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- Poem of the week: Fine Knacks for Ladies, by Anon - Guardian Blogs
This week's poem is by the greatest poet of all time. I was reminded of its existence by an essay by Clive Wilmer, published in the latest issue of that excellent poetry journal, PN Review , "Thom Gunn, Shakespeare and Elizabethan Poetry". During the ...
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn made history by writing it - The Associated Press
The Associated PressAlexander Solzhenitsyn made history by writing itThe Associated Press - 10 hours ago"There was a moment when the public opinion of the greatest empire in the world, involved in the largest war in their history, was changed by a few poets," ...
- Musical and Poetic Production Brings Persian Culture to St. Louis - St. Louis Chinese American News
Musical and Poetic Production Brings Persian Culture to St. LouisSt. Louis Chinese American News, MO - 4 hours ago"Faces of Love from Iran" is the 11th event in the series. Poetry by the famed Persian poet Rumi will be read at the event by Fatemeh Keshavarz, ...
- All's Well in the Glen - Metro Santa Cruz
Metro Santa CruzAll's Well in the GlenMetro Santa Cruz, CA - 9 hours agoThe play, which soars at times on the considerable power of Shakespeare's poetry, occupies a curious neutral zone which is not quite tragic and only ...
- Tehran's Web of silence - Boston Globe
AS TEHRAN'S nuclear crisis grabs headlines, an ominous development is taking place inside Iran: the escalation of state repression against Iranian dissidents online. The hard-liner administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stepped up the arrest of ...
- Bucurestiul cultural 10(73) part 1 - Revista 22
Bucurestiul cultural 10(73) part 1Revista 22, Romania - Aug 6, 2008In 1977 l-am tradus pe Leonid Dimov pentru festivalul Poetry International din Rotterdam. Poetul ma simpatiza si, in perioada in care am fost la ...
- Subway appointment is set to be poetry in motion (The Herald)
Subway commuters bereft of anything to look at but their fellow passengers' feet are to be given a daily dose of tailor-made poetry.
- People and Culture Days Celebration at Sierra College Oct 22-23 - Rocklin and Roseville Today
People and Culture Days Celebration at Sierra College Oct 22-23Rocklin and Roseville Today, CA - 8 hours agoAt 12:30, World Fusion music showcases instruments from around the world followed by American rock-n-roll sounds and a multicultural poetry reading for the ...
- Phil Trounstine: I'm Just Sayin': Biden's ancient word theft no longer an issue (HuffingtonPost)
Whether or not Barack Obama picks Joe Biden, the distinguished senator from Delaware, to be his running mate, that decision - and subsequent appraisals of...
- Scribe-turned-Taleban ultra assumes 'complete control' over Mohmand Agency (New Kerala)
Peshawar, July 24 : Umar Khalid, a poet-and-journalist-turned-Taleban, has assumed the complete control over the Mohmand Agency after eliminating the chief and deputy chief of the Shah Sahib militant group in a bloody battle last Friday.
- Chinese astronaut takes historic walk in space - Globe and Mail
W L from Canada writes: One area Canadians are definitely better at than Chinese ever will be are the sour grape comments. Seems more of our national resources are spent criticizing other nations than making our own better. Esmerelda in Alberta from ...
- Legendary Actor Paul Newman dies at 83 (Zap2It)
The blue-eyed star of 'The Hustler,' 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' was at home after a long battle with cancer Paul Newman, the legendary movie star and irreverent cultural icon who created a model philanthropy fueled by profits from a salad dressing that became nearly as famous as he was, has died. He was 83.
- State library announces best books of Indiana awards - NWI.com
The 2008 Best Books of Indiana were named last week at an awards ceremony at the Indiana State Library. The Indiana Center for the Book began the state book-award contest in 2005 to strengthen interest in Indiana's strong literary heritage. The ...
- Know thy pen, love thy pen - Honolulu Weekly
Know thy pen, love thy penHonolulu Weekly, HI - 38 minutes ago... specialty workshops on the business of writing, children’s and young adult books, journalism, magazine writing, food and cookbook writing and poetry. ...
- Ben Okri on why teenagers are poets - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukBen Okri on why teenagers are poetsTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 18 minutes agoIt has the same intoxicating effect; it is the wine of life. When the young reach for their notebook and pen, it is because of intoxication. Poetry connects ...
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