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- Poet turns to prose to assess his life (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
NONFICTION We tend to revere poets in visible ways: More than writers, they are our secular priests who evoke in brilliant brevity our joys, our sorrows and our soaring aspirations. That's perhaps why we have a national poet laureate, not a national novelist or essayist. Now, recent laureate Donald Hall, in "Unpacking the Boxes," affectingly evokes his life as a poet.
- Written by Chris Alexander - FANGORIA
Written by Chris AlexanderFANGORIA - 17 hours agoI can tell you that I absolutely adore Bill (ROCKY) Conti's urgent, erotic synth and guitar score – especially the opening theme and closing hard rock ...
- Meeting with Enrique Lihn - New Yorker
New YorkerMeeting with Enrique LihnNew Yorker, United States - 1 hour agoMaquieira wrote a careful study of Cardenal and Coronel Urtecho’s anthology of North American poetry, published two books, and then settled down to drinking ...
- Beacom: How Keano will end up United boss - Belfast Telegraph
Beacom: How Keano will end up United bossBelfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 10 minutes agoRoy, of course, spends half of his year on a Swiss mountain writing Nobel Peace prize winning poetry and the other half in his Cork castle writing best ...
- Milestones Among Poetry Anthologies - Wall Street Journal
1. The Greek Anthology 100 B.C. The foundation of this collection of ancient Greek poetry is the "anthologia" gathered by the poet Meleager in the first century B.C. He offered the works as a poetical bouquet ("anthos" = flower, "logia" = gathering ...
- Die another day: martyrs live on - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldDie another day: martyrs live onSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 4 hours agoImam Samudra has even penned a collection of third-rate, inflammatory poetry. One poem titled Come Along states: "I'm heading there, to Allah's blessing and ...
- All about the Book Fair: Tickets, etiquette and how to get ther - Miami Herald
Want to see who's who in South Florida talent? Check out the The Florida Center for the Literary Arts' café, which features poets, writers, playwrights, musicians, monologists and performance artists. Friday: 7-8:30 p.m.; Saturday: noon-5:30 p.m ...
- An afternoon with Sid - SkySports
An afternoon with SidSkySports - 8 hours agoThe speed with which they make their analogies reminds me of freestyle poetry. Perhaps if they'd been born in a different place and in a different era they ...
- Sights and sounds should suit all tastes (Tavistock Times Gazette)
RISING Tavistock rock stars The Rumble Strips will be one of the big attractions at this year’s Tavistock Sings festival. The Tavistock music and arts festival will feature music ranging from opera, classical, jazz and choral to rock.
- Call For Entries - Petaluma Argus Courier
Call For EntriesPetaluma Argus Courier, CA - 31 minutes ago... Nancy Long at nsasha@earthlink.net for more info. Event is organized by Nancy Long of LiveWire Literary Salon and Geri DiGiorno of the Petaluma Poetry Walk.
- Walt Whitman II (New York Times)
The world has been 116 years without Whitman, but a contemporary twin serves as a stand-in for the poet, attending events and visiting schools.
- Charity ball raises £4,000 for breast cancer - This is Stourbridge
FUNDRAISING events are pulling in the pounds and raising awareness for a breast reconstruction group. A charity ball held at the Next Generation club in Brierley Hill, on Friday October 24, in aid Rainbow Breast Reconstruction Group raised £4,000 ...
- Fabrice Luchini: A French actor delicately balances comedy and drama - International Herald Tribune
Fabrice Luchini: A French actor delicately balances comedy and dramaInternational Herald Tribune, France - 13 hours agoLe Figaro described the show as "pure poetry, a wonderful moment of intelligence, audacity, spirit, humor, imagination." After Luchini takes his show to ...
- Saving a squirrel by eating one (International Herald Tribune)
Lately, a new meat is gracing the British table: Squirrel is selling as fast as gamekeepers and hunters can bring it in.
- Daily Flog: Democrats go shopping for GM; Obama storms White House - Village Voice
Like a premonition, Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives ended abruptly in the Sonora desert, with one poet couple taking refuge in Villaviciosa, "the northern Mexican town of lost assassins." In 2666— Bolaño's last, devastating, posthumous ...
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