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- A Cultural Edifice in the Heart of New York (Middle East Online)
I felt like I am standing in an Arab oasis of cool shades amid the busy noises of New York City. Arabic sayings, pictures, titles of books, and fine Arabic calligraphy decorate the walls, paintings and billboards at the Dahesh Heritage Bookstore, says Saleh Ziadeh .
- Florida's Official State poet - AM850
Florida's Official State poetAM850, FL - 2 hours agoUniversity of Florida English Professor, Debora Gregor says traditionally, a poet laureate reads poetry at a governor's birthday or an important event, ...
- New fruit on old vines - Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
New fruit on old vinesBeaver Dam Daily Citizen, WI - 1 hour agoPeople are invited to play their instruments, sing, or offer their poetry or read scriptures. Davis said she has already begun inviting her students to show ...
- Civil War talk at B&O museum - Baltimore Sun
Civil War talk at B&O museumBaltimore Sun, United States - 6 minutes agowill have an opportunity to experiment with creating a free verse poem from a prose paragraph. 410-313-1400. Audition workshop // The Miller branch library, ...
- County Dorset: Far from stress of modern life - San Francisco Gate
(05-11) 04:00 PDT Dorchester, England -- The unwavering gaze of Thomas Hardy looks out from a hilltop, affording the Victorian writer - or, rather, a statue of him - a sweeping view of the town he immortalized as Casterbridge and the rustic county he ...
- Ode to Recovery - New Haven Register (subscription)
Ode to RecoveryNew Haven Register (subscription), CT - 1 hour agoTheirs is a story that begins with pain and ends with poetry. They divorced when he was a little boy and his dad received legal custody of him. ...
- Trail Ride Will Raise Money For Veterans (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
BULLARD - "Ride for Heroes," a trail ride and campout to raise money for recent veterans with disabilities, is set for Friday through April 20 at Tarrant Ranch in Bullard, said Steve Herber, one of the organizers.
- A HOMECOMING DELAYED (The New Straits Times)
I ASKED a friend of mine some months ago how he had managed to convince his daughter, who had studied in England and wanted to continue working there, to return home.
- Book festival reaching for a 'new crowd' (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
For Andy Kahan and Sara Goddard, director and associate director of author events at the Free Library's Central Branch, the second annual Philadelphia Book Festival this weekend will be an upbeat work in progress.
- He Wrote 200000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work) - BlueRidgeNow.com
He Wrote 200000 Books (but Computers Did Some of the Work)BlueRidgeNow.com, NC - Apr 14, 2008He has extended his technique to crossword puzzles, rudimentary poetry and even to scripts for animated game shows. And he is laying the groundwork for ...
- Event aids family of boy killed in hit-run - Ventura County Star
Event aids family of boy killed in hit-runVentura County Star, CA - 3 hours agoSponsored by several students and employees at Santa Paula High School, "Celebrate the Good" is being billed as an impromptu evening of stories, poetry, ...
- 4 new artists ready to explore Hub City - Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription)
4 new artists ready to explore Hub CitySpartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SC - 3 hours agoPatrick Whitfill, a 28-year-old from Silverton, Texas, writes poetry. He plans to revise his dissertation, which is a book of poems, to write a verse drama ...
- Katie Couric, YouTube Star/ - Nevada Appeal
Katie Couric, YouTube Star/Nevada Appeal, NV - 13 hours agoThere are glimpses of her singing a duet with Bette Midler for an environmental fundraiser, reading poetry with Meryl Streep and attending a lively ...
- Ayoon wa Azan (One Thing Others Envy Us For) - Dar Al-Hayat
Ayoon wa Azan (One Thing Others Envy Us For)Dar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - 19 hours agoWhy do modern poetry, its poets and its fans, exist? Because the wealth of idiots goes to madmen. Why did Umm Kulthum's records remain after her death? ...
- Thomas Dolby - PopMatters
PopMattersThomas DolbyPopMatters, IL - 24 minutes agoHer chord sequences, poetry, unusual guitar tunings, and lush piano ballads are absolutely original, brave, and transcendent. Probably her zenith was this ...
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