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- Writing when the sky opens (The Daily Iowan)
Hemingway wrote that violent death is one of the simplest things to write about, and author/poet Forrest Gander agrees. Instead of taking that easier path, Gander challenged himself to write at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum -the complexities of love and relationships, and his début novel As a Friend was born.
- Missiles Fired On Sderot - The Bulletin
Jerusalem - A missile was fired Sunday at Sderot by Palestinians in Gaza into an open area inside the city, causing a fire to break out in a thorn field. A man, a woman and a child went into shock and were taken to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon ...
- Editor's Notebook - Washington Technology
Editor's NotebookWashington Technology, DC - 7 hours agoBy David Hubler The online item of Washington Technology this week that In-Q-Tel, CIA’s investment arm, made an undisclosed investment in Lingotek, ...
- Axis Company to Present 'East 10th Street' Starting 11/6 - Broadway World
Axis Company to Present 'East 10th Street' Starting 11/6Broadway World, NY - 3 hours agoAs a playwright, many of Oliver's plays have been staged at La MaMa and other downtown NYC theatres, including The Seven Year Vacation, The Poetry Killer, ...
- A traveler finds a home at SU - Winchester Star
Winchester — Tracy Fitzsimmons lives by three basic tenets and one tradition. Always help people move. Always pick someone up or drop him off. Always buy something from children selling something. But only if they ask nicely. The tradition: At each ...
- Author, 93, blows book proceeds on massive house...and invites 'unhappy' care home friends to move in (Daily Mail: World News)
A 93-year-old woman has blown the proceeds of her first book on a large house so she could invite her friends - who are miserable in care homes - to move in with her.
- UCLA summer program strengthens writing skills for Korean students - PressZoom (press release)
UCLA summer program strengthens writing skills for Korean studentsPressZoom (press release), Netherlands - 2 hours ago15 with an "Author's Cafe" during which students will recite and perform poetry, provides 25 hours of reading and writing curriculum per week to the ...
- A FEAST FOR THE YEARS - New York Post
We're so inundated with pictures that we sometimes forget what it's like to only imagine. To build in our head the moments described by a voice in the dark. I've been dreaming a lot of history lately, thanks to a five CD set out this week called "100 ...
- Grave Dispute Opens Wounds From Spanish Civil War (Fox News)
Relatives of those shot and killed along with poet Federico Garcia Lorca have petitioned to have their mass grave exhumed, despite the protestations from Lorca's family.
- Palestinian ‘Poet of Conscience’ Dies at 67 (St. Petersburg Times)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people’s experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston. He was 67.
- Laura Bush takes time to visit, give grant to young people (The Greenville News)
First Lady Laura Bush visited the Carl Sandburg home and farm in Flat Rock and announced a $50,000 grant to aid youth education programs at the park.
- Writer's appetizer: After warming up with publications, Missoula woman ... - Missoulian
Since taking a writers' workshop through the Christian Writers Guild, Rachel Neal's work has been published in “Chicken Soup for the Woman Golfer's Soul†and “Chicken Soup for the Soul in Menopause.†Neal recently finished writing her first ...
- Scenes From a Fair - New York Times Blogs
Having blogged about the hidden treasures being offered at New York State fairs this summer, I brought the family to the very fine Dutchess County Fair in Rhinebeck. Below are a few (iPhone) snapshots. First, a tattooed man, on view for all, for free ...
- FOR THE BETTER AND VERSE - Screen Weekly
FOR THE BETTER AND VERSEScreen Weekly, India - 1 hour agoHiccupping through two decades of overcooked jargon, fake simile, much formula and rot, the song now returns to poetry. ‘How a song reads’ stirs up as much ...
- Still sprightly, M.F. Husain celebrates 93rd birthday (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS)) When he was in college, he was Fida. And friends swooned over him.
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