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- Book Notes - Burlington Free Press
• Middlebury College and a Weybridge resident. In his book "Why Poetry Matters" (Yale University Press, $24), Parini wrote, "Poetry matters because it serves up the substance of our lives, and becomes more than a mere articulation of experience ...
- The Movie Masochist: The unexpected, undeserving summer hit (Miami Herald)
Hollywood's stream of bad movies usually seems endless, but sometimes there's a drought. This often happens during the summer, when all the big studio movies stomp their way into multiplexes after marking their opening weekends with the noise and ferocity of rutting elephants.
- Sri Lanka: Happy birthday Dear Professor - Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka (press release)
Sri Lanka: Happy birthday Dear ProfessorPermanent Mission of Sri Lanka (press release), Switzerland - 12 hours agoHe has edited anthologies of Sri Lankan poetry and short stories in English, and most recently ‘Bridging Connections’, a collection of English, ...
- Sorted out for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics - Independent
Sorted out for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyricsIndependent, UK - 4 hours agoThe song shows why lyrics matter: the music is made more beautiful by the words' poetry. Of course, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, ...
- CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW: 'America At War' offers poems inspired by each war involving the U.S. (Asheville Citizen-Times)
In the prologue of "America at War," there is a quote from Carl Sandburg: "Some day they'll give a war and nobody will come." The wish seems vague as memory, yet replete with the real longing of innumerable victims of war.
- Andrew Lycett explains the significance of a newly published Dylan Thomas film and radio script (Guardian Unlimited)
Declared unfit for military service, Dylan Thomas spent much of the war writing film and radio scripts for the Ministry of Information. One of these, The Art of Conversation, is published here for the first time. Andrew Lycett explains its significance
- Gary Snyder awarded $100000 poetry prize - The Union of Grass Valley
Gary Snyder awarded $100000 poetry prizeThe Union of Grass Valley, CA - 6 hours agoSnyder has stepped back from teaching and book writing, but he's a thoughful communicator, pointing out in an e-mail to The Union just last week the ...
- Kingsolver to speak at festival (Salina Journal)
Barbara Kingsolver, whose ability to deliver penetrating insights with a poet's grace has made her an internationally acclaimed writer, will be one of the featured speakers at The Land Institute's 30th annual Prairie Festival.
- Namibia: From a Rag And Bone Boy to Top Playwright (AllAfrica.com)
When Petrus Haakskeen was not trudging through one of Namibia's poorest villages selling bones and empty bottles well before his 10th birthday to supplement his grandmother's meagre income, he read whatever printed material he could lay his hands on.
- McCullough urges BC grads to treasure learning - Boston Globe
McCullough urges BC grads to treasure learningBoston Globe, United States - 2 hours agoInformation isn't poetry, or art, or Gershwin or the Shaw Memorial. Or faith. It isn't wisdom. Facts alone are never enough. ... One can have all the facts ...
- Martin McGuinness makes parting gift of poetry to Ian Paisley - Times Online
Times OnlineMartin McGuinness makes parting gift of poetry to Ian PaisleyTimes Online, UK - 2 hours ago“My gift to Ian Paisley was a poem I wrote some time ago,†the former chief of staff of the Provisional IRA and keen angler told dumbfounded reporters ...
- Appearing at Hay: Salman Rushdie. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe - guardian.co.uk
Appearing at Hay: Salman Rushdie. Photograph: Eamonn McCabeguardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours agoPoetry also makes a strong appearance, with readings and talks by Lemn Sissay, Roger McGough and Brian Patten, as well as poetry professor Tony Curtis, ...
- Anger and Remembrance for Armenian UCSB Students - The Santa Barbara Independent
Anger and Remembrance for Armenian UCSB StudentsThe Santa Barbara Independent, CA - 13 minutes agoWhile a good part of last night’s ceremony was solemn, the rest was a celebration of Armenian culture, including a dance performance, poetry readings, ...
- Peirce Poetry Slam Jam - Arlington Advocate
Peirce Poetry Slam JamArlington Advocate, MA - 10 hours agoCalling all poets to… the Peirce Elementary School’s “Poetry Slam Jam,†this Friday evening, May 9, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm The “open microphone-style†...
- 'He's left a void' - Trinidad & Tobago Express
'He's left a void'Trinidad & Tobago Express, Trinidad and Tobago - 4 hours agoSo'Brien's cousin, Julie Ghanpat, spoke of various stages of the 35-year-old man's life; his birth, childhood, teen years and eventually the man he finally ...
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