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- Wesley Willis's Joyrides - San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Willis's JoyridesSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 2 hours ago"I would call it spoken word or poetry set to music," Shively says. "To me, his observations are some of the most creative, funny and tragic stories that ...
- Book notes Berkeley's early history as a haven for artists and unconventional souls (The Sacramento Bee)
Berkeley of the 1960s invented nothing with its free thinkers, free spirits and free love. The locals had been partaking of illegal substances, experimenting with religion, practicing anarchy, living communally and wearing crazy-looking clothes long before then. Xavier Martinez, right, on the faculty of the California School of Arts and Crafts in Berkeley, paints a portrait of author Jack ...
- I hate my life - why can't I be like other boys my own age? - Mail on Sunday
I hate my life - why can't I be like other boys my own age?Mail on Sunday, UK - Apr 11, 2008I've been the mother of two teenage children and, don't forget, I was once one myself - mooching about my bedroom painting, writing sad, bad poetry, ...
- PS FROM (RED) - Huffington Post
PS FROM (RED)Huffington Post, NY - 6 hours agoIt will be a dark day for me when internet access pervades the friendly skies. I read poetry on airplanes. It's one of the few times when I can slip ...
- 'The Plague of Doves' by Louise Erdrich - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
'The Plague of Doves' by Louise ErdrichSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 2 hours agoPeopled by American Indians, French and German settlers and their mixed-blood descendants (Erdrich is one), the stories take place on an Ojibwe reservation, ...
- South Asian domestic abuse victims tell their stories - Northwest Asian Weekly
Northwest Asian WeeklySouth Asian domestic abuse victims tell their storiesNorthwest Asian Weekly, WA - 19 minutes agoThey shared their stories of abuse and survival through various forms of expression such as movement, visual art, spoken word and poetry. ...
- Russia Under German Ground - Russia Profile
Russia Under German GroundRussia Profile, Russia - 1 hour agoBerlin has an increasingly active Russia-language slam poetry scene. “We’ve been trying to establish contact and do some projects in common with the ...
- An Extraordinary Cultural Happening - Cuba Headlines
An Extraordinary Cultural HappeningCuba Headlines, Cuba - 10 hours agoSamuel Feijoo’s immense creative work —in poetic and narrative prose and among the best verses of Cuban poetry— is turned into visual, pictorial images. ...
- Poetic Preservation - TheDay
Poetic PreservationTheDay, CT - 1 hour agoMuch of his work makes specific reference to the land around his home, including a poem called“Two Trees,'' which describes a large split oak tree that ...
- Britney Spears Case Won't Move To Federal Court; Plus Miley Cyrus, Amy Winehouse, Perez Hilton, Bono & More, In For ... (MTV Music Television)
Britney Spears' self-proclaimed lawyer was unsuccessful in getting a case heard in federal court on the singer's behalf.
- Kids shun TV and reach for a book
Raising Kids - The NFER report was published to coincide with World Book Day although, ironically, for the first time ever, children say they prefer comics to storybooks. One area which continues to decline is poetry with just 52% of today's nine ...
- Pastor offers views in book (The Pratt Tribune)
David Crisp didn't start out to be a writer. Maybe that's why a soon-to-be-released book was eight years in the writing. He didn't start out to be a minister either - he was a farmer for several years and deputy sheriff in Kiowa County for two. In 1991 his life changed course - he sold the farm, moved his family to Haviland and earned a degree from Barclay College. In 1993 he moved to central ...
- Events in Connecticut - New York Times
Events in ConnecticutNew York Times, United States - Mar 7, 2008HARTFORD Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts “Hot Chocolate Soul,” comedy and poetry backed by a band. Friday at 9 pm $24. Rossini’s “La Cenerentola,” ...
- In Search of Medieval Britain, BBC4 Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press, BBC4 Inside the Medieval Mind, BBC4 Pushing ... (Independent)
Everyone makes free with the medieval period. It's a smash-and-grab raid. Cervantes, Rossetti, Wagner and Tolkien all took whatever they fancied, be it a see-through nightie or a chunky goblet. Then there's Camelot , the Star Wars franchise, the cod-cassock fiction genre of monkish sleuths, Dungeons and Dragons, drip-dry goth daywear, and family-friendly jousting. And then vertiginously far ...
- N.Y. officials select state author and poet for 2008-2010
Poughkeepsie Journal - Mary Gordon, a novelist who’s written extensively on Irish-American family life, single motherhood and female identity, was ... The state laureates will promote poetry and fiction writing through public events.
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