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- Death in Breslau, By Marek Krajewski trs Danusia Stok (Independent)
Breslau is now Wroclaw in Silesia, west Poland, a thriving university city 190km from Warsaw and 160km from the German border. Ever since its origination in the eighth century, the city's position on the east-west trade route, the corridor of central Europe, has attracted a huge variety of migrants, and no end of trouble. From Vandals and Goths and Huns to Czechs, Silesians, Jews and Lusatians, ...
- Bookworms Unite - The Windy Citizen
Bookworms UniteThe Windy Citizen, IL - 4 hours agoBryce Parsons-Twesten, a college junior, was fifth in line to get into the fair, planning to browse the poetry books. "If I could get some Frank O'Hara, ...
- Uğur Işık brings together world religions on Anatolian soil - Zaman
The most prominent quality of his music is his performing instrumental and sometimes vocal pieces from Turkish culture using his cello, a Western instrument. Having reached a considerably large European audience with his first album, in which he ...
- The conundrum of Slessor's sixth bell - Sydney Morning Herald
FIVE BELLS , Kenneth Slessor's elegy for his friend Joe Lynch, who drowned in Sydney Harbour in 1927, is arguably the most famous poem written about Sydney. But Slessor's own rarely seen notebook, meticulously written in his neat handwriting and ...
- Vanessa Carlton dazzles at Starry Night in the Gardens - Buffalo News
Vanessa Carlton performs at her piano during Starry Night in the Garden. Another photo on Picture Page E10. Through the clouds, the sky wasn’t exactly starry Wednesday night, but the crowd at the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens took in a ...
- Italy: Infernal row flares over Florence council's plans to pardon ... - Guardian Unlimited
A wine-growing aristocrat who is a direct descendant of the poet Dante Alighieri said yesterday he would boycott a ceremony at which he was to have received the city of Florence's highest honour on behalf of his ancestor. Dante, the father of the ...
- 'Paradise' dreaming of a better future - New Straits Times
DARFUR'S biggest city and historic trade hub, Nyala, is a gateway to Sudan with business prospects to entice the intrepid and a cinema keeping light entertainment alive in the dark days of war. One aid worker described it as "the Manhattan of Darfur ...
- Touchstone Poetry Festival In Litchfield - Hartford Courant
Touchstone Poetry Festival In LitchfieldHartford Courant, United States - 1 hour agoTheir poetry is an outgrowth of their participation. For information on the poetry festival, call 860-435-0110 or 860-567-3809.
- Archbishop Williams: Anglicans Need 'Space Without Pressure' - The Bulletin
The Archbishop of Canterbury urged Anglican bishops to refrain from consecrating homosexual bishops in the interests of preserving "space for study and free discussion without pressure." Speaking on the final day of the once-a-decade Lambeth ...
- HICKMAN: Two great picks for tweens - or anyone - Sun Chronicle
Though my behavior occasionally indicates otherwise, it has been decades since I was a "tween" - the 9-12 age group designated for readers of the two books featured in today's column. But what a rollicking good time I would have missed if the ...
- Students will benefit from what teachers learned about the arts (Macon Telegraph)
With the kids heading back to school this week and next, this is a good time to acknowledge one of the unsung success stories of the summer, Macon Arts' annual Bibb Institute for the Arts.
- After Midwest City hit-and-run, victim's kin urge driver to give up - NewsOK.com (subscription)
NewsOK.com (subscription)After Midwest City hit-and-run, victim's kin urge driver to give upNewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 53 minutes agoGerald Lee said his sister wrote poetry and music and was an aspiring rapper and radio broadcaster. Her stage name was Proverb, he said. ...
- Feel the pulse - Malaysia Star
Malaysia StarFeel the pulseMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 35 minutes agoThe venue will also play host to a selection of performance arts events such as KL poetry slam by Dram Projects and WordForward, improv and sketches by ...
- PAUL HAYWARD: Federer falls but he goes down with grace - This is London
PAUL HAYWARD: Federer falls but he goes down with graceThis is London, UK - 3 hours agoIt combined the poetry of brilliant shot-making with the swirling prose of resilience and courage. Clutching the hottest ticket in sport this year, ...
- Spare Times: For Children - New York Times
Spare Times: For ChildrenNew York Times, United States - Apr 17, 2008Billed as featuring the only African-American ringmasters in the country, the Universoul Circus performs its acts to hip-hop, R&B, soul and gospel. ...
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