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- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people's experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston. He was 67. The predominant Palestinian poet, whose work ...
- Judge Hull Remembered - Greeneville Sun
Hundreds of family members, friends, colleagues, former employees, and fellow church members came together Friday afternoon to celebrate the life of the late Thomas Gray Hull, and reflect on his impact on their own lives. Hull, a retired U.S ...
- Penniless author sells shares in next novel - Daily Telegraph
Tao Lin's first novel Eeeee Eee Eeee is at 29,914 in the Amazon sales rankings Investors can pay $2,000 (£1,000) in return for a 10 per cent share of the royalties of Tao Lin’s as-yet-unfinished second novel. Tao posted details of his “initial ...
- Prescott College sponsors arts weekend - Prescott Daily Courier
Prescott College sponsors arts weekendPrescott Daily Courier, AZ - 3 hours agoPrescott College will showcase two days of dance, theater, poetry and creative writing events this weekend in the Granite Performing Arts Center, ...
- Visit to Salamanca like walking through poetry (Pioneer Press)
Salamanca, about 120 miles west and a little north of Madrid, is not well known in America, but to Spaniards and many other Europeans, it is a very special place.
- Cliches are a trusty friend - Guardian Blogs
Cliche gets a poor press (bad rap, lousy rep ...) but all good writing depends on this trusty friend, as I was driven to recognise recently while reading a Penguin Classics anthology of Dante in English. This is a collection of translations from ...
- Govt sacks 488 prosecutors - Daily Times
LAHORE: The Punjab government has terminated the contracts of 488 public prosecutors recruited during the previous government in the Public Prosecution Department, which was established under the Access to Justice... LAHORE: There is no place for ...
- Words and lyrics by... Billy Steinberg - The Desert Sun
Words and lyrics by... Billy SteinbergThe Desert Sun, CA - 31 minutes agoShe used to read poetry that I wrote. She felt I had a gift for words and was very complimentary at a time when not many people were looking at what I was ...
- Martin fought for gay rights - Long Beach Press-Telegram
SAN FRANCISCO - Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87. Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center ...
- Sloppy Seconds - Washington City Paper
Sloppy SecondsWashington City Paper, DC - 1 hour agoThat’s not the most refined poetry, but it’s easy to imagine the Jan Bradys the world over locking themselves in their bedrooms and putting it on repeat. ...
- Magazine to host day-long writers workshop - Desert Sun
Mary Sojourner, an author and commentator, will host "WRITE! A Desert Writers Workshop" from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 28 at The Sun Runner Magazine headquarters - 61855 29 Palms Highway in Joshua Tree. WRITE! will be an intensive all-day workshop for ...
- Once upon a time … (Guardian Unlimited)
Life & style: Summer festivals are almost over, but more family fun can be had on an autumn storytelling weekend
- Patchett, Price also part of reading series - Houston Chronicle
Novelists Ann Patchett, Richard Price and Geraldine Brooks are among literary worthies taking to the stage in coming months as the Margarett Root Brown Reading Series embarks on its 28th season. Sponsored by Inprint in association with the University ...
- A legendary voice shows communication is power - Lafayette Journal and Courier
Being able to communicate, according to actor James Earl Jones, is a lot more than merely being able to speak, read or write. While those things make communication possible, Jones told an audience at Purdue University Thursday night that ...
- Local writers offer up smorgasbord of literary offerings - Aurora Advocate
Local writers offer up smorgasbord of literary offeringsAurora Advocate, OH - Aug 13, 2008Books range from inspirational to mystery, and from sports to poetry. by Stefanie Wass Stefanie Wass of Hudson wrote an original short story that has been ...
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