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- The sixth annual Altered Barbie art show (San Francisco Chronicle)
Barbie is the ultimate cougar. She's single, frolics with younger men and, at 49 years old, doesn't look a day over 17. That is, until she's altered. "She's sexy. But the concept of altering Barbie, of turning her into a piece of art, brings it into the realm...
- August Kleinzahler's ugly gifts - Times Online
The monstrous “Semitrailers strain[ing] their axles” as they “take the long curve / Over warehouses and lofts” to pour their guts into Manhattan, clog “the city’s shimmering membrane” with “tons of dead lamb / Bone and flesh and offal ...
- Genome race and climate change vision vie for science book prize - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukGenome race and climate change vision vie for science book prizeguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoHaving studied English at Oxford and medieval Welsh poetry at Aberystwyth Hague said she was drafted in as a representative of the lay reader. ...
- Roll-a-rama: Beverly's Hanwell a true Special Olympics champion - Beverly Citizen
Roll-a-rama: Beverly's Hanwell a true Special Olympics championBeverly Citizen, United States - 1 hour agoShe also writes poetry, some for college and some in her spare time.” Sandy figures that Alyssa was diagnosed with Williams Syndrome when she was 6 or 7 ...
- England v South Africa - LIVE (Guardian Unlimited)
Can England turn the screw against the tourists on day two of the first Test? Find out with Andy Bull
- Summer reads - Raleigh News & Observer
Kathryn Stripling Byer Throughout the summer, we will share reader's picks for their summer reading. Share your pick at share.triangle.com/bookclub . Kathryn Stripling Byer, North Carolina's poet laureate, offers her picks for summer reads. Catch up ...
- The conundrum of Slessor's sixth bell - Examiner
The conundrum of Slessor's sixth bellExaminer, Australia - Jun 4, 2008"Not only does it have working sketches, but all sorts of reflections on Slessor, poetry in general, practical issues about working on the mural, ...
- Hometown homage - Guardian Unlimited
There's a wonderful line from Guy Maddin's tragicomic 2003 film The Saddest Music In The World, which states, "Sadness is just happiness turned on its ass." If Maddin were to use this to describe his latest film, the autobiographical My Winnipeg, let ...
- Young poet finds inspiration in family - Louisville Courier-Journal
Young poet finds inspiration in familyLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 10 minutes agoCarol Mauriello, president of the poetry society, judged the contest and agreed, saying August has "a sense for poetic form and even ambiguity. ...
- China's Princelings Embrace The Limelight - Sin Chew Jit Poh
Sin Chew Jit PohChina's Princelings Embrace The LimelightSin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia - 5 hours agoThe book is a collection of whimsical - if not exactly patriotic - poetry and illustrations. The image is that of a youth who is interested in the things ...
- WHITE-WALKER: Real men read poetry - Lockport Union-Sun
Just because one has written professionally for over 40 years, people get the silly notion that I know something about writing. Imagine, as if 40 plus years is near enough time to perfect one’s craft. What do they think; it’s all about instant ...
- Galgut delivers the goods - Mail & Guardian Online
Galgut delivers the goodsMail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 2 hours agoHere he is supposed to write some poetry and get rid of a sea of weeds that is lapping at the steps of the back stoep. He has a solitary male neighbour in a ...
- Poetry helps heal veteran’s WWII wounds - The Register-Guard
Poetry helps heal veteran’s WWII woundsThe Register-Guard, OR - 7 minutes agoNever mind that it had been more than half a century since he’d enlisted after Pearl Harbor as an 18-year-old kid from Chicago. “I was angry at civilians ...
- FSC student is poetry finalist - Fitchburg pride
FSC student is poetry finalistFitchburg pride, NJ - 1 hour agoA Fitchburg State College student was recently named a finalist in the first annual Worcester County Poetry Association College Poetry Competition. ...
- Power of Psalms - Tuscaloosa News
The collection of essays by 14 contemporary poets in 'Poets on the Psalms' grapples with the magnificent poetry of the Book of Psalms as it speaks to the modern reader. Ranging from scholarly analysis to the deeply personal, the essays show the power ...
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