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- Queen Victoria had an affair with Indian courtier: Film (NDTV)
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- Humble beginnings, curiosity drive Pastides (The State)
If he had come from a more privileged background, the University of South Carolina’s newest president might have studied poetry. Instead Harris Pastides, son of Greek immigrants from Cyprus, said he needed to find something to pay the bills. So he took up medicine. And just as his father worked his way up from washing dishes to owning his own restaurant, Pastides has climbed the academic ladder ...
- Derek Walcott attacks Sir VS Naipaul in verse - Daily News and Analysis
LONDON: For years Nobel prize-winning poet Derek Walcott has traded insults with Sir VS Naipaul. Now, he has upped the ante by slamming his old sparring partner in a poem that mocked the Indian-origin author as a "mongoose". The St Lucian writer ...
- Community Calendar: 06/12/08 - The Carrboro Citizen
Community Calendar: 06/12/08The Carrboro Citizen, NC - 47 minutes agoOpen Mic —poetry, music & short fiction. Tuesdays, 7pm, Market Street Books & Maps, Southern Village. 933-5111, www.marketstreetbooks.com The Sustainable ...
- Metric conversion: Why poet Michael Hofmann stopped 'wreaking destruction' on his family in verse (Independent)
It was almost impossible, 25 years or so ago, to open a journal that published poetry without finding Michael Hofmann's name somewhere on the contents page. His unmistakable poems were everywhere, so it seemed obvious to begin by asking what had changed, now that new work is so rare. "I don't want to add to any EC poetry mountain," was his drollest answer. There are a number of poets who ought ...
- Leaps of Faith - ARTINFO
Leaps of FaithARTINFO, NY - 1 hour agoThey draw from an Islamic heritage and from poetry and calligraphy, but the artists from Islamic countries are not necessarily creating Islamic art. ...
- Dog-Eared Days - Wall Street Journal
Richard Ford's summer reading list includes Richard Price's "Lush Life," Tobias Wolff's "Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories" and Gustave Flaubert's "A Sentimental Education." Here's what's on the lists of some more authors -- along with some ...
- 50 best literary translations? Here's how I read it... - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk50 best literary translations? Here's how I read it...guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago... and 85p per verse for poetry. This would be illegal here in gun-toting America. In 1991, the American Translators Association (a vast group not limited ...
- Dispatch from The Philadelphia Urban Seminar: Day 3 - Penn State Live
Dispatch from The Philadelphia Urban Seminar: Day 3Penn State Live, PA - 1 hour agoThere is going to be a poetry contest in the district with the theme "Celebrating Me," so we picked 10 kids to work on writing poems. ...
- National Arts Centre 'Legend' dies - Globe and Mail
National Arts Centre 'Legend' diesGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour ago... romantic, a lover of beautiful women, obsessed with culture and the high arts, he was in many ways an 18th- century gentleman, given to quoting poetry, ...
- Jimmy Santiago Baca to Speak At UNM July 12 - UNM Today
UNM TodayJimmy Santiago Baca to Speak At UNM July 12UNM Today, NM - 1 hour agoWhen Santiago Baca started writing poetry in prison, it changed his life. “I’d be robbing banks, probably if I hadn’t been caught I’d be on my 200000th bank ...
- A local art group explores 'Inner Landscapes' with summer show - San Jose Mercury News
A local art group explores 'Inner Landscapes' with summer showSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 5 hours agoHer other piece in "Inner Landscapes" is an art book, blending poetry and prints into a book-like format. After realizing her interest in creating art books ...
- IN YOUR OPINION, IS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FIXED? - OpEdNews
IN YOUR OPINION, IS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FIXED?OpEdNews, PA - 3 hours agoIt is simple, like poetry, and a politician's speech, the strike zone was open to each individual umpire's interpretation. Here is a guide to the new strike ...
- KAA presents poetry and jazz - Foster's Daily Democrat
KAA presents poetry and jazzFoster's Daily Democrat, NH - 5 hours agoKITTERY, Maine — In the tradition of poetry as a form of witness to our everyday lives, the Kittery Art Association's First Tuesday Poets will read their ...
- Newark writer named Delaware Poet Laureate (Newark Post)
"These projects will come to fruition over a number of years, so I just have to plug away," she said Monday. "It's like working on a poem. I'll do 50 drafts. You figure you're going to get it, sooner or later. It might not be perfect, but you'll get something that's going to be good."
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