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- Catastrophes blamed for author's suicide - Columbus Dispatch
NEW YORK -- Author, poet and critic Thomas M. Disch -- who twisted the inherently twisted genre of science fiction in disturbing directions, including writing his last book in the voice of God -- died Friday in his Manhattan apartment. He was 68. His ...
- Jeremy Paxman Interrogates The Victorians - Waveguide
Jeremy Paxman is to present a new BBC One series about his “first loveâ€, Victorian art and culture. In the four-part series, Paxman will use Victorian art to dispel the impression of 19th-century society as buttoned up and overly moralistic ...
- Lapses reveals untapped local talent - Orillia Packet & Times
Lapses reveals untapped local talentOrillia Packet & Times, Canada - 1 hour agoThe quality of writing in this first chapter gives me enough reason to anticipate the finished product. There was also a poetry contest. ...
- 'The Spies of Warsaw' and 'Late Nights on Air' - International Herald Tribune
'The Spies of Warsaw' and 'Late Nights on Air'International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours agoAccording to Harry Boyd, one of the main characters in Elizabeth Hay's new novel, radio is like poetry, and television is like a blockbuster novel. ...
- Cruise Is 'Mentally Ill,' Pinsky's a 'Nazi' - ABC News Blogs
You mess with Top Gun, you get called a Nazi. Then, apparently, you apologize. Late Thursday, Dr. Drew Pinsky apologized to Tom Cruise for insinuating he's mentally ill, but refused to let the star's lawyer, who compared him to the Nazis, have the ...
- Ryan Adams, the Book - Gawker
The musician/experimental blogger is already publishing a book of poetry, and today's Page Six says he's "signed with indie Brooklyn house Akashic Books." Is it the same poetry book they're referring to—or a separate one? (Our e-mail to Adams ...
- The Lynnfield Pioneers: Free Popcorn - Minneapolis City Pages
The Lynnfield Pioneers: Free PopcornMinneapolis City Pages, MN - 2 hours agoAt times their flow leads to some inspired word games, but it can just as easily sound like egregious slam poetry. The furious space-jamming flower power of ...
- Pioneer party: Small towns make July 24 their own - Salt Lake Tribune
Pioneer party: Small towns make July 24 their ownSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago... parade, barbecue turkey lunch and entertainment, horseshoe tournament, children's games, cowboy poetry and entertainment at night at the city park. ...
- Key figure in promoting American Indian literature - Miami Herald
In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of American Indian literature, Paula Gunn Allen embarked on a career that proved them wrong -- and altered the required reading lists of literature classes on U.S. college campuses. Allen ...
- Ethan Coen Speaks! - Cinematical
Ethan Coen Speaks!Cinematical, CA - Apr 18, 2008In 1998, he published his first collection of absurdist poetry, and followed it up with a second volume a few years later. Simultaneously funny and haunting ...
- Theatres compete for arts in Austin (News 8 Austin)
AUSTIN With more theatres and venues in Austin than ever before, fine art experts say it's healthy competition. FULL STORY >> 7/8/2008 4:55 PM AUSTIN Mother finds officer's loaded gun at city park She found the Austin Police Department-issued gun at the Slaughter Lane Metropolitan Park, near a playscape slide.
- Educational Benefits Of Social Networking Sites Uncovered (Science Daily)
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have discovered the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically proficient as their counterparts.
- Email-like names cause controversy in China - Times of India
Email-like names cause controversy in ChinaTimes of India, India - Jul 8, 2008Unlike the African-American leader of the 1960s, Malcolm X, who dropped his surname to snap ties with his "white" slave masters, modern day Chinese names ...
- Another award for Anna Porter (Toronto Star)
Anna Porter 's Kasztner's Train , recent winner of a Writers' Trust Award, has added the Jewish Book Award for history to its honours. Other winners: John Miller's A Sharp Intake of Breath (fiction); Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Mayer Kirshenblatt 's They Called Me Mayer July (biography/memoir); Ruth Panofsky 's Laike and Nahum (poetry).
- Qingdao, China: A six-pack of surprises - Newsday
QINGDAO, China - Millions of Chinese sun seekers annually visit Qingdao, the beach capital of northern China. It occupies a hilly peninsula on the eastern coast of the mainland that meets the Yellow Sea in a series of stunning bays. Olympic yachting ...
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