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- Washington poetry: Sulu DC showcases Asian American poets - Washington Post
Washington PostWashington poetry: Sulu DC showcases Asian American poetsWashington PostThe showcase for Asian American and Pacific Islander American poets and other performers featured Vijai Nathan, a rising local stand-up comic of Indian ...The face of poetryWashington Postall 2 news articles »
- Delta Mouth Literary Festival brings nationally known writers to BR ... - Baton Rouge Advocate
The New Delta Review is a literary publication headquartered in Allen Hall at LSU. It publishes all sorts of poetry, fiction and criticism from both new voices and old. It’s an important outlet for aspiring writers as well as a forum for discussion ...
- Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' wins fiction prize in NYC - Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," winner last year of the Man Booker Prize in London, was honored Thursday night on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. The novel, set in the age of King Henry VIII, won the National Book Critics Circle Prize ...
- A Dark Matter by Peter Straub - California Literary Review
California Literary ReviewA Dark Matter by Peter StraubCalifornia Literary ReviewStraub conjures up bits of poetry and forgotten short stories (there's a riff on “The Lady or the Tiger?â€) and spins it all in a creative centrifuge along ...
- Dessa: Hip-Hop Word Warrior - NPR News
Her eyes half-closed, Minneapolis MC Dessa flowed through the rhymes off her latest album, A Badly Broken Code . Her hands moved with the rhythm, and her voice was pitch-perfect. And suddenly, the backing CD started skipping. We laughed, and she ...
- The 14th Tale - at the National Theatre (9-Feb - 14 Mar) - GlobalPost
I’m from a long line of trouble makers, of ash skinned Africans, born with clenched fists and a natural thirst for battle, only quenched by breast milk. The 14th Tale is a free-flowing narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born ...
- Albums of the Decade: 2000-2009 - Impact Magazine
Impact MagazineAlbums of the Decade: 2000-2009Impact MagazineWith lyrics as poetry, laid on top of a driving bass and guitars, Antics is no less than a majestic cult classic. Soh Stephanie There's such a well achieved ...and more »
- Quiz of the decade - The Australian
Quiz of the decadeThe Australian10 Ruth Padel, the first woman elected professor of poetry at the University of Oxford, resigned nine days after winning the job this year. Why? ...
- Facebook shown to increase jealousy in relationships - Windsor Star
Be careful when you surf Facebook, or your relationship status may go from "married" to "it's complicated," researchers warn. The more time you spend on the social networking site, the more likely you are to feel jealous, according to a study from ...
- I've dreamed of this for 20 years - Evesham Journal
I've dreamed of this for 20 yearsEvesham JournalI used to write a lot of poetry because I worked long hours as an electrical engineer, but saw the opportunity when I retired. “I kept putting it off but I ...
- Finding wisdom in the natural world - Northfield News (subscription)
Finding wisdom in the natural worldNorthfield News (subscription)The book is the first collection of poetry that Weis has published. Its writing mirrors the structure and format of the Tao Te Ching itself. ...
- Walla Walla events to help women's shelter - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
Walla Walla events to help women's shelterMid Columbia Tri City HeraldBy the Herald staff WALLA WALLA -- A five-day fundraiser for the Walla Walla HelpLine Women's Shelter will feature an art exhibit and auction, poetry ...and more »
- Faith in the hard times - Anderson Independent-Mail
When Gene Fehler’s sister, Janice, learned she was dying of lung cancer in the summer of 2004, he thought her happiness would fade away, that she’d not have any reason to smile again. After all, she’d just lost her husband to cancer the year ...
- Party to honor New Hope's father - phillyBurbs.com
Party to honor New Hope's fatherphillyBurbs.comParry was a true example of the Pisces sign's characteristics as demonstrated by his romantic poems and letters to his beloved wife, Jane. ...and more »
- Children's book doctor: Julia Eccleshare answers your queries - The Guardian
The GuardianChildren's book doctor: Julia Eccleshare answers your queriesThe GuardianAlthough poetry publishing for children has been slimmed down in the last few years, John Agard, Roger McGough, Michael Rosen and Grace Nichols all write ...
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