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- The White Whale - Nation
In April 2007 in Washington there was a joint meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society on the theme of "The Public Good: Knowledge as the Foundation for a Democratic Society." E.L. Doctorow's keynote ...
- Thursday June 12, 2008 - Berkeley Daily Planet
Thursday June 12, 2008Berkeley Daily Planet, CA - 5 hours agoEach year my Spanish dual-immersion students at Rosa Parks produce laminated poetry bookmarks as part of our “Pepper Ink” labor unit. ...
- TV's "Laugh-in" comic Dick Martin dies in Calif - Orlando Sentinel
LOS ANGELES - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died ...
- Undergrad literary journal Calliope publishes 20th issue - Daily Anaeum
Today, West Virginia University’s undergraduate literary journal, Calliope, will celebrate its 20th annual issue with a free public reading. Calliope is a collection of poetry and prose published by the English department, and 30 undergraduate ...
- Franz Ferdinand set for Latitude - BBC News
The Latitude Festival has officially opened its doors to festival-goers who are descending on the event for its third year running. Franz Ferdinand headline the first night of the three-day festival, while both Sigur Ros and Interpol will top the ...
- Kay Ryan, a Laureate Worth Lauding (The New York Sun)
Yesterday's announcement from the Library of Congress that Kay Ryan will be the country's next poet laureate is a cause for celebration. In part, this is because Ms. Ryan is an excellent poet, and in poetry it is rarer than it should be for merit and recognition to find one another. But it is also because Ms. Ryan has advanced to the top rank of American poets while keeping a principled distance ...
- Walcott attacks Naipaul in verse - Times of India
Walcott attacks Naipaul in verseTimes of India, India - 4 hours agoBut, before reading it to audience, he said that he was going to be "nasty", The Daily Telegraph reported. Walcott read out the opening lines of the poetry: ...
- ABC Fawns: 'Amazing,' 'Ground-Breaking,' 'Historic' Clinton - News Busters
With Hillary Clinton's presidential run apparently over, ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday offered a love letter to the New York Senator. Well known Clinton fan Kate Snow and co-host Diane Sawyer rhapsodized about Clinton's "ground-breaking ...
- Magnetic North creates irresistible pull - Georgia Straight
When it hits town June 4 to 14, the Magnetic North Theatre Festival will bring some of the country’s most exciting new plays to our city. At the same time, it will also serve definitive notice that something big is happening on Vancouver stages ...
- Giving the Holocaust a Creative Voice - Jewish Exponent
The Moore College of Art in Philadelphia has a provocative exhibit on display in its galleries through June 16. Thirty works by teenage artists representing 21 public, private and parochial schools throughout the Greater Philadelphia area honor the ...
- Shaukat Thanvi, Vahi Vahanvi and Saudeshi Rail - DAWN Group
Thana Bhaun, a small town in Muzaffar Nagar district of the Indian state of Utter Pradesh, is Shaukat Thanvi’s ancestral hometown. It is this place, Thana, which has given many people their last name: Thanvi. Though his father, Munshi Siddiq Ahmed ...
- Classical Theater of Harlem to Present 'Death' Outdoors - Broadway World
Classical Theater of Harlem to Present 'Death' OutdoorsBroadway World, NY - 2 hours agoThe New York Times said, "This early precursor to hip-hop, rap and poetry slams is a get-down, roiling depiction of ghetto life" and goes on to say that the ...
- Book reading for children - Deccan Herald
Book reading for childrenDeccan Herald, India - 2 hours ago... in a segment named 'Read On', older children are introduced to classics, literature, and poetry, which they may not pick up on their own.
- Monterra get another payment extension - The Salinas Californian
Monterra get another payment extensionThe Salinas Californian, CA - 1 hour agoThe 21st annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering, titled "Cowboys & Cabernet," will be held Sunday, July 13, at Sherwood Hall 940 N. Main St. Salinas. ...
- Ooo La La! downtown tonight - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Post IntelligencerOoo La La! downtown tonightSeattle Post Intelligencer - 6 hours agoFurther down, in the cabin area, an ensemble of love sick British maids swoon over French love poetry while "dusting" audience members with gorgeous vintage ...
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