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- In Praise of Political Insults - Wall Street Journal
The great American political insult is older than the nation itself. Ben Franklin, writing in 1771 before the States were even United, lamented "Libeling and Personal Abuse, which is of late Years become so disgraceful to our Country." Not even ...
- Friends united by poetry, disability - St. Joseph News-Press
Friends united by poetry, disabilitySt. Joseph News-Press, MO - 13 minutes ago“I tried the writing poetry thing and the short story thing, and it just didn’t work out for me,” said Mr. Phillips, adding that he “couldn’t hang” with the ...
- SERIES: BBC America, Sunday 9:00p (60 minutes) (metacritic)
Get more information on this show at TV.com . The Brits import their sometimes racy and edgy nighttime soap about a group of young teens in Bristol to our shores.
- Without a Prayer - Rolling Stone
P hoenix, July 13th, Sunday morning. Thank God John McCain has declared that he wants to wallpaper the continent with new nuke plants, because now the chances are better that this wretched slab of hot, birdshit-covered asphalt they call a state will ...
- Blogging day two of National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
As was the case on Tuesday, members of National Poetry Slam teams and spectators published online reports about theirs and others' bouts. Joining in the commentary for the second night of the slam was a pair of judges, who are drawn from the crowd watching the slam.
- Literary late-bloomers (The Christian Science Monitor)
Of course we all know that if at first you don’t succeed you’re supposed to try, try again, but frankly I don’t know how most authors stand the rejection.
- Can Barack Obama Make the Withering American Democracy Bloom Again? - Media For Freedom
Can Barack Obama Make the Withering American Democracy Bloom Again?Media For Freedom, Nepal - 12 hours agoDr Ergas is the author of five books, of which two are novels; he also wrote a large number of academic articles on African development, two dozen or so ...
- Author, 93, uses profits from first novel to buy massive house to spare friends misery of care home (Daily Mail)
A 93-year-old woman has blown the proceeds of her first book on a large house so she could invite her friends - who are miserable in care homes - to move in with her.
- Community Calendar - July 1, 2008 - Osakis Review
Community Calendar - July 1, 2008Osakis Review, MN - 1 hour agoOsakis Poetry Club meets at 7 pm at Osakis Visitor Center. Couple’s Social Golf event 4:30 pm at Osakis Country Club with potluck to follow. Open to anyone. ...
- Visit Ireland, learn about family - Myrtle Beach Sun News
Visit Ireland, learn about familyMyrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 1 hour agoHe won the 2007 A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize for his book, "The Boatloads;" the 2005 Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition for "Charon's ...
- Tony Jeffries guaranteed boxing light-heavyweight bronze medal in ... - Daily Telegraph
Tony Jeffries guaranteed boxing light-heavyweight bronze medal in Beijing Tony Jeffries, the former nightclub doorman who has spent his nights here writing prose to his girlfriend back home, was poetry in motion as he cruised to a 10-2 victory ...
- Petty provides the power, nature adds to the flash - Buffalo News
Petty provides the power, nature adds to the flashBuffalo News, United States - 3 hours agoFor the past 30 years, he’s been making music that has the earthy swagger of the Stones, the shimmering jangle of the Byrds, the bluesy poetry of Dylan and ...
- This 'Boots' was made for rockin' Poet and musician Michael 'Boots ... - Daily Herald
This 'Boots' was made for rockin' Poet and musician Michael 'Boots ...Daily Herald, UT - 2 hours agoFor now, however, the new kid on the block is a four-time winner of the grand prize Silver Buckle at the Western Legends Roundup Cowboy Poetry Rodeo, ...
- Small libraries are introduced on Nerja beaches - Euro Weekly News
Euro Weekly NewsSmall libraries are introduced on Nerja beachesEuro Weekly News, Spain - 43 minutes ago... to poetry and philosophy. The books are also supplied in various languages. Furthermore, the ‘Biblioplaya’ also provides daily newspaper, magazines and ...
- Palestinians plan big funeral for poet Darwish (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank on Tuesday -- an honour only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
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