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- Glorious mud and music (Stuff)
It's a long journey. We're packed into the train carriage and police sniffer-dogs nuzzle our legs and bags at the station, looking for drugs. When we arrive the sky is axe-grey and the ground sludge. As a man ahead with bare calves and Italian loafers sinks into the mud, we pull on Wellington boots.
- MU professor to publish mystery novel (Lancaster Online)
More than 10 years after Tim Mayers had the notion of writing a mystery novel, it's finally down on paper and getting noticed.Mayers, an English professor who teaches composition and creative writing at Millersville University, recently was named the 2008 winner of the Paradigm Novel Contest, th...
- Soviet cartoonist remembered for work that spanned most of a century - Standard Freeholder
Soviet cartoonist remembered for work that spanned most of a centuryStandard Freeholder, Canada - 11 minutes agoHayden Carruth,a winner of the National Book Award for Poetry who wrote about the ordinary folks who inhabited his world, has died. He was 87. ...
- Remembering ‘Killer’ (The Shamokin News-Item)
The death of one of professional wrestling’s legendary heels, a potential coup for TNA and WWE’s Unforgiven pay-per-view are among the top stories in a very busy week for news in the world of pro wrestling.
- Award-winning poet coordinates recycling at CSB - The Record
Award-winning poet coordinates recycling at CSBThe Record, MN - 1 hour agoNow, years later, he has won a $25000 Loft Award from the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, and he has four books of poetry in publication with ...
- Lost in translation! - This is Salisbury
ORHAN Pamuk's intricate and brilliant novel, My Name Is Red, is currently being serialised on Sunday afternoon's on BBC Radio 4. The Nobel prize winning writer's work would have been unavailable to readers in English, if it hadn't been translated, as ...
- Dozens get in the rhythm for state's 1st poetry fest - Boston Globe
LOWELL - To Susan Roney-O'Brien, poetry is a rock-solid constant in an otherwise unpredictable life. "Poetry is so important, especially during times of economic stress," said Roney-O'Brien, 60, of Princeton. "It's the one thing you can count on. The ...
- Nurtured humor - Argonaut
Nurtured humorArgonaut, ID - 5 hours agoIn an office, complaining always comes first, but office life has its upsides, he said. “I thought he was very witty and he had good insights,” said Walter ...
- I want my father's poem sung: Amitabh on 66th birthday (New Kerala)
By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai, Oct 11 : His father's poetry and some dry fruits - that is all that Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan wants on his 66th birthday Saturday.
- The next chapter: Who'll be the bestsellers of tomorrow? (Independent)
There's something inescapably retro about the book trade. But then what do you expect from an industry in which the pastiche Victorian novel is still red-hot, the Knights Templar are big news and the biggest success of the last decade was a series about a boarding school? As persuasive visions of the future go, you still can't beat Russell Hoban's post-Apocalyptic Riddley Walker, and that came ...
- Glencairn Balfour Paul - Daily Telegraph
GLENCAIRN BALFOUR PAUL, the former diplomat and Arabist who has died aged 90, was Ambassador to Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia between 1969 and 1977; before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1955 he was a member of the Sudan Political Service. After the ...
- A selection of the worst song lyrics of all time - Melbourne Herald Sun
A selection of the worst song lyrics of all timeMelbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 40 minutes agoFrom Silverchair's Pure Massacre: in Daniel Johns' defence, most people don't have their angst-ridden teenage poetry captured on a million selling album. ...
- Physician, heal thyself - The National
Physician, heal thyselfThe National, United Arab Emirates - 7 hours agoHe adds snatches of his own poetry, too – a gesture that feels the very opposite of vanity. It is as if he is testing the power of language to capture this ...
- Julian Barnes - Hartford Courant
LONDON (AP) _ Dozens of renowned British writers came out against new anti-terrorism legislation Sunday, publishing a collection of satire, essays, fiction and poetry to protest a proposal allowing police to hold suspects without charge for up to 42 ...
- David Jones - Guardian Unlimited
David Jones, who has died at the age of 74, was an immensely distinguished director in theatre, film and television. Although latterly based in New York, he was a pillar of the Royal Shakespeare Company in a golden decade from 1968 and had a long ...
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