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- Dead author's estate snatches child's domain - The Register
A British couple has lost the battle to keep the narnia.mobi domain name which they claimed was only registered so that their son could have a Narnia-related email address. The address will transfer to a company representing CS Lewis's estate ...
- A Familiar Face - Egypt Today
IT’S NOT EVERY DAY that a recognized expert in his or her field —and a tenured professor to boot — leaves California’s prestigious Stanford University to take up a post at the American University in Cairo. But Joel Beinin, AUC’s new ...
- Sean Connery's memoirs no "kiss and tell" (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
By Ian MacKenzie
- Theatre forum for youngsters - Liverpool Echo
Theatre forum for youngstersLiverpool Echo, UK - 3 hours agoMore than 20 youngsters have been working with hip-hop group Urbeatz to fuse hip-hop, spoken word, masks and poetry. Tessa Buddle of 20 Stories High said: ...
- Small in stature, huge in heart (Journal Inquirer)
Kiriakos “Keith” Papapanos spent his life overcoming the odds, beating death so many times doctors began to refer to him as “Lazarus.” Now, two weeks after succumbing to liver failure, his family and friends are still finding gifts he left behind for him as they prepare for a life without Keith.
- Book Review: The Last Of The Angels by Fadhil al-Azzawi (Blogcritics.org)
A beautiful book that does the seemingly impossible of holding humans up to ridicule while exalting their potential simultaneously. Satire is a delicate matter, or at least it should be. Far too often satire seems to be confused with farce for some reason, which is sort of like confusing a chain saw with the delicate touch of a surgeon's scalpel. It's true that both will cut close to the bone, ...
- Ronnie Drew: Lead singer of the Dubliners - The Independent
With his huge bushy beard, trademark gravelly voice and a gift for stripping a song down to its soul, Ronnie Drew was one of Ireland's musical heroes. He was a founder member of the folk group the Dubliners, whose charismatic stage presence and ...
- Orange church hosts women's conference - Beaumont Enterprise
Orange church hosts women's conferenceBeaumont Enterprise, tx - 7 hours agoShe also has written a book of poetry, "Off in a Distance." At 3 pm Saturday, the conference will continue with the Rev. Carolyn McCall, pastor of Salem ...Church news 8/9 Lufkin Daily Newsall 2 news articles
- Artscape offers tantalising fare - ArtslinkNews
Artscape offers tantalising fareArtslinkNews, South Africa - 21 hours agoOver the next two weeks, the Artscape Theatre Centre offers a smorgasbord of tantalising fare including drama, a musical, contemporary dance, poetry and ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - Times Daily
A Palestinian presidential aide says that renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died. Darwish died at a hospital in Houston following complications from an open heart surgery, according to Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for Palestinian ...
- Winners Announced for First-Ever AFL-CIO Online Video Competition - Forbes
The "Young Activist" was selected amongst participants ages 14-25. Participants were asked to submit online videos in any form that answered the question of how to turn around America. Entries included poetry, original songs, cartoons and other ...
- BENEFITS - Catholic New World
Catholic Charities Golf Invitational: July 23, breakfast, lunch, dinner, silent/live auctions, 18 holes of golf; in Lemont, at Cog Hill and Ruffled Feathers clubs; chance to “Beat the Cub,” former pitcher Fergie Jenkins; and chance to “Beat the ...
- Writers' rooms: David Harsent - guardian.co.uk
Writers' rooms: David Harsentguardian.co.uk, UK - 45 minutes agoI go to and fro between the two tables when I'm writing poetry or libretti: pen first, then laptop, then back to the writing-table with the printed text ...
- The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing - The Age
The Oxford Book of Modern Science WritingThe Age, Australia - 1 hour agoAlso included is a smattering of poetry. "Science should inspire great poetry, but scientists have published disappointingly few poems," laments Dawkins. ...
- Former PEI poet laureate dies - CBC.ca
CBC.caFormer PEI poet laureate diesCBC.ca, Canada - 6 hours agoHe authored several books, both fiction and poetry, including The Taste of Water, Island Sketchbook and The North Shore of Home. ...
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