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- 200th anniversary of the birth of Norway's National Poet (The Norway Post)
In Oslo, crowds assembled at his gravesite on the National Cemetary, and this was followed by various formal and informal arrangements throughout the capital, including concerts and poetry readings.
- Marcia Meier: At Least She's Writing... (HuffingtonPost)
Emily Gould landed on the cover of The New York Times Magazine over the weekend and created a firestorm of criticism and vitriol. Here's the good news: At least she's writing.
- The pull of Gravity - Daily Progress
For the past five years, a downstairs nightspot on First Street on the Downtown Mall has brought in everything from folk legends to alternative rock bands to cabaret acts of almost every stripe to a vaudeville-flavored circus. Gravity Lounge will be ...
- 2nd teen charged in high school sex assaults - Pioneer Press
A second teenager has been charged in a reported string of sexual assaults at a Minneapolis high school, officials said Friday. The 17-year-old boy was charged Thursday, but his name was not released because of his age and he was being handled as a ...
- Eric Cantona: Still the king of England? (Daily Telegraph)
Fallen idol Eric Cantona has found a new stage to strut, writes Alison Kervin.
- Ancestral Journeys - New York Times
Ancestral JourneysNew York Times, United States - 46 minutes agoHe is also a polemicist on behalf of the mongrel life. His 1998 book “Les Identités Meurtrières” (translated into English two years later as “In the Name of ...
- Movie allows time to share kung fu magic with the grandkids - Democrat and Chronicle
STAMFORD, Conn. — Two of my grandchildren and I are on our way to see Kung Fu Panda , an animated film starring the voice of Jack Black. We're doing this to escape the heat — it's 95 degrees here — and because Kung Fu Panda is required viewing ...
- Even the Most Romantic of Poets Can Sometimes Be Awfully Hard of Heart (New York Times)
The great German Romantic Heinrich Heine was a ?torn poet,? allergic to beauty even as he produced so much of it.
- Week two and so much to do... - North Devon Gazette & Advertiser
CATCH jazz instrumentalist Courtney Pine at the Factory tomorrow night (Thursday) - just one of a number of exciting North Devon Festival events to look forward to this week. Credited for transforming the face of British jazz, Courtney fuses jazz ...
- God's Red Poet had local roots (The News)
PICTOU – A Pictou County man who once dined with movie stars and was watched by the FBI is now having his life story told in a documentary airing next week.
- Illuminate your spirit with enlightening books while vacationing (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Summer often brings vacation days, trips to flee the routine and extra "me" time. It can be a season to rest the body. It also can be a time to renew the mind and refresh the spirit - through reading. But where to start? To help you, we asked people from various faith backgrounds to suggest spiritual, inspirational or religious books they think would be good summer reading. Their answers ...
- Rock on... the Sufi way - Times of India
Rock on... the Sufi wayTimes of India, India - 1 hour agoA lot of Sufi qalam (poetry) is about the love of God. Since Sufi rock fuses qalam with rock strains, the result is unique,” feels popular Sufi rocker, ...
- Goodman reduces Emmett Till to black and white - Chicago Maroon
Chicago MaroonGoodman reduces Emmett Till to black and whiteChicago Maroon, IL - 5 hours agoYet The Ballad of Emmett Till, a title that belies the lack of poetry or cohesiveness of the play’s narrative, trivializes the tale with base stereotypes ...
- Duluth Remembers Men Killed In 1920 Lynching (Northland's News Center)
Community Members in Duluth held a special ceremony today, remembering one of the city's darkest days. Folks gathered at the Clayton-Jackson-McGhie memorial this afternoon...to pay tribute to the three black men, who were hanged by a mob of townspeople...after being wrongly accused of rape 88 years ago.
- Angles 'n' Attitudes - Orangeville Citizen
Angles 'n' AttitudesOrangeville Citizen, Canada - 2 hours agoSo are what my old English master, Charlie Phillips, used to call the "felicitous passages" that one comes upon in reading either poetry or prose. ...
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