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- Freikeh Festival bears fruit for the first time in three years (The Daily Star Lebannon)
The public entered the festival grounds along a tree-lined path, its low hanging branches beautifully illuminated against the darkness. To the left, the black silhouette of the Nahr al-Kalb valley stretches beneath you toward the sea. The lights of villages crown the surrounding hilltops and, in the distance, the sprawl of Beirut can be discerned through the trees.
- Professor's Poetry Passion Pays Off in 'Classics Style' - Media Newswire (press release)
Professor's Poetry Passion Pays Off in 'Classics Style'Media Newswire (press release), NY - 2 hours agoIn this 'Garland' he included over 100 of his own poems, mostly on erotic topics. His poetry is important not only because it functions as the culmination ...
- Poet, Professor of Ethnic Studies Dies - Daily Californian
Poet, Professor of Ethnic Studies DiesDaily Californian, CA - 1 hour agoThough he was hard-working, his dedication to his teaching and poetry did not interfere with his family life, she said. "His daughters and his family were ...
- Author Spotlight, updated July 24 (TCPalm.com)
Turning the spotlight on area authors.
- Poets tackle death and dying for hospice - Scoop
Moonlight, a book of New Zealand poems on death and dying, is being launched at Mercy Hospice Auckland, on 18 July. The anthology, edited by poet Andrew Johnston, is being launched on Montana Poetry Day. Johnston, who is one of New Zealand’s most ...
- AT THE LIBRARY: Meet Poets Honeycutt and Owens on Sept. 27 - Gaston Gazette
Greater Gaston poetry lovers are invited to join award-winning authors Irene Blair Honeycutt ("Before the Light Changes" - 2008) and Scott Owens ("The Fractured World" - 2008) in a reading and discussion of their new poetry collections at 2 p.m. Sept ...
- Obama in Hawai'i: Trying to find his way at elite Punahou School (Honolulu Advertiser)
Keith and Tony Peterson were rummaging through the discount bin at a bookstore in Boulder, Colo., one afternoon and came across a copy of "Dreams From My Father" several years after it was first published.
- A.D. White Professors-at-Large - Cornell University
Cornell has appointed three new A.D. White Professors-at-Large to six-year terms through June 2014. The new appointees, in the humanities and physical science, are: Hélène Cixous , one of the foremost intellectuals and creative writers in France ...
- Transactions of the American Philological Association - Fabula
Transactions of the American Philological AssociationFabula, France - 5 hours agoPoetry and Prose: Xenophanes of Colophon o Xenophanes, ca. 570-ca. 478 BC -- Criticism and interpretation. When most of the new intellectuals of the sixth ...
- Enrique Diemecke marks two decades leading the Flint Symphony ... - Grand Rapids Press
Courtesy photo Enrique Diemecke, a native of Mexico City, directs music in Flint recently. In his charming and scholarly way, conductor Enrique Diemecke has hit all the right notes during his 20-year tenure with the Flint Symphony Orchestra. He's a ...
- Richard Peck '56 Contributes to Our White House: Looking In ... - DePauw University
DePauw UniversityRichard Peck '56 Contributes to Our White House: Looking In ...DePauw University, IN - 5 hours ago"The writers of this book, which took 10 years to put together, use essays, short stories and poetry to tell tales of the White House and its residents, ...
- Arts & Cultural Council honors seven area artists - Democrat and Chronicle
After local storyteller Jay Stetzer is honored next month by the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, he'll have a great tale to tell his family and friends. He'll be in good company as one of the winners of the council's 25th annual Arts ...
- Top ten literary travel destination ideas - TravelBite.co.uk
TravelBite.co.ukTop ten literary travel destination ideasTravelBite.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoFeeling short of inspirational holiday ideas this autumn? Why not head to one of the top ten literary travel destinations in the world for a cultural feast? ...
- An artful surprise for an Womanspace founder's 80th birthday - Rockford Register-Star
Dorothy Bock thought she was on her way to see a special exhibit Friday night with her friend, Elaine Hirschenberger. The women, School Sisters of St. Francis, were headed to a special gallery at the J.R. Kortman Gallery on Main Street, followed by a ...
- Popping heads pry for attention - Daily News & Analysis
Popping heads pry for attentionDaily News & Analysis, India - 1 hour agoBut here we are in the realm of poetry. The drawings are in no way portrayals of real situations. They are rather embodied frames of mind, ...
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