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- Father's Day has special meaning for Astros' Brocail - Houston Chronicle
Of all the men in the Astros' locker room, reliever Doug Brocail might make the best use of his cell phone. He carries it with him everywhere but the pitcher's mound, and he uses it to referee fights, offer unsolicited dating advice and whisper good ...
- Family ties to New Zealand for poet (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Expatriate poet Fleur Adcock is grateful to New Zealand for the affection it has shown her, despite her having lived in England since 1963.
- in brief - Batavia Sun
Hall Quarry Beach open for season Hall Quarry Beach opened for the season Saturday at 400 S. Water St. The beach is open from 12:45 to 8 p.m. and includes a sandy beach and swimming area, drop slide, zero depth entry, large picnic area, concession ...
- Lost Dog wins NSW literary gong - West Online
A lost dog and the emotions stirred during its 13-day absence inspired Sri Lankan immigrant Michelle de Kretser to write the novel that took the top honour in the prestigious NSW Premier's Literary awards. Australia's richest literary awards were ...
- Music of Remembrance: Remembering creators of beauty in times of terror (Seattle Times)
Music of Remembrance, presenting classical-music works that commemorate the Holocaust, premiered a commission by Paul Schoenfield, "Ghetto Songs," which reworks the poetry of Mordecai Gebirtig.
- Resistance in the service of Palestine - Redress Information & Analysis
Resistance in the service of PalestineRedress Information & Analysis, UK - 3 hours agoHowever, we can do it ourselves with very limited resources: we have music, theatre, prose, poetry, films, photography, independent journalism, blogging and ...
- For founder of cognitive therapy, it's still the thought that counts (Belleville News-Democrat)
Had Tony Soprano been under his care, Aaron Beck says he could have cured his panic attacks in two sessions.
- Fairfax Woman Named Nation's Poet Laureate (KRXI-TV Reno)
FAIRFAX, Calif. -- Kay Ryan, a 62-year-old Fairfax resident, was appointed today by the Library of Congress as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.
- Saturdays Light Up At Auckland Museum For Matariki - HULIQ (press release)
Saturdays Light Up At Auckland Museum For MatarikiHULIQ (press release), NC - 2 hours agoPacific Educator Leilani Salesa and Ma’ara Maeva discuss the Stories Celebrating Matariki in the Wider Pacific – poetry, song, ukulele demonstration, ...
- Literary Calendar (Austin American-Statesman)
Poetry on the Plaza: Lost and Found — Noon Wednesday. Graduate students from Coleman Hutchison's '19th Century American Poetry and the Poetics of the Page' class present a selection of American poems. Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe streets. Free. 471-8944 , www.hrc.utexas.edu.
- Eugene couple publishes book on perils of porn - Register-Guard
In their training and early careers, Eugene sex therapist Wendy Maltz and her husband, counselor Larry Maltz, accepted their profession’s then-conventional wisdom about pornography: While often crude and degrading to its subjects, it was a harmless ...
- Language for a new century: an interview with Nathalie Handal - Institute for Middle East Understanding
Language for a new century: an interview with Nathalie HandalInstitute for Middle East Understanding, CA - 2 hours agoReleased in April 2008 by WW Norton & Co, Language for a New Century is an unprecedented anthology of poetry from the East. The IMEU spoke recently with ...
- Nigeria: Roli Odeka - Orchestra Amazon That Feeds Hope to Hopeless Children (AllAfrica.com)
Roli Hope Odeka is one of the very few notable Nigerian art ambassadors who is doing the country proud in the outside world.
- Longtime director still getting to know 'Salome' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Alan Stanford has had a relationship with "Salome" for nearly 20 years. And he's not planning to sever it anytime soon.
- Saturdays light up at Auckland Museum for Matariki (Scoop.co.nz)
Every Saturday from late June to early July, Auckland Museum celebrates Matariki with a free programme of events for the whole family. Matariki will this year focus on Tane Mahuta – God of the Forest.
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