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- Solzhenitsyn: A tortured patriot (BBC News)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn tackled the big themes of Russian literature, writes Oxford lecturer Michael Nicholson.
- Has Anyone Seen My (All-Time Favorite) Hyperbole? - The Windy Citizen
Has Anyone Seen My (All-Time Favorite) Hyperbole?The Windy Citizen, IL - 2 hours agoRugged individualism, a classic American value, is at the core of our current state. Unless it directly affects us, we don’t want anything to do with it; ...
- An absolutely Ani performance at Wolf Trap - Inside NoVA
Inside NoVAAn absolutely Ani performance at Wolf TrapInside NoVA, VA - 20 hours agoOver nearly 20 years, 20 albums, 10 official bootlegs, 3 DVDs and a book of poetry, DiFranco managed to sell more than 4 million records under her ...
- CAMPOS: What's a university to do? - Rocky Mountain News
CAMPOS: What's a university to do?Rocky Mountain News, CO - 3 hours agoAnd I agree wholeheartedly with Fish that the idea that turning people into competent readers of poetry or history or philosophy will make them better ...
- Poet's influence will live on through his inspirational words - Record
Most Stockton poets are such dilettantes and navel-gazers that a real poet is cause for profound gratitude. That is why I feel a loss at the death of David Humphreys. Humphreys, a skilled poet who combined the mundane and metaphysical, often in the ...
- Serbia's bitter salute to nationhood - Guardian Unlimited
I ought to have expected to hear Serbian nationalist poetry at the third international literature festival in Novi Sad, but it is still a surprise to share a stage with a poet delivering verses with titles like Prayer for Kosovo and refrains that ...
- Remembering Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi - The News - International
Remembering Ahmed Nadeem QasmiThe News - International, Pakistan - 39 minutes agoHis poetry stood out among his contemporaries’ work for its unflinching humanism. In his long career as a writer and editor, Qasmi Sahib had the distinction ...
- Beach Boys at Turning Stone tonight - Syracuse Post-Standard
The Beach Boys, including original members Mike Love and Bruce Johnston at at Turning Stone tonight. The Beach Boys , including original members Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, are at Turning Stone Resort and Casino (Thruway Exit 33, Verona) tonight at ...
- Humanising Israel and vilifing Palestinians - New Nation
I love Adam Sandler. From Billy Madison to Happy Gilmore to the Chanukah Song, the predecessor of the Superbad generation has effortlessly conquered the domain of slapstick comedy and inappropriate jokes. But damn you Scuba Steve! If you're going to ...
- A guide to getting you through that mid-week slump - Charlotte Observer
A guide to getting you through that mid-week slumpCharlotte Observer, NC - 53 minutes agoHe'll perform his music with a full band, as well as some of his poetry. 9 pm Neighborhood Theatre. 511 E. 36th St. $20 in advance, $25 day of the show. ...
- TFA Reading - Citizen Matters
TFA ReadingCitizen Matters, India - 1 hour agoHer first volume of poetry, Inside a Blue Corridor, was brought out by Writers Workshop in 2001. Several of her short stories and experimental prose ...
- Artist on the "Edge:" Interview with Fatih Akin - The Phoenix
Artist on the "Edge:" Interview with Fatih AkinThe Phoenix, MA - 25 minutes agoIt lacked a certain poetry. Maybe there is some, me not being and English speaking person, but I asked English speakers and we discovered “The Edge of ...
- Nico Muhly looks for that radical sound (Los Angeles Times)
The composer's young career shows an adventurous streak, including stints with Philip Glass and Björk. His newest is 'Mothertongue.' THE FIRST vocal lines of young composer Nico Muhly’s new album, "Mothertongue," consist of a seemingly arbitrary list of numbers and addresses. Sung by mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer over aching strings and a distorted sub-bass synthesizer, the arrangement feels ...
- So, where’s the reading tonight? - Hindustan Times
One for literature: Rahul Bose who read from Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies on Sunday night is also planning a film based on Mohsin Hamid’s Moth Smoke . He kick-started the trend of reading from books of substance. It has been raining book ...
- Djelloul Marbrook`s First Book of Poems, Far From Algiers Debuts - Newsblaze.com
A piece of paper that says you belong somewhere "to a country, a church, a club "doesn`t mean you feel you belong. If the purpose of institutions is to promote the interests of some people, it`s also to keep others out. This is the subject of ...
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