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- Nuestra Biblioteca celebrates second year with cultural celebration (Hispania News)
The Pueblo City-County Library District is pleased and excited to invite the public to the first anniversary of Nuestra Biblioteca Hispanic Resource Center at the Rawlings Public Library, 100 E. Abriendo Ave., on Sunday, Sept. 14 from 11 am. To 4:30 p.m.
- P.E.I. book award shortlist announced (The Guardian)
The jury for the 2008 P.E.I. Book Award has released the shortlist of titles for the prestigious award.
- John Burnside Profile - guardian.co.uk
John Burnside Profileguardian.co.uk, UK - 15 hours agoHis first poetry collection, The Hoop, was published in 1988 and was followed by Common Knowledge (1991). Feast Days (1992), won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial ...
- Much revered father figures (The New Straits Times)
RECENTLY, we celebrated Fathers Day. This month, we honour Merdeka and Bapa Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman. And on July 18 the world paid tribute to Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday.
- Playing things by ear - The West Australian
Playing things by earThe West Australian, Australia - 1 hour agoPart political narrative, part found object and part concrete poetry, Momentum, Rolled and Drafted 1, 2 and 3 are more then just name-dropping pieces. ...
- Sister's death devastates in 'Goldengrove' (The Wichita Eagle)
"Goldengrove" by Francine Prose (Harper, $24.95) So much seems tragic when we're teenagers: our appeal -- or rather, the lack thereof -- to the opposite sex; our embarrassing parents; a spectacularly bad haircut. Nico, the 13-year-old protagonist of Francine Prose's new novel, experiences all that through the prism of true tragedy: the death of her golden, talented older sister, Margaret. ...
- Bush Vetoes Bill Outlawing CIA Waterboarding - Common Dreams
WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush on Saturday vetoed legislation passed by Congress that would have banned the CIA from using waterboarding and other controversial interrogation techniques. Lawmakers included the anti-torture measure in a ...
- Life Before Hellboy - 2TheAdvocate
Life Before Hellboy2TheAdvocate, LA - 3 hours agoThe films are fun, but they definitely lack the grace, depth of character and poetry of the actual comics. Hellboy is the perfect blend of silly and ...
- Getting to know the high school authors of ‘He Said. She said.’ (San Mateo Daily Journal)
Grace: “He said. She said.” Sounds like verbal combat in a therapist’s office? Nope, it’s a column written by and about teenagers. The thought behind the title was not only a play on how the column will be laid out, but also serves as a reminder that there is not just a single “teen” perspective.
- Poetry review presents 'Tres Poetas' - South Coast Today
Poetry review presents 'Tres Poetas'South Coast Today, MA - 38 minutes agoShe is a professor of sociology and French who has been writing poetry for many years. Her work has been published by The University of Valparaiso in ...
- Why Danielle Steel is 'critic-proof' - CNN
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's only 9:33 a.m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning. Danielle Steel's 75th book, "Rogue," is the tale of a sober-minded psychologist and her playboy ex-husband. She's in a Rockefeller Plaza dressing room, having ...
- Ellington teen’s song wins national contest - Journal Inquirer
ELLINGTON — A local teen’s song about togetherness bested entrants from all over the country to win the American Postal Workers Union’s “Make it a Family Affair” contest. The song, “Together We Stand,” written by 15-year-old Amanda ...
- SUNDAY ARTS CALENDAR (The Wichita Eagle)
EVENTS 2008 Wichita Flight Festival, starts 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today, Col. James Jabara Airport, 3512 N. Webb Road. Includes air show, Kansas Aviation Gallery, children's activities, static aircraft displays, car show. Tickets $5, available at Select-A-Seat outlets and at the gate; children 5-under free. Free parking and shuttle from designated area at Hawker Beechcraft, Central and Webb. ...
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation to Host Gala Dinner at ... - Zawya (press release)
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation to Host Gala Dinner at ...Zawya (press release), United Arab Emirates - 1 hour agoThe literary meet will include nearly 300 dedicated events and present a wide diversity of contemporary literature, prose and poetry from around the world. ...
- Rich rhythms of island life in Pynter Bender - Metro
MetroRich rhythms of island life in Pynter BenderMetro, UK - 8 hours agoEach sentence carries the weight of prose-poetry, suffused with rich, deep rhythms and other-worldly imagery that vividly conveys the tension between the ...
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