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- Rediscovering Aenid, the epic of the West - Daily Telegraph
There is a superb exhibition at the British Library at the moment based on the great Indian national epic, the Ramayana. On display are illustrated manuscripts in the possession of the library, showing the wanderings and adventures of Rama, the ...
- V V: Poet beyond nature (Business Standard India)
The poet Cavafy is able to hear 'the secret sound of approaching events'. "C P Cavafy is a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe. His arms extended … he is going either from his flat to the office, or from his office to his flat.
- Arts evening - Bray People
Arts eveningBray People, Ireland - May 9, 2008This month promises to bring some humour alongside poetry reading and music. This month's Bray Arts evening will have its monthly meeting on the second ...
- Party fools forced into poetry class - Columbus Dispatch
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using The Road ...
- WOOD BOOK REVIEW: St. Paul poet Margaret Hasse writes about stuff ... - Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
WOOD BOOK REVIEW: St. Paul poet Margaret Hasse writes about stuff ...Coon Rapids ECM Publishers, MN - 5 hours agoHere’sa prose poem that reminded me of my late mother: “Soir de Paris or Evening in Paris started to be sold in the 1920s as an inexpensive perfume. ...
- The art of Al Purdy - Ottawa Citizen
The art of Al PurdyOttawa Citizen, Canada - 37 minutes agoHis poem At the Quinte Hotel showed readers the beauty in a bar fight and left them feeling sad, not from the violence, but because poetry won't buy "beers ...
- Romeo and Juliet, Open Air Theatre Regent's Park, London - Independent
Romeo and Juliet, Open Air Theatre Regent's Park, LondonIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoAs one might expect, such a Mercutio is a stranger to poetry – the Queen Mab speech is shouted in an offhand manner, with more emphasis on Pearce's running ...
- AP Top News at 7:00 p.m. EDT (The Washington Times)
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois sealed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation's first black president. A defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket. Obama's victory set up a five-month campaign with Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a race ...
- Jackson's Infinity group plans for more than just a restaurant (The Marion Star)
Stanley Jackson is not only looking to give all he has on the indoor field, but he is looking to give back to the community with his new downtown restaurant called the Infinity Restaurant.
- Prince working on book to be published in the fall (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Prince the musical auteur is becoming an author. "21 Nights," a "photographic essay" that offers "a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics, and mystique" of the maker of such hits as "1999" and "Purple Rain," will be published worldwide come fall, according to Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The book, his first, is based on Prince's 21 sold-out concerts in as many nights at London's O2 ...
- WBKO Hometown Hero - WBKO
18 year old avid photographer Clyde Calloway is the president of the school choir and a member of the drama club and Kentucky School of the Arts. The most recent organization he's joined is the Gay Straight Alliance. "A lot of people have joined ...
- Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah! - Daily Telegraph
Leonard Cohen is one of the most charismatic voices of our age - and wrote one of its greatest songs. As financial hardship forces his return to the stage, Neil McCormick celebrates a remarkable song and a remarkable man The wit, warmth and wisdom of ...
- Life's lessons hard - Sydney Morning Herald
The classic recovery trajectory, says actor Samuel Johnson, includes a few "slips". "They don't tend to say relapse any more," he explains, rolling a cigarette with slightly trembling fingers outside a cafe on Acland Street in St Kilda, a Melbourne ...
- Homage to Pasternak, With Piano and Poetry - Washington Post
Washington PostHomage to Pasternak, With Piano and PoetryWashington Post, United States - 2 hours agoThe dacha of Boris Pasternak, who won the 1958 Nobel Prize for his novel "Doctor Zhivago," draws devotees on the anniversary of his death, in 1960. ...
- Massive Laughs, Tiny Tent - This is London
Massive Laughs, Tiny TentThis is London, UK - 5 hours agoOn the positive side, Latitude's poetry tent was a great place to dip into. One could usually get inside and poetry lends itself to quick bites between ...
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