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- Getting to the Bottom of Bolaño (The New York Sun)
The Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño must be our most acclaimed translated author since W.G. Sebald. I think he deserves it. But unlike the late German, whose quietly devastating books have a restrained, finished quality, Bolaño reads like literary gunpowder, and his reputation has felt combustible, especially since the translation of "The Savage Detectives," and its massive reception, last year. ...
- Review: A happy Cat Power delivers riveting show - Vancouver Sun
Vancouver SunReview: A happy Cat Power delivers riveting showVancouver Sun, Canada - 2 hours agoVANCOUVER - There is a tortured belief in the colliding worlds of poetry, music and art that a happy artist lacks the depth to be a good artist. ...
- Local man traces literary roots (Burlington Times-News)
Eddie Hunter lives in the past. His Burlington apartment is filled floor to ceiling with artifacts from presidential campaigns, the Civil Rights movement, history books and framed pictures of relatives from numerous branches of his family tree.
- Famed Italian poet’s work translated into Georgia for first time
Georgian Messenger - This book is the result of a mutual effort,” Beridze told the newspaper. “Eugenio Montale’s works are very difficult ... At the presentation, attended by members of the diplomatic corps and local dignitaries, students recited Montale’s poetry in ...
- Local poets pull out all the stops at annual limerick competition (Baraboo News Republic)
The sassiness displayed at the second annual Hooley Limerick Contest in downtown Baraboo this weekend would have been enough to make a man from Nantucket blush. Well, almost. Contest rules stipulated that naughty limericks had to be recited in the alley next to the trash bins. Though none of the local poets took advantage of that possibility, some walked a tightrope. This year's winner, Teddy ...
- Robert Haas Wins Pulitzer Prize For Poetry (KTVU 2 San Francisco)
BERKELEY -- Robert Hass, an award-winning University of California, Berkeley professor of English and former U.S. poet laureate, has won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his latest book, "Time and Materials."
- Eugenia P. Butler, 61; conceptual artist (Los Angeles Times)
Eugenia P. Butler, a formative figure in conceptual art who often incorporated the written or spoken word in spare exhibits that challenged people to explore how they perceive reality, has died. She was 61.
- Youngsters suffer late cup heartbreak - Charlton Athletic Football Club
Youngsters suffer late cup heartbreakCharlton Athletic Football Club, UK - 46 minutes agoThe rest was poetry in motion as Yussuff connected with a sizzling low shot that fizzed into the bottom right corner. The Valley erupted and they almost had ...
- Earl Mann wants replaced as own attorney - Akron Beacon Journal
Earl Mann wants replaced as own attorneyAkron Beacon Journal, OH - 6 hours agoRita Dove to judge Akron's national poetry book competition this year. Former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer winner will judge the Akron Poetry Prize. ...
- The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va., Bryan McKenzie column ... - Trading Markets (press release)
The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va., Bryan McKenzie column ...Trading Markets (press release), CA - 15 hours agoThe students are telling the stories in a variety of ways, from photo essays to poetry, prose and straightforward news writing. Mrs. Trank said the task was ...
- Youth of South Africa dream of a brighter tomorrow
Buffalo News - To correspond with them and read original poetry by other students, go online to http://amasangoamerica.blogspot.com. ... dangerous section of the township, and says his childhood was tough. “It was sad because I grew up without any love from ...
- The Schönheit (Beauty) of Schaffer - Coast Reporter
The Schönheit (Beauty) of SchafferCoast Reporter, Canada - 19 minutes ago“It was a difficult kind of poetry,” he said. “My wife urged me to a more simple prose.” He studied at universities in Vancouver and Hamburg, ...
- My life in lyrics (Guardian Unlimited)
Arts & entertainment: Clive James loves writing songs - he just wishes the world would love his songs, too
- 'Ah, Wilderness!' - Barre Montpelier Times Argus
'Ah, Wilderness!'Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - 8 hours agoSet in 1906 in New Haven, Conn., it tells the story of 16-year-old Richard Miller and his obsession: the sumptuous language of exotic poetry. ...
- Erotic poems saga: Assistant Principal Perkins resigns
Springfield News Sun - SPRINGFIELD — South High School Assistant Principal Karl Perkins has resigned over his writings of erotic poetry, which he ... Perkins signed the settlement agreement on Tuesday — almost a month after it was discovered he authored a book of poems ...
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