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- First Leonard Cohen takes Toronto, then he takes... (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Singer Leonard Cohen on Friday kicks off his first world tour in 15 years with a Toronto gig, marking the return of the poet who converted to Buddhism during his absence from the limelight.
- Best-Value Art Lovers' Getaway: Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival ... - Biloxi Sun Herald
Best-Value Art Lovers' Getaway: Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival ...Biloxi Sun Herald, USA - Jul 31, 2008... locally-flavored offerings as country music, cowboy poetry and regional cuisine -- all while surrounded by the Teton Mountains in their autumn glory. ...
- Xpress Reviews—First Look at New Books - Library Journal
Library JournalXpress Reviews—First Look at New BooksLibrary Journal, NY - Jul 15, 2008POETRY Verdict: This book is dedicated to the poet’s father and traces, movingly, that tenuous connection. Recommended for contemporary poetry collections. ...
- Against the day: Adultnapper - Resident Advisor
Against the day: AdultnapperResident Advisor, Australia - 34 minutes agoSebald was focused, obviously, on "How does a German talk about German history, German literature, or German poetry when part of that history is the ...
- I love you, Lord Byron: How the poet's postbag bulged with female ... - The Independent
Lord Byron's image as an aloof writer who cared little about his readers' opinions is belied by his collection of fan mail Lord Byron, the Romantic poet, was one of the first celebrities to receive a deluge of fan mail from anonymous women whose ...
- Move Over, George and Martha - 'Stitching''s Stu and Abby Get U.S. Premiere (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
British playwright Anthony Neilson's Stitching - a play about relationship games that would make Edward Albee's vicious characters sit up and take notice - will open June 25 in its U.S. premiere. Previews for the Off-Broadway production directed by Timothy Haskell began June 17.
- Return to NeoEugenics - The Strategy Newspaper
Return to NeoEugenicsThe Strategy Newspaper, Australia - 1 hour agoPoetry, philosophy and science, predominantly of the Aristotelian variety, appeared at some times in some places but were neither universal nor continuous. ...
- Villa Park Library makes poetry in the park night (Lombard Argus Press Spectator)
The Villa Park Public Library has arranged four dates for Poetry in the Park. Starting on Tuesday, June 10, and running each Tuesday until July 1, poets, poetry enthusiasts and anyone who wants to enjoy a night in the park will gather at 7 p.m. at the Rugaard Gazebo along the Prairie Path on Ardmore Avenue.
- Seamus Heaney - guardian.co.uk
Seamus Heaneyguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoHe wrote a few lines to explain his objection to inclusion in the 1982 Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry: 'Be advised, my passport's green/ No ...
- Ben Jelloun joins the Goncourt - Al-Ahram Weekly
Al-Ahram WeeklyBen Jelloun joins the GoncourtAl-Ahram Weekly, Egypt - 1 hour ago... to win the Goncourt, which was established in 1896 by French man of letters Edmond de Goncourt for the best prose work of the year written in French. ...
- Liner Notes: Word to the 23rd (The Source Weekly)
Spoken word is hard to pull off. Sometimes this genre, or subgenre, if you will, brings to mind beret-intensive poetry slams where ideological rhetoric tends to trump skill. There are some heavy spoken word elements at play with Alfred Howard and the K23 Orchestra, but it’s not the sort of aforementioned dimly lit coffee house nonsense. AHK23 is a San Diego-based four-piece band that serves as ...
- Owners of burned home rue their loss - TriVallyCentral
Firefighters look through the house Sunday after dousing the blaze. Purchase a copy of this photo. A day after a fire apparently caused by a lightning strike damaged his Accord house, Jeffrey Davis has not "gone through the 'why me' phase yet" but is ...
- poetry competition - CBBC Newsround
CBBC Newsroundpoetry competitionCBBC Newsround, UK - 3 hours agoWhen I spotted an advertisement for a poetry competition, I immediately decided to go in for it. One of the prizes was to get your poem published in the ...
- Reno celebration marks belated end of slavery - Reno Gazette
James Barnett, a Reno resident, visited Wingfield Park on Sunday to enjoy some music and good times. And to mark an important moment in history. "The freedom from slavery is historic," Barnett said as Reno's 19th annual Juneteenth celebration got ...
- Love 'Sex and the City' or hate it, brace yourself for more - Cleveland Plain Dealer
They're back! The ladies of `Sex and the City' are yucking it up as Hollywood brings on the hottest movie of the summer. It was the best of shows, it was the worst of shows, it was a show with wisdom, it was a show of foolishness. It was the year of ...
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