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- Live blog with Lynne Spears book author Lorilee Craker - MLive.com
What do Britney, Jamie Lynn and mom Lynne Spears have in common with Grand Rapids? The answer: "local author Lorilee Craker." Lorilee sat down with Lynne Spears this year to write "Through the Storm," a memoir released Tuesday about raising daughters ...
- The wealth of hard times - Chicago Tribune
J ob insecurity, high gas prices, intimations of scarcity in the American land of plenty. So it went in 1976 when then young chanteuse Bette Midler released her third album, cheekily titled "Songs for the New Depression." In place of her trademark ...
- Jewish professor return to school after sex change - Xinhua
XinhuaJewish professor return to school after sex changeXinhua, China - 40 minutes agoLadin, an expert in modernist American poetry, now known as Joy Ladin, was placed on a two-year leave when he informed the school of his intention to change ...
- Rock the Mullahs - Slate
In the predictable universe of the illness memoir, doctors save by diagnosis and fail by misdiagnosis, alleviate symptoms or unintentionally increase them, order too many tests or refuse to test enough. Patients are the authors of these accounts, but ...
- New poetry from Olds, Giscombe, McLane - San Francisco Chronicle
New poetry from Olds, Giscombe, McLaneSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 5 hours agoPoet Sharon Olds observes and records with the acuity and artistry - as opposed to artfulness - readers rightly expect from this prolific, prize-winning San ...
- Are you in favor of the Wall Street/Main Street Bailout/Rescue plan? - Town Hall
Obama says, without rebuttal, that his plan lowers taxes on "95 percent of working families." This is flatly impossible because 32 percent of income tax returns filed (some 43 million Americans) pay absolutely nothing in federal income taxes. Obama ...
- WEINBERG'S WINE NOTES: The secret of aging well? Get to know the vintages (Rocky Mountain News)
One of my great pleasures in life lies in cellaring outstanding, long-lived birth and anniversary vintage wines. With a little knowledge and planning, you can do it, too.
- Djibouti: Somali PEN Organises a Book Event of Special Interest - African Path
Djibouti: Somali PEN Organises a Book Event of Special InterestAfrican Path, MN - 3 hours agoMr. Abdalla Haji, Osman, who is widely known for his collection of oral history and poetry, was the program presenter and chairperson of the session. ...
- I get distracted by the Internet when I try to write - Salon
I am taking a creative nonfiction writing course, and I'm supposed to be working on a piece about what I ate for breakfast. The problem is, every time I sit down at the computer to work, I start compulsively reading the election coverage online ...
- New Hartford performer returns to Salisbury Grange (The Observer-Dispatch)
With a 22-foot-high ceiling, a balcony and stage, the Salisbury Grange No. 624 anticipates a full house when contemporary folk musician and lyricist Marshall Stewart performs at 7 p.m. Saturday.
- This week in books: Celebrating Rain Taxi (Pioneer Press)
Rain Taxi Review of Books will celebrate publication of its 50th issue with a party Wednesday in Minneapolis.
- Why Metallica sucks (Orlando Weekly)
The results are in and boy does Metallica suck. When we first announced our "Why Metallica Sucks" contest, I was worried that nobody would respond and that my suspicions about this once great band falling into a pit of mediocrity would be unfounded.
- Mirza Saleem Baig: throwing light on literature - The News - International
Mirza Saleem Baig: throwing light on literatureThe News - International, Pakistan - 1 hour agoCommenting on the expression in Urdu poetry in relation to politics and other social issues, Baig said that although there have been a lot of hurdles, ...
- War diary has Banjo Paterson's unseen poems - Daily Telegraph
War diary has Banjo Paterson's unseen poemsDaily Telegraph, Australia - 4 hours agoThe discovery of an 1899 cash book, whose back pages contain Paterson's unseen poetry, has thrilled Australian literature buffs. Major GL Lee, who commanded ...
- Vetoes leave local entities scrambling for funding - Alexandria Town Talk
Vetoes leave local entities scrambling for fundingAlexandria Town Talk, LA - 1 hour ago... as an Industrial Normal School to Peabody As a Magnet School, as well as securing the rights to "Book of Hope," a collection of poetry by Arna Bontemps. ...
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