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- Artists brought to book (Independent)
When Hitchcock wanted a weird shot in one of his films, he would tell his camera crew it was for a dream sequence. A similar principle applies if you want to do something a bit creative with a book. You can get away with almost anything – wild typography, oddly shaped pages, wordless images – if you call it a children's book. But if you want to make a book for adults, forget it.
- Did Bush ask Scott McClellan to lie -- or didn't he? - Salon
Former press secretary Scott McClellan says someone in the Bush administration made him spread "false information" about Plame-gate to the press. Time for Congress to ask tough questions. Editor's note: This article has been updated since it was ...
- Wisdom comes from strange places in Hoffman’s poetry - Somerville News
Wisdom comes from strange places in Hoffman’s poetrySomerville News, MA - 35 minutes agoI’m no scholar and I respond to poetry on a very gut and emotional level. So a poem like “Summer Job” speaks to me. It brings out my sense of longing: for ...
- Johnny Byrne: Writer of feelgood TV dramas - The Independent
Johnny Byrne was a hugely prolific and successful writer for British television, but the Dublin tenement where he grew up, during the Depression and Second World War, was a thousand miles from the rural backdrops to the popular, feelgood television ...
- Magical tour of a Japanese Garden - Gulf Daily News
Magical tour of a Japanese GardenGulf Daily News, Bahrain - 4 hours agoThe stage show forms part of the ongoing Spring of Culture dance, music, poetry and arts festival that continues until next week and is aimed at children ...
- New School gives freedom to explore - Delaware Online
At The New School in Newark, students don't get homework or take tests. In fact, they can study whatever subjects interest them whenever they want -- or do nothing for long stretches. The private school's democratic system is a polar opposite of the ...
- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: Arvidson '08 merges poetry, prose, memory in senior thesis (The Dartmouth)
While the rest of Dartmouth is sleeping off a late night of partying or studying, Valerie Arvidson '08 is hard at work on her first novel. Arvidson, a creative writing major and anthropology minor, has tentatively titled her senior thesis "Eleven," a 'multimedia novel' that incorporates her various interests and talents.
- Tracking Olympic Torch Relay, PEN Poem Relay lands in North America - Canada NewsWire (press release)
Tracking Olympic Torch Relay, PEN Poem Relay lands in North AmericaCanada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 1 hour agoTORONTO, April 8 /CNW/ - Raising awareness of rights violations in China through poetry, the PEN Poem Relay is crossing the globe, touching down in North ...
- Judging the Worth (The News & Observer)
Lots of poets have written about their experiences with mental illness, but few have written about the effect a breakdown has on other family members. The anthology "Living in Storms" considers manic-depression from all facets: those who suffer, the children of those afflicted, and those who keep the family together when a loved one experiences mental illness.
- iUniverse Helps Authors 'Be Read. Go Green.' - eReleases (press release)
iUniverse Helps Authors 'Be Read. Go Green.'eReleases (press release), MD - 1 hour agoiUniverse offers a variety of publishing services to help individuals publish, market, and sell fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books. ...
- Student shows his poetic side
Glasgow Daily Times - GLASGOW — Daniel Dawalt can trace the inspiration for his poetry to one man – Robert Frost. “My favorite poem by Frost was ‘Fire and Ice,’” he said. Since having to memorize that poem in seventh grade, Dawalt, 19, has written more than ...
- Celebrate National Library Week at Kalihi-Palama Library - Honolulu Advertiser
Celebrate National Library Week at Kalihi-Palama LibraryHonolulu Advertiser, HI - Apr 4, 2008April 16, 3 pm – 4:30 pm: "Teen Craft: Make Your Own Journal" – All participants can enter to win a copy of "The Princess Diaries" signed by author Meg ...
- Campaigning here, Clinton goes over Culinary’s head - Las Vegas Sun
Sen. Hillary Clinton campaigns Thursday in a largely Hispanic Las Vegas neighborhood represented by Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen, who is backing her. Just beneath the smiles and the hugs and the flash of cameras, Sen. Hillary Clinton played in-your-face ...
- Saddam Hussein praised with birthday songs - News.com.au
SUNNI Arab supporters of Saddam Hussein have marked the anniversary of the executed Iraqi dictator's birth with poems and songs of praise by his grave in his native village of Awja. A few dozen Saddam relatives and loyalists today participated in a ...
- On the go? Check out free book downloads from library (Detroit Free Press)
Downloading an audiobook from your local library is gaining popularity as a free, convenient way to enjoy the latest best seller while dodging traffic on the way to work or sweating through a gym workout.
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