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- In Wolf Trap's 'Vienna Woods,' a Tour of German Song - Washington Post
At a time when there is so much focus on creative programming as a Holy Grail in classical music, it's bewildering that Steven Blier does not get more respect. Blier, the accompanist, arranger and artistic director of song recitals at Wolf Trap for ...
- ‘Bikeman’ offers aching look at 9/11 in epic poetry from ex-CBS ... - New Haven Register (subscription)
‘Bikeman’ offers aching look at 9/11 in epic poetry from ex-CBS ...New Haven Register (subscription), CT - 4 hours agoWhat happened next was a hell worse than "Dante’s Inferno," says Flynn, who ran for his life with everyone else as the towers eventually gave way, ...
- Olympic celebration of arts in the capital - Evening Standard
The biggest celebration of culture in living memory starts today, placing arts alongside sport in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics. The marriage of sports and culture was launched symbolically this morning as medal-winning athletes Jonathan ...
- Bob Dylan: Robert Burns is my biggest inspiration - guardian.co.uk
TopNewsBob Dylan: Robert Burns is my biggest inspirationguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoThe legendary president could apparently recite Burns's poetry by heart, and his politics might have been influenced by the Scotsman's liberal views. ...Bob Dylan names Burns as inspiration The Heraldall 252 news articles
- Banned Books Week, Connecticut Book Award Winners - Hartford Courant
Banned Books Week, Connecticut Book Award WinnersHartford Courant, United States - 52 minutes agoWednesday at 4 pm, poet Margaret Gibson, winner of the 2007 Connecticut Book Award for Poetry, will read from her memoir, "The Prodigal Daughter: Reclaiming ...
- Questions answered - San Diego Union-Tribune
ANSWER: The idea that madness and creativity are linked goes back to antiquity, but it is not without controversy. Some schools of psychological thought consider creativity to be linked with sound mental health. Today, the prevailing view is that ...
- Geddes begins residency at Mackie House - Vernon Morning Star
Geddes begins residency at Mackie HouseVernon Morning Star, Canada - 2 hours agoGeddes’ writing career has spanned four decades of work and, aside from editing two of the most popular poetry anthologies in the country – 20th Century ...
- 10-year-old Belton girl shows her talent with puppy tale - Anderson Independent Mail
10-year-old Belton girl shows her talent with puppy taleAnderson Independent Mail, SC - Aug 10, 2008Their friendship was the key to Erin’s latest burst of creativity, one that won her the top spot in the Belton Elementary Young Author Contest. ...
- Where To Buy The Bulletin - The Bulletin
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others to persecute those who do reason. The Bulletin is seeking creative submissions from anyone 15 and under for a new Youth Content feature. Are you a budding artist? Writer ...
- Exhibit kicks off Mongolian celebration in Middletown (Middletown Journal)
Middfest International will mark the official opening of its exhibits with an event from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, in Middletown's Donham Plaza that reflects Mongolian culture and life leading up to Middfest's weekend celebration of Mongolia Oct. 3-5.
- George Kimball and the Four Kings - The Sweet Science
The Sweet ScienceGeorge Kimball and the Four KingsThe Sweet Science - 31 minutes agoFrom the mid-1960s he began contributing to the arts-orientated Village Voice and The Phoenix, produced poetry fit for the Paris Review and penned an erotic ...
- Penniless author sells shares in next novel - Daily Telegraph
Tao Lin's first novel Eeeee Eee Eeee is at 29,914 in the Amazon sales rankings Investors can pay $2,000 (£1,000) in return for a 10 per cent share of the royalties of Tao Lin’s as-yet-unfinished second novel. Tao posted details of his “initial ...
- Knowledge Convention To Mark Royal Celebration (BruDirect.com)
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Knowledge Convention 2008 will be held at the International Convention Centre from July 26 to August 6, in conjunction with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang DiPertuan of Brunei Darussalam's 62'd birthday celebrations.
- In Person: 30 Poets, Edited by Neil Astley, filmed by Pamela Robertson-Pearce (Independent)
Bloodaxe Books was founded in Newcastle upon Tyne 30 years ago by Neil Astley. Since then, it has published nearly 1,000 poetry books, quantities probably matched only by Michael Schmidt's Manchester-based Carcanet Press. Bloodaxe has reined in a more left-ward, experimental and internationalist stable, as distinct from Carcanet's conservative bent. Both publishers have recently become more ...
- Auntie Beeb and EM Forster - Times Online
Auntie Beeb and EM ForsterTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoForster the critic, however, preferred poetry to science. With literature, he wrote, “it is better to keep to metaphors, and to analogies with natural ...
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