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- Books special: Can intelligent literature survive in the digital age? (Independent)
Look at this chap sitting outside the Caffè Uno at Paddington station. He is reading For Whom the Bell Tolls with slightly exaggerated attention. He has a Uniball pen close to hand, for making shrewd marginal comments. He holds the book up before his face, and his chin juts slightly, as if the fall of Hemingway's lapidary prose were giving him some caffeine boost of vicarious heroism. Behold, ...
- What’s coming to local stages? - Culpeper Star Exponent
1. “42nd Street” — Ready to see some dancing feet? This Tony Award-winning show traces its pedigree all the way back to the 1930s and the show-stopping, forget-the-Depression choreography of Busby Berkeley. Revived in the 1980s as a stage play ...
- Literature has a voice at Helicon West’s public readings (Herald Journal)
The audience listens to the performer during a recent Helicon West gathering. (Meegan M. Reid/Herald Journal) Im the first to acknowledge many don’t like poetry. I do.
- Benedict XVI's Homily at Synod's Inaugural Mass (Zenit News Agency)
VATICAN CITY, OCT. 6, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Here is an unofficial Vatican translation of the homily Benedict XVI delivered Sunday at the inaugural Mass of the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, held at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.
- BLOG - The Games have begun, but what was that ceremony about? - Reuters India
I’ve been deafened by the drums, astounded by the aerial acrobatics and blinded by the cornea-carving light show. The torch is lit in its giant cauldron hanging from the lip of the Bird’s Nest stadium and the 2008 Olympic Games have begun. But ...
- Calendar - Orlando Sentinel
CalendarOrlando Sentinel, FL - 4 hours agoSouth Lake Poetry Guild, 10 am the first Thursday of each month at South Lake Art League Building, 760 Montrose St., Clermont. Details: 352-394-6728.
- The Role Of The Writer In Troubled Times—Kole Omotoso - TheNews
The Role Of The Writer In Troubled Times—Kole OmotosoTheNews, Nigeria - 2 hours agoAnother writer to annoy another apartheid ruler was Opperman who had written a long epic poem at the end of the 1948 elections that saw the victory of the ...
- Merry Lea center to host fall conference - South Bend Tribune
Merry Lea center to host fall conferenceSouth Bend Tribune, IN - 14 hours agoParticipants will take part in reflective disciplines such as poetry, nature photography and seed collecting. Keynote speaker for the conference is Dave ...
- First taste(s) of the new Saugatuck Brewing Company - MLive.com
SAUGATUCK -- Shame on us, we should have been there sooner. A nice sunny day, the lure of the Lake Michigan shore and a new Saugatuck Brewing Company open and ready for business. How many days have gone by where you ignored the call of those three ...
- Underwater pieces the works of an artist who dives for inspiration - Malaysia Star
Malaysia StarUnderwater pieces the works of an artist who dives for inspirationMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 1 hour agoA man who loves poetry and music, he recognises love and its effect on people, and believes that his paintings reflect that love. ...
- Poetry writing at the Library - Belleville Intelligencer
A Special guest from the Quinte Writer's Guild will inspire you to be a poet and be a poetry reader. Bring some of your inspirational poems with you. This will be held at 2:00 p.m. This is a pre-registered event
- Meet the Programming Staff - KUOW
Jeremy Richards joined KUOW in the fall of 2005. In addition to his production duties for Sound Focus , Jeremy has produced national features and commentaries for Morning Edition , Day to Day , Marketplace , and All Things Considered , and is on the ...
- Bread Loaf's Literary Lions in Waiting (Washington Post)
RIPTON, Vt. -- It's billed as the oldest writers' conference in the nation, a gathering at a picturesque mountaintop retreat where literary giants, book editors and up-and-coming novelists have been coming together once a year since the 1920s.
- Of Coffee and Capitalism - Foreign Policy In Focus
Of Coffee and CapitalismForeign Policy In Focus - 17 minutes agoFinally, as part of our Fiesta! feature, FPIF poetry editor Melissa Tuckey interviews the fabulous poet Naomi Shihab Nye. "As my father kept saying toward ...
- SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Counting the hours, minutes until kickoff for Alabama - Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Counting the hours, minutes until kickoff for AlabamaTuscaloosa News (subscription), AL - 1 hour agoIt was pure poetry, like Bryant's best teams. There is a game photo of one of those championship squads. The offensive line is firing out, knocking the ...
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