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- Poetic passion: A biographer explores the friendship of a poet and a critic (Miami Herald)
WHITE HEAT: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Brenda Wineapple. Knopf. 432 pages. $27.95. On April 17, 1862, noted literary critic Thomas Wentworth Higginson received a packet of poems from a woman in Amherst, Mass. ''Are you too deeply occupied to say if my Verse is alive?'' was how Emily Dickinson opened the first of many letters to him.
- Solzhenitsyn in Search of the Russia That Always Eluded Him - New York Times
Solzhenitsyn in Search of the Russia That Always Eluded HimNew York Times, United States - 9 minutes agoJoseph Brodsky, another great literary exile, once told me that writing poetry in Russian became difficult for him in America after the language ceased to ...
- God in the Fun Machine - New Yorker
New YorkerGod in the Fun MachineNew Yorker, United States - 1 hour agoHer terse scenes are studded with startling nuggets of lyricism, and her writing commands a special kind of imaginative attention: full of clarity, poetry, ...
- I've been, like, won over - Guardian Unlimited
For some time now I have regularly writhed, inwardly howled, and, even at moments on trains when the onslaught was at its most merciless, clapped my ancient hands over my ears at the constant reiteration by young people addressing their friends or ...
- Shining 'Stars' have fun with summer learning - Plainville Citizen
Plainville CitizenShining 'Stars' have fun with summer learningPlainville Citizen, CT - 4 hours agoStudent lessons were presented via "magazines" that included articles, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. While studying the "space theme" one student was ...
- All currently running productions with summaries - Denver Post
Opening Tuesday, Oct. 14, through Oct. 26: National touring production of "The Drowsy Chaperone" This musical, at once original and nostalgic, begins when a die-hard musical fan in his lonely New York apartment. When he plays his favorite cast album ...
- List of Creative Arts Emmy winners for 60th annual awards - Canada East
List of winners in the creative arts categories of the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour): "The Simpsons: Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind," Fox ...
- After Hours: Nightspotting (Honolulu Advertiser)
FIVE TO NINE, pau hana networking, with DJs Eskae and Seeko. It's business cards time. 5-9 p.m. today, thirtyninehotel; 21/older. 599-2552.
- POLLY WANT A CRACKER? SOME BARBECUE? A BEER, MAYBE? - Asbury Park Press
— Children ages 3-6 and their older siblings are invited to the Barnegat branch of the Ocean County Library, 112 Burr St., for crafts and stories in the program, BIG SISTER/BIG BROTHER & ME. Register by calling (609) 698-3331. — A POETRY READING ...
- Hip-Hop Rumors: Detox In Dec? Nas Gives Fox Hell! - allhiphop.com
Rumors are just that rumors. If you read the news, you should know that Jimmy Iovine is still running Interscope records. On the flip side, there are a lot of rumors going on over there. I’m hearing that a lot of artists are on hold until Dr. Dre ...
- Leader of Hyde Park revitalization dies at 67 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Leader of Hyde Park revitalization dies at 67Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 13 hours agoPolitical biographies, current events, poetry, children's stories. Couches and corners are filled with stuffed animals Liggett would give away to friends ...
- Mural may get second life - Vallejo Times-Herald
When Robert Vega attends his Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, the mural is there, quietly giving him strength. Fading, covered in graffiti and often ignored by those who pass it by, Vega nonetheless sees the mural every day on the side of the building ...
- Book Recommendations For September - The Bulletin
1. Billion-Dollar Lessons by Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui. There are usually three types of business books - how-to, inspirational and biographies of business successes.
- Literary Season at 92nd Street Y (New York Times)
The Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y has announced its 2008-9 season of literary events.
- PeaceJam: Passing peace forward - Tidings
PeaceJam Foundation likes to prove that young adults do care about what older people think --- particularly adult activists who have taken great risks to change oppressive systems. So when the foundation recently brought together six Nobel Peace ...
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