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- History As Bunk (Extract) - Jerusalem Post
Some wag once observed that American universities lost their way when they stopped teaching King Lear and started teaching King Kong. I know whereof the wag speaks. I teach in the English department of just such an institution. The department offers ...
- Local interest in poet Robert Frost reinvigorated - Addison County Independent
Addison County IndependentLocal interest in poet Robert Frost reinvigoratedAddison County Independent, VT - 5 hours agoAnd, following an unsuccessful search last year for a tenure-track professor of literature and poetry, the poet could well fill a current hole in the ...
- Flash of Genius - Boston Globe
"Flash of Genius" is a true-story drama about the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper. It's a very earnest movie and I don't mean to be cruel, but shouldn't we draw the line on biopics right around here? Can the life struggles of the ...
- Live music, delivered to you at your workplace! (Deccan Herald)
Prakruti, a Bangalore-based event management company, has introduced a new programme Star Lunch Box which intends to entertain employees of corporate houses, right in their cafeteria. M S Prasad of Prakruti has roped in several professional artists for performances.
- Kid Rock to ride wave of success into Detroit shows - DetNews.com
Kid Rock to ride wave of success into Detroit showsDetNews.com, MI - 6 hours agoHey, it may not be poetry, but it works. And as for the question of if the song was written for any one girl in particular, Rock isn't giving up the goods. ...
- 'Pansy Ass' Potter wants to be drag act - Metro.co.uk
Daniel Radcliffe says he wants to play a drag queen and admits he drinks vodka and Diet Coke like a 'pansy ass'. The Harry Potter child star has decided to show off a dark adult side ahead of his debut run on Broadway in Peter Shaffer's play Equus ...
- Alisha Marie Ard, Corky Hale and Nedra Wheeler - L.A. Watts Times
Alisha Marie Ard, Corky Hale and Nedra WheelerL.A. Watts Times, CA - 36 minutes agoReportedly, it’s the only magazine specifically for the prison system that showcases poetry, letters of inspiration, thoughts, comments, and opinions, ...
- Origins of festival; (The North Bay Nugget)
The Duanwu Festival originated in ancient China. There are a number of theories about its origins. Today, the most commonly accepted version relates to the death of poet Qu Yuan in 278 BC despite a number of competing theories. Qu Yuan The traditional story holds the festival [...]
- Amir Khan's Former Trainer Harrison - "Rubio Is A Cuban Amateur!" (East Side Boxing)
by James Slater - Amir Khan's former trainer, Oliver Harrison, who was unexpectedly fired by Team-Khan earlier this year, has expressed his opinion on his replacement. And what Harrison has had to say about Jorge Rubio is not at all good.
- Amelia Island Book Festival Convenes in October - The Open Press (press release)
Amelia Island Book Festival Convenes in OctoberThe Open Press (press release) - 5 hours ago... together authors of all generes including novels of nonfiction, mystery, history, adventure, Southern literature, poetry and books for young readers. ...
- Natalie Walker With You - PopMatters
Natalie Walker With YouPopMatters, IL - 7 hours agoIt’sa shame that she uses it to sing such low-grade, sixth form poetry ("You came into my life and then everything changed / Love this strong never fades… ...
- Hammershoi's decade of brilliance, before banality set in - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : There is no greater mystery than that of the sudden emergence of a great artist who later becomes sterile just as abruptly. During one decade that began in 1883, the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi painted unforgettably poetic portraits ...
- 'Remarkable, Sparkly' Liggett Wasn't Scared To Take Stand (The Tampa Tribune)
When homemaker Jane Liggett wanted to buy a house to restore in 1976, she drove through Hyde Park with a banker who couldn't believe she wanted to invest in such a blighted area.
- LaFayette unveils a new kind of school - Syracuse Post-Standard
LaFayette, NY -- LaFayette Central is opening a new type of high school this fall, but it won't be like anything students or their parents have ever seen before. This school -- which opens in September inside Grimshaw Elementary -- has no homework ...
- What's Happening for Book Lovers (The Plain Dealer)
September means that more writers can be spotted in Northeast Ohio, returning like migratory birds. Some of the exciting ones in the week ahead includes Brad Meltzer, Mary Monroe, Erin McGraw and poet Ali Kazam. Most events are free.
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