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- The Enchantress of Florence, By Salman Rushdie (Independent)
Salman Rushdie has long been adept at fusing fantasy and realism, pulling off spectacular narrative flights of fancy. In The Enchantress of Florence, in order to wriggle out of trouble, a mysterious visitor to the Mughal court gives account of himself, thereby giving the novelist a way into his own Florentine romance. Despite the ensuing tales of sorcery, superstition, imaginary lovers and a ...
- Fatima Bhutto: Breaking free of the dynasty (CNN.com)
At 25-years-old, Fatima Bhutto is eligible to become prime minister of Pakistan.
- Reuters Entertainment Summary (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Chris Rock testifies in Hollywood wiretap case
- Flowers in Philly
Courier-Post - South Jersey's favorite punk/poet, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith, will return to Rowan University, featuring an acoustic performance mixing work from Smith's musical career and her writings, and a poetry reading from Janet Hamill
- The man who wasn't Blair - Guardian
The man who wasn't BlairGuardian, UK - 2 hours agoWho is behind the poem, based on the quatrain by US poet Hughes Mearns? Alan Duncan, the shadow business secretary, couldn't resist checking out his ...
- Co-Founder Suspends Book Awards Support (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A corporate co-founder of the Quills, people's choice book awards that were started three years ago and aimed to combine "populist sensibility" with "Hollywood-style glitz," announced Monday that it will "suspend" support.
- Price Is Right, Indoors And Out, For These Events - Hartford Courant
Hartford CourantPrice Is Right, Indoors And Out, For These EventsHartford Courant, United States - 14 hours ago... (and even free) activities for adults, families and children in the region, ranging from concerts and hikes to poetry readings and theater productions. ...
- UM Sets Semester Theme On 'Energy Futures' - WWJ
UM Sets Semester Theme On 'Energy Futures'WWJ, MI - 2 hours agoA writing contest entitled "Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?" will ask students to write fiction, nonfiction, poetry or drama about experiences with ...
- Mohammed Hassanein Heikal and Omm Kolthoum celebra - Egypt Today
The death of a writer means only one thing to his readers: a spring run dry. The death of a writer means an end to a font of imagination, emotions and knowledge. But the death of Naguib Mahfouz is something else. To his readers and professional ...
- Saying goodbye to two long-time production companies - Contra Costa Times
Saying goodbye to two long-time production companiesContra Costa Times, CA - 2 hours agoDAE also plans to have an after-hours cabaret, an open-mike evening that will alternate between comedy, poetry, and music, a one-act play festival, ...
- 'Oscar Wao' and 'Brother, I'm Dying' Win Book Critics Circle Awards - Washington Post
St. Louis Post-Dispatch'Oscar Wao' and 'Brother, I'm Dying' Win Book Critics Circle AwardsWashington Post, United States - 1 hour agoThe poetry award went to Mary Jo Bang for "Elegy," and the criticism winner was Alex Ross's "The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century. ...Junot Diaz, Edwidge Danticat Win National Book Critics Awards BloombergNational Briefing | Books National Book Critics Circle Awards New York TimesDiaz wins National Book Critics Award for 'Oscar Wao' USA TodayReutersall 15 news articles
- Defunct Books a dream come true - Iowa City Press Citizen
Defunct Books a dream come trueIowa City Press Citizen, IA - 12 hours agoAlthough he has books from almost any genre, he said he carries a lot of poetry and religious studies novels, because they reflect his interests from school ...
- Georgia Tech President to Lead Smithsonian
New York Times - Clough has sought to emphasize the humanities, establishing two endowed chairs in poetry. ... The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian , W.
- ShowBuzz by Christina Kennedy - ArtslinkNews
ShowBuzz by Christina KennedyArtslinkNews, South Africa - 3 hours agoIt was only upon checking out his website that I discovered that he’s also a dab hand at writing poetry and short stories. You can never escape the beach ...
- Choirs perform for elementary students (Albert Lea Tribune)
Southwest Middle School eighth-grade choir and the Southwest Blue Skies Show Choir performed several musical selections at Hawthorne Elementary and Lakeview Elementary schools the morning of April 3. The performance “tour” gave the choirs an opportunity to perform and to show elementary students two music programs that are available to middle school students.
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