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- Notable: Katrina collections - St. Petersburg Times
To mark this week's third anniversary of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, three new books of poetry reflect the storm and its aftermath. Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press), by Patricia Smith, is a poetry slam champion's chronicle of ...
- PAL announces literary awards for 2007 - Pakistan Daily Mail
PAL announces literary awards for 2007Pakistan Daily Mail, Pakistan - Aug 5, 2008According to the decision of the panel for Urdu poetry `Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal Award' is given to Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi on his book " Arz-o-Sama. ...
- Reading, writing and recipes - Southern Voice
WHETHER YOU NEED A PRIMER on how to make pasties to cover your nipples during a burlesque performance or a want a literary explanation of why bad poetry is good, look no further than the Charis Review, the new semi-annual publication published by ...
- Tom Waits returning to Houston for 1st time in 28 years - Houston Chronicle
After a 28-year absence, the man with the drunk piano is playing Houston again. Find out why so many musicians want to sing his songs. Jack Ingram once played Tom Waits' musical The Black Rider for a friend on a drive. His friend didn't care for it ...
- Visitors are welcome at New York's religious retreats - USA Today
Keith Barkett meditates at the Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper, N.Y. IF YOU GO ABODE OF THE MESSAGE: New Lebanon, N.Y., about 25 miles from Albany, www.theabode.net/ or 518-794-8090. Run by a Sufi community. ZEN MOUNTAIN MONASTERY: Mount ...
- Today in History - Aug. 4 - Contra Costa Times
On Aug. 4, 1944, Nazi police raided the secret annex of a building in Amsterdam and arrested eight people, including 15-year-old Anne Frank, whose diary became a famous account of the Holocaust. (Anne died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp some ...
- Pakistani president resigns after 9 turbulent years in power (San Jose Mercury News)
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation today after a turbulent nine years in office.
- Colourful character inspires poetry - Congleton Guardian
Colourful character inspires poetryCongleton Guardian, UK - 1 hour agoBy Ian Ross » CONGLETON poet John Lindley takes an astonishing true life story as the inspiration for his latest collection. ...
- At CORA's Arthouse Forum, artists find their voice - Nigeria Guardian
C ONTRARY to earlier held opinions that most fora on the art achieve little, but mere talk, a recent event suggests that more can be achieved if such gatherings are properly articulated. On Friday, May 30, 2008, a typical example of how to make such ...
- Leonard Cohen: Out of the monastery and back on the road - The Independent
The womanising, the four bottles of wine a day and the five-year retreat in a Buddhist monastery are all behind him. This week, Leonard Cohen embarks on his first British tour for 15 years. And the former poet laureate of despair might even be ...
- The way Britain wages war - Mail & Guardian Online
The way Britain wages warMail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 2 hours agoThey had been hit by Nato bombs, American or British, and nurses are trying to peel away their roasted skin with tweezers. On the night of June 10, ...
- 'Mad Men' using Frank O'Hara's 'Meditations in an Emergency ... - Los Angeles Times
'Mad Men' using Frank O'Hara's 'Meditations in an Emergency ...Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoO'Hara rose to prominence during the New American Poetry era alongside Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov and Gary Snyder. ...
- Best books … chosen by Siri Hustvedt - The Week Daily
Best books … chosen by Siri HustvedtThe Week Daily - 1 hour agoDickinson’s poetry is difficult, paradoxical, painful, and joyous. Reading it makes you feel as if you are wandering around in the dense terrain of a human ...
- Small presses, big voices - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
bad-hair day the slick look it needs. Hawaii authors R. Zamora "Zack" Linmark and Susan Schultz are familiar with the vitality and importance of small press. They've been published locally by Bamboo Ridge, and Schultz runs her own small press out of ...
- Bella Vista band leader Mitchell calling it quits - Northwest Arkansas News
BELLA VISTA - The sound of music here will soon change forever. Jack Mitchell and his wife, Betty, are relocating to Tennessee to be closer to family. Mitchell is the leader of Jack Mitchell and His Big Band, an icon in Bella Vista since the 1990 s ...
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