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- 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.
- 'Fiddling poet' returns with new book, album - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
'Fiddling poet' returns with new book, albumFairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK - 1 hour agoHe plans to make a children’s album of tunes and poetry and a “best of†CD to help document “what I’ve been doing in my life,†he said. ...
- ANDY YSIANO “COOL ARROW†THE LAST OF THE PRETTY BOYS - La Prensa Hispana
La Prensa HispanaANDY YSIANO “COOL ARROW†THE LAST OF THE PRETTY BOYSLa Prensa Hispana, CA - 16 hours agoAs the alcoholic, now famous poet Edgar Allen Poe did many years ago, bartering his poetry, Andy was prone to do the same with his songs as a means to ...
- Finding peace (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
NEW LEBANON -- At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at a Sufi religious retreat.
- Thieves ransack Richey's flat while former Death Row Scot is in prison - Scotsman
Thieves ransack Richey's flat while former Death Row Scot is in prisonScotsman, United Kingdom - 6 minutes agoFriends say that he has also formed a number of new friendships among his fellow inmates and has even composed love poetry for their girlfriends as a favour ...
- Author Thomas King trades pen for political sword - StarPhoenix
Author Thomas King trades pen for political swordStarPhoenix, Canada - 1 hour agoAside from writing a long list of celebrated novels -- two of which have been nominated for Governor General's Awards -- poetry and essays on literature, ...
- Author's memory was overlooked - Morning Call
I was disappointed on July 22 that there was no mention in the paper that it was the 110th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent Benét, who was born in Fountain Hill on that date in 1898. Benét wrote classics such as ''The Devil ...
- Ha Jin wants to visit China - Forbes
On a trip that's put him the closest to his homeland in 23 years, Chinese-American author Ha Jin says he wants to visit China but expressed frustration with censorship of his books. The 52-year-old National Book Award winner told The Associated Press ...
- Texas Heritage Night - Cowboy Poetry (KAMR Amarillo)
Tom Moss of the Southwest Cowboy Poets was here, they are having Texas Heritage Night next Tuesday, August 5th at Sam Houston Park Starlight Theater from 7 to 9 p.m. Call 353-5617 for more info.
- 'I'd love to be a drag queen' (News 24 South Africa)
Daniel Radcliffe wants to play a drag queen in his next movie because he'd have an excuse to wear make-up and dress as a woman.
- The gospel according to Job (excerpts) - Zen and Zion - CanadianChristianity.com
CanadianChristianity.comThe gospel according to Job (excerpts) - Zen and ZionCanadianChristianity.com, Canada - 3 hours agoIn a couplet of indifferent poetry that has become strangely famous, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, 'The world is so full of a number of things, ...
- Scenes from a survivor - The Age
The AgeScenes from a survivorThe Age, Australia - 50 minutes agoShe has an innate sense of poetry in her writing even when it's farce." Nunn links her personality to her writing: "It's clear Joanna writes so well about ...
- Poet laureate celebrates birthday with stories (Boston Globe)
Former New Hampshire and U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall celebrated his 80th birthday with, what else, poetry and stories.
- Inclement times - guardian.co.uk
Inclement timesguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoJohn Milton is treated with proper reverence, because of his political philosophy as well as his poetry. As he wrote in A Free Commonwealth: "They who are ...
- October 12th concert at Trinity - iBerkshires.com
October 12th concert at TrinityiBerkshires.com, MA - 6 hours ago... and a special tribute for Carter’s upcoming 100th birthday- a performance of his early choral music based on poetry by Emily Dickinson. ...
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