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- Watch Captain Corelli author in action - Evening News Norwich
He's best known for writing about Captain Corelli's Mandolin - but yesterday the best-selling novel's author delighted fans by playing the instrument himself in a Norfolk village A performance by novelist Louis de Bernieres and the Antonius Players ...
- Grad earns top award for poetry dissertation (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Michael Chasar, who recently earned his Ph.D. in English, won the Council of Graduate Schools/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award.
- 'World's worst poems' at auction - BBC News
BBC News'World's worst poems' at auctionBBC News, UK - 28 minutes agoAlex Dove, from auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull, said: "Poetry didn't really come to him until I think he was 47 and the voices in his head told him that he'd ...
- Emotional see-saw - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldEmotional see-sawSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour ago"Performers use a combination of languages from visual arts, dance and poetry. In one scene, children rearrange model houses while, in another, ...
- 33 1/3: Patti Smith's Horses - Popmatters.com
One of the most vivid and enduring products of that most exciting time and place in American popular music—New York City in the latter half of the 1970s—Patti Smith’s 1975 debut album Horses is unquestionably among the most academic of all ...
- WEIRDNESS A FRINGE BENEFIT AT MIDTOWN FEST - New York Post
THE International Fringe Festival may get the lion's share of attention around here, but don't discount its Midtown rival, now quietly entering its ninth season. Kicking off tonight and running through Aug. 3, this year's Midtown International ...
- Latest Reviews: July 3, 2008 - LA City Beat
Latest Reviews: July 3, 2008LA City Beat, CA - 37 minutes agoSuspenseful but tiresomely withholding in hopes of a shock ending, Tornatore’s movie works to earn our tension and assumes our emotions are free. ...
- 'Modern hermit' Kay Ryan the next U.S. poet laureate - Chicago Sun-Times
NEW YORK — Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described ‘‘modern hermit,’’ will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical ...
- The Myths of Red and Blue States - New York Times Blogs
Readers of this blog might be interested in a new book on electoral politics set to arrive in bookstores at the end of summer. Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State by Andrew Gelman — my colleague in Columbia University’s political ...
- At poetry events, words are meant to be heard - Belmont Citizen-Herald
At poetry events, words are meant to be heardBelmont Citizen-Herald, MA - 9 minutes agoJackson, 25, of Medway, said slams and other poetry events also have a social aspect, and have become a way for those who love literature and performance to ...
- Baghdad’s Other Power Struggle - Truthdig
TruthdigBaghdad’s Other Power StruggleTruthdig, United States - 1 hour ago“The power supply is really bad,” said al-Farji, a judge who loves old Arabic poetry. “We barely get any power from the city, and the power we have from the ...
- Milford Library News for Monday, June 23, 2008 - Milford Daily News
Milford Library News for Monday, June 23, 2008Milford Daily News, USA - 2 hours agoThey are customarily given in the following categories: Fiction, Poetry, Picture Book, and Nonfiction. This year the judges also awarded a Special Citation. ...
- Concerts (Stamford Advocate)
POP/ROCK Los Straitjackets, Turning Point, 9 p.m. tomorrow A surf-rock band that wears wrestling masks?
- Poetry in Motion Makes Way for Train of Thought - Gothamist
GothamistPoetry in Motion Makes Way for Train of ThoughtGothamist, NY - 33 minutes agoThe MTA's Poetry in Motion program, which features bits of poetry on the "Subtalk" posters in subway cars, has expanded its offerings to include quotes from ...
- 48 poets will be selected for Million's Poet contest - Khaleej Times
48 poets will be selected for Million's Poet contestKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 53 minutes agoThe judges include Sultan Al Amini, UAE writer and specialist in Nabati poetry, history and culture; Turki Al Murikhi, Saudi Arabian publisher and organiser ...
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