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- Extract: Corvus: A Life with Birds by Esther Woolfson - Daily Telegraph
Magpies are legendarily aggressive and thieving, the embodiment of evil. So why would anyone adopt a fallen fledgling? In this extract from her book, Esther Woolfson shares her house with Spike and tests his species' fearsome reputation
- Carmichael’s top 5 staffpicks - Louisville Eccentric Observer
Carmichael’s top 5 staffpicksLouisville Eccentric Observer, KY - Jul 16, 2008... techno-thriller constructed with clockwork precision, stripped-to-the-bone language, a visionary outlook on how we live, and a dash of dark comedy. ...
- Half-dozen young writers to vie for $120K Dylan Thomas Prize (CBC)
A half-dozen young writers hailing from three continents are in the running for the Dylan Thomas Prize, organizers announced in London on Tuesday.
- Music reviews - The Feeling, The Whip, Hadouken! & more - Huddersfield Examiner
Music reviews - The Feeling, The Whip, Hadouken! & moreHuddersfield Examiner, UK - 3 hours agoUrban poetry in agitated tearaway pop rock art form that breathes life into grotesque caricatures. When it finally erupts in a frenzy, it comes as something ...
- Eli Bornowsky, Tomoyo Ihaya's work infused by travel, math, mysticism - Georgia Straight
Eli Bornowsky, Tomoyo Ihaya's work infused by travel, math, mysticismGeorgia Straight, Canada - 11 hours ago“And if aesthetics is not the appropriate word, then poetry.” While his works are subtly suggestive of op art and hardedge paintings of the 1960s, ...
- Opinion: Mr. College - University of Colorado The Campus Press
Opinion: Mr. CollegeUniversity of Colorado The Campus Press, CO - 23 minutes ago3 Sorry Mom, the only thing you accomplished by reading me Walt Whitman poetry before birth was to give me an unnaturally early distaste for realism. ...
- Reliquary is 'The People's Hall of Fame' - Miami Herald
PASADENA, Calif. There is a cigar stub Babe Ruth left at a brothel and the shorn locks of an outfielder -- the ''Bearded Babe Ruth'' -- who played for a barnstorming religious sect that preached celibacy. There is Bill Veeck's wooden leg. There is a ...
- Knowledge: An outdated concept? - Capitol Hill Blue
Knowledge: An outdated concept?Capitol Hill Blue, VA - 49 minutes agoFish is one of the three smartest people I know, and he writes particularly clear and engaging prose -- a far from common gift in such a high-powered ...
- Writing It Downtown: A Word and Heart Primer - University of British Columbia
University of British ColumbiaWriting It Downtown: A Word and Heart PrimerUniversity of British Columbia, Canada - 2 hours agoFor their CSL projects, the UBC students taught workshops in fiction, poetry, life-writing (also known as creative non-fiction), and even blogging. ...
- ROcK N' TICKeTS - antiMUSIC
antiMusic reports: Alaska rocker's Portugal return to record stores this week with their third album 'Censored Colors,' which promises to take them from underground heroes to the mainstream of the rock world with their incredible sound which takes us ...
- State poet to speak at Guild conference - North Platte Telegraph
Nebraska State Poet Bill Kloefkorn will speak at the Nebraska Writers Guild Fall conference in North Platte on Oct. 3-4. Kloefkorn received the title of State Poet in 1982 from the Nebraska Legislature, a title he "never insisted on, and never ...
- Irons in the fire (The Australian)
Poet, photographer, singer and songwriter Patti Smith documents a remarkable life
- More books on tribal issues - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphMore books on tribal issuesCalcutta Telegraph, India - 7 hours agoApart from books, she also has some collections of poetry. Her works include Vir Sattar me Chalne Lagi, Maen Ajad Huen, Aab Murakh Nahi Banenge Hum, ...
- Contenders unveiled for $120K, under-30 literary honour (CBC)
A long list of 16 titles has been unveiled for the lucrative Dylan Thomas literary prize, a fledgling, international award aimed at honouring talented writers under the age of 30.
- The town where the Cesare Pavese legend lives on - International Herald Tribune
SANTO STEFANO BELBO, Italy : A photocopy of the suicide note that Cesare Pavese left when he took his life on the night of Aug. 26, 1950, hangs on a wall here, in the house where he was born. It reads: "I forgive everyone and ask everyone's ...
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