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- Muslim women counter stereotypes (The Argus)
NEWARK — One stereotype pinned to Islam is the second-class status of women, illustrated by burqa-clad members of the fairer sex who stick out in the post-women's-lib Western world.
- A friendly face in Port Ludlow's marina (Seattle Times)
Kori Ward's job is to keep the boaters happy. She does that, in part, with poetry. Port Ludlow's marina manager, Ward, 34, has worked at...
- Patti Smith — Artistic Triple Threat - TIME
Patti Smith — Artistic Triple ThreatTIME - 1 hour agoSince I was very young I loved poetry, reading the Bible, fairy tales. I was very young when I developed a personal aesthetic, ironically through fashion ...
- 'War Requiem' tugs heartstrings - Newark Star-Ledger
One of the most acute moments in a performance of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" on Saturday at the Presbyterian Church in Westfield came when the parts for children's voices were heard. It brought home the fact that there are soldiers in Iraq who ...
- Bulletin board - The Keene Sentinel (subscription)
Bulletin boardThe Keene Sentinel (subscription), NH - 4 hours agoWomen on Women, a poetry reading to benefit the Women’s Crisis Center of Windham County, Thursday, March 27, 6-7:30 pm, Dianch Gallery, 139 Main St., ...
- Neighborhoods: Word on the street (Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab)
What's happening in your neighborhood.
- The Netherland's late Prince Claus has inspired a book of poetry - The Cheers
The Netherland's late Prince Claus has inspired a book of poetryThe Cheers, Estonia - 12 hours agoWhen he was ill prior to his death I would read Psalms at his bedside and he would say 'It always comes down to Who,' referring to God. ...
- Dance not drama is real drawcard - The Age
Dance not drama is real drawcardThe Age, Australia - 2 hours agoIt was worth sitting through the odd Pam Ayres poetry recital by someone's granddad for the hysterical jazz ballet routines and the occasional emergence of ...
- Welsh poet strengthens Italian links (icWales)
THEY brought us a culture of cafes and ice cream which remains a firm, everyday component of Welsh life.
- EDITOR'S CHOICE
Wanstead and Woodford Guardian - They need to be well versed in Arabic, Urdu and other community languages to keep in toiuch with their cultural roots and enjoy the beauty of their literature and poetry. A Muslim is a citizen of this tiny global village. He/she does not want to ...
- What We Miss if We Pass on Poetry (Hint: Not Poems) - Utne Reader Online
What We Miss if We Pass on Poetry (Hint: Not Poems)Utne Reader Online - 4 hours agoOliver read from her new collection, Red Bird, from 2006’s Thirst, and from her memoir of last year, Our World, which pairs her prose with photographs by ...
- Badge of Honour: author Joel Yanofsky blogs about Montreal's Blue Met ... - CBC News
I didn’t just miss my high school prom; I missed it by a mile. I bought no corsage, had no date to give it to in any case, no tux was rented, no limo reserved, and I have no idea, to this day, how that landmark event unfolded. Teen movies, like ...
- “Retreat from Moscow” presented by McPherson College theatre ... - MC News
“Retreat from Moscow” presented by McPherson College theatre ...MC News, KS - 3 hours agoHis wife Alice is preoccupied with her idealism of love and her collection of poetry. “I live in all moments at once,” Alice says. Like night and day, ...
- A twisted sense of aesthetic - The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
A twisted sense of aestheticThe Times of Trenton - NJ.com, NJ - 42 minutes ago... and nature festival at the Hamil ton-Trenton-Bordentown Marsh -- a free, three-day event that also will include poetry readings, a painting contest, ...
- Issac Meyers, 28, Ph.D. Candidate in Classics at Harvard (The New York Sun)
Isaac Meyers, a Ph.D. candidate in classics at Harvard University, was killed Monday when hit by a grocery truck on a Cambridge, Mass., street corner. He was 28. No charges had been filed, and Cambridge police said the death was still being investigated. Meyers grew up in Manhattan and attended St. Ann's School in Brooklyn before attending Yale. He also studied at Oxford University. At Harvard, ...
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