawrence Journal-World)
Diane Glancy, of Prairie Village, has German/English and Cherokee heritage. She writes about her family, American Indian histories and the Midwest. Her novel “Pushing the Bear” is one of the best-known accounts of the Trail of Tears. Her novel “Stone Heart” is about Sacajawea.
- Poetry workshop: After Kubla Khan (Guardian Unlimited)
Fred D'Aguiar looks at readers' many different continuations of Coleridge's masterpiece
- Poetry: Is poetry's future as bright as its past? - Evening Sun
Editor's Note: Guest poet columnist Allen Taylor is webmaster of http://www.world-class-poetry.com and writes a daily blog at http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com . He spent 2005 in Iraq with his National Guard unit and is revising a book of poems he ...
- Pure poetry, John - Worcester News
Pure poetry, JohnWorcester News, UK - 3 hours agoHe called wasps “cantankerous little insects .... in their funny little football jerseys”. I just don't know whether to laugh or cry. ...
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