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- Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and About Mayakovsky (The New Yorker)
At the height of his fame, in the nineteen-twenties, the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was arguably the leading figure in Soviet art. Perhaps only Walt Whitman--whom Mayakovsky passionately admired--wrote with similar breadth and exhilaration. This volume offers some of Mayakovsky’s best works in vivid translations, and interleaves them . . .
- 'My Blueberry Nights': Norah Jones' film debut is a road movie with ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Meet another pie baker -- this time a scruffy yet cute Jude Law -- in the new romantic drama "My Blueberry Nights." Singer-songwriter Norah Jones does well in her film debut as a naive young woman who strikes out across the country to learn about ...
- Hamilton Jordan - Swampland
Hamilton JordanSwampland - May 21, 2008It was the worst-selling Rolling Stone cover of the 1970s, but it launched what now can be described as my lifelong friendship with Hamilton and his good ...
- China cracks down on earthquake rumors - Los Angeles Times
China cracks down on earthquake rumorsLos Angeles Times, CA - 5 hours agoRumors are an integral part of Chinese folk history, songs and poetry. Last year, authorities drained a reservoir in central Sichuan province to dispel ...
- Sidney M. Lenhoff, West Bloomfield - Detroit News
"He grew up in poverty during the Great Depression, but was always generous to his friends and relatives," said his son, Alan Lenhoff, director of product development for Detroit Media Partnership. Mr. Lenhoff, a resident of West Bloomfield Township ...
- A chorus worthy of approval at Disney - Hartford Courant
More than three weeks after its opening, the celebrations at Walt Disney Concert Hall have not ceased. Sunday night was the Los Angeles Master Chorale's turn. As a resident company of the Music Center family, the chorus is the only other company ...
- Ryan Adams' prose and poetry to be published - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Ryan Adams is set to turn his hand to writing books, while simultaneously working on an art show AND a new album. Adams has signed a deal with Brooklyn-based publishing house Akashic Books who will put out the rockers first book of prose next year ...
- YORK NEIGHBORS: What's Up - Maine Sunday Telegram
The Rusty French Club will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library on Main Street. The club is open to all who desire to practice or improve their French-speaking proficiency in a relaxed setting that is more social ...
- Burmese Writers Play Cat-and-Mouse Game with State Censors - NewsBlaze
Burmese Writers Play Cat-and-Mouse Game with State CensorsNewsBlaze, CA - 2 hours agoBy Stephen Kaufman It was a love poem, cleared by Burmese censors, in which a brokenhearted man rejected by a fashion model thanked her for teaching him the ...
- 'Laugh-In' comic Dick Martin dies - Miami Herald
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as ''Sock it to me!'' has died. He was 86 ...
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival - San Francisco Chronicle
Oregon Shakespeare FestivalSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 2 hours ago"It was the first time I realized direction involved metaphor and poetry. I could see that choices had been made and I felt so connected to that. ...
- A celebration of literary heritage - Dorset Echo
A celebration of literary heritageDorset Echo, UK - Jul 30, 2008THE THOMAS Hardy Conference kicked off with an evening of poetry and readings to celebrate the literary talent in Dorchester. More than 150 delegates from ...
- juneteenth events What’s happening - Vindicator
Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 505 Parkcliffe Ave., Youngstown, is sponsoring a three-day Juneteenth community celebration of deliverance. Events began Friday and will continue from 11 a.m. to dusk today and Sunday. SPECIAL SHOW: The ...
- Flash Fiction - Artvoice
Flash FictionArtvoice, NY - 2 hours agoIn The Margins occasionally includes flash fiction alongside the poetry, features, interviews and book reviews. In The Margins seeks submissions of flash ...
- Poetry that you can chew over - Stuff
POCKETFUL OF POESY: Chris Morris and Alex Tylee of Havelock North hope their Poesy range of pizza breads makes them a lot of dough. Well, sort of. Poesy sells thin, oval, pizza-base-like breads with a poem in each packet. The idea occurred to owners ...
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