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- 60th Highlands Festival set to begin in Abingdon (Johnson City Press)
ABINGDON, Va. — Arts, crafts and live music are just a fraction of the fun of the 60th annual Virginia Highlands Festival, running Saturday through Aug. 10.
- Western Days promises fun Labor Day weekend! - Wet Mountain Tribune
Western Days promises fun Labor Day weekend!Wet Mountain Tribune, CO - 37 minutes agoThey will entertain with music, stories and poetry about the cowboy way of life. Be sure to catch the singing and fiddling act known as Prickly Pair. ...
- Review: The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa (Guardian Unlimited)
Review: The Diving Pool by Yoko OgawaTo read Yoko Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with nightmare, writes Joanna Briscoe
- "A Map of the Night": Master poet sometimes loses his way in new ... - Seattle Times
If anyone qualifies as the senior statesman of Northwest poetry, it's David Wagoner. The University of Washington professor emeritus and editor of the former journal Poetry Northwest has served as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and ...
- Heart of darkness, heart of hope - The Gazette (Montreal)
Heart of darkness, heart of hopeThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 8 hours agoString and horn arrangements add lyrical touches, giving these texts added poetry. The result is not alienation; it is closer to solace. ...
- Afghan free press struggles to take root - San Francisco Gate
Monday, October 6, 2008 Foreign journalists trying to report on the mounting insurgency face numerous dangers. But their Afghan counterparts run the risk of being killed by Taliban fighters and harassed, arrested or beaten by at the behest of ...
- 50 Cent sues Taco Bell over ad campaign - Newsweek
Recommended (6) Periscope: How Hot Money Is Pushing Oil To $100 a Barrel And Beyond Euro Euro Bill, Y’all Still 'Alright' Rapper The Game: A Family Man? Books: Poetry In Motion Saigon (NEW YORK) 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell , claiming the fast-food ...
- Street names to be focus of talks, reading group - Baltimore Sun
Street names to be focus of talks, reading groupBaltimore Sun, United States - 1 hour agoA discussion of the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is planned for Oct. 16, and a discussion of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit will be held Nov. 13. ...
- For richer, for poorer ... here comes the bride - Medford Mail Tribune
It wasn't your typical rehearsal dinner, but it was everything Liz Jones and Josh Dilworth hoped it would be — authentic, casual and relatively cheap. Guests by the dozens gathered in a barn on the Jones family farm for a simple picnic-style meal ...
- Konstantin Pavlov | Bulgarian poet, 75 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Konstantin Pavlov | Bulgarian poet, 75Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 2 minutes agoHe gained popularity despite censors imposing a decade-long publishing ban against him in 1966, with Bulgarians clandestinely copying and reading his poems. ...
- Writers' Forum features poetry festival bards - VillageSoup Belfast
Writers' Forum features poetry festival bardsVillageSoup Belfast, USA - 15 hours ago11, hosted by Betty Duff and co-host Joan Clemons, will feature three poets connected with Belfast’s third annual Poetry Festival to be held Oct. 18. ...
- Band gives city seal of approval - Otago Daily Times
Band gives city seal of approvalOtago Daily Times, New Zealand - 44 minutes agoFirebrand poet Sam Hunt also appears at St Paul's Cathedral today with his gritty brand of humour and poetry. "Tell the story, tell it true, charm it crazy ...
- Nelly Upchurch stayed true to family, faith (The Fayetteville Observer)
Debbie Gorman has countless memories of her mother, Nellie Upchurch, but one stands out. In 2002, they were in Washington, D.C., attending a Christian coalition convention and, during some free time, went for a sight-seeing stroll.
- Clubs preview: Beat Poetry, London - Guardian Unlimited
As the days start getting shorter, marginally less exciting and a darn sight more chilly, you'd be forgiven for deciding to stay in on a Friday night with a steaming mug of Bovril and a selection of giddy pipe dreams that involve you knitting Doctor ...
- Poet who gave identity to Palestinians dies (CNN.com)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Mahmoud Darwish, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston, Texas. He was 67.
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