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- New poet laureate has Southern Indiana roots (The Indianapolis Star)
JASPER An author who writes about his youth in the Southern Indiana city of Jasper and his German heritage has been named the state's second poet laureate.
- Chicago's Tony haul - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago's Tony haulChicago Sun-Times, United States - 1 hour ago(ANSWER: Thunderous) As expected, “August,” which puts a literate, sharply comic, decidedly Jerry Springer-like edge on a dysfunctional family, nabbed the ...
- Historical anti-slavery speech the subject of July 4th celebration (Oakland Tribune)
n Alternative celebration will set to music famed anti-slavery proclamation
- Boston Daily - Boston Magazine
Boston MagazineBoston DailyBoston Magazine, United States - 1 hour agoAren’t all poetry slams part live theater? Find out how SLAMBoston incorporates the theater and spoken poetry at the Boston Center for the Arts. This entry ...
- Home-grown virtuosos - Chicago Tribune
HAVANA - Without saying a word, teenager Yamile Cruz seats herself at the grand piano, places her slender fingers on the keyboard and, after a brief pause, unleashes a torrent of sound one might expect from a virtuoso twice her age and size. Though ...
- Al-Azhar University, Cairo University, and the Sorbonne - guardian.co.uk
Al-Azhar University, Cairo University, and the Sorbonneguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago... of On Pre-Islamic Poetry, which called into question the historical accuracy of the Qur'an. He was acquitted, but the book was temporarily banned. ...
- Does This Make Me Look Old? - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Does This Make Me Look Old?Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 31 minutes agoThat's why healthy academic retirees often go into something new: spying, drumming, tutoring, poetry writing, hectoring the powerful. You're never too old, ...
- Zorba the Israeli - Haaretz.com
"I expect nothing. I fear nothing. I am free," reads the epitaph on the grave of Nikos Kazantzakis, located in a cemetery in Heraklion on the island of Crete. Kazantzakis, of "Zorba the Greek" fame, is not merely an author, poet, translator, and ...
- Kambiz Derambakhsh: A Peace Loving and Poetical Cartoonist - Payvand Iran News
Kambiz Derambakhsh is a cartoonist whose work delights the viewers while at the same time makes them think. A native of Shiraz, the city of love and poetry in central Iran, he is one of Iran's most prominent caricaturists. He is well known ...
- The 3-minute interview: Joan Deacon (The Washington Examiner)
Joan Deacon, senior librarian at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, has worked in libraries since 1972 - leaving the public library system for the prison library system in 1994. Last year, the American Jail Association named her the national Civilian Employee of the Year and Montgomery County named her a "Woman of Distinction" for her work encouraging inmates to read.
- 'All In The Family' boss honoured (Jam! Showbiz)
TV producer Norman Lear and author Maya Angelou will be the 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award, which honours artists whose leadership benefits humanity.
- One book, many eyes - Rome News-Tribune
One book, many eyesRome News-Tribune, GA - 5 hours agoSo far he’s piled up 17 books (including poetry and short story collections) and also dabbles in comedy and music. The author will be in Floyd County to ...
- Nature fest a hit - Shetland News
Nature fest a hitShetland News, UK - 4 hours agoA very popular poetry evening in Shetland library had 60 people attending to hear members of the isles' dialect group Shetland ForWirds read about the ...
- - Rachel Barnard - Sarasota (51 Lines) (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
In eighth grade I promised myself I would become valedictorian and read a speech at graduation. At Booker High I studied with bright students, took honors and AP classes, took part in extra-curricular activites, was involved in the community, and improved my skills on violin and piano in VPA Music, all while writing poetry.
- 'Cultural Amnesia' Anew - New York Sun
'Cultural Amnesia' AnewNew York Sun, United States - 2 hours agoIts definition of civilization includes science and religion, poetry and history, art and music, humor and gravitas. Mr. Johnson is the editor of Standpoint ...
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