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- Tracey was here (Guardian Unlimited)
No artist has confused their work and life to greater effect. But is there more to Tracey Emin than private trauma made public? By Jonathan Jones
- Local poetry slam team doesn't advance (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
The Worcester Poetry Slam Team, competing at the National Poetry Slam Finals in Madison, Wis., last week, performed well in the performance competition, but did not score high enough to advance to the semifinal round, according to posts on the Worcester Poets Asylum blog and the blog of team member Trevor Byrne-Smith of Worcester.
- Finding challenge in verse - Progress Leader
Progress LeaderFinding challenge in verseProgress Leader, Australia - Jul 21, 2008"For every rule in formal poetry, a creative window opens." Albiston began writing poetry at a very early age her harshest critic was her grandmother, ...
- Mr. Wedge Issue - Slate
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints , written and directed by Dito Montiel from his 2003 memoir about growing up in Astoria, Queens, in the 1980s, prowls and struts through some familiar movie territory: the ill-advised shenanigans of white ethnic ...
- Israel will free prisoners in gesture to Abbas - Boston Globe
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli cabinet agreed on Sunday to release 200 Palestinian prisoners, including two jailed 30 years ago for attacks on Israelis, as a gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, government officials said. Nabil Abu ...
- Letters: How to turn Obama doubters into racists - Philadelphia Daily News
AFL-CIO PRESIDENT Pat Eiding said that when he was talking to people about Barack Obama and people said they weren't voting for him because he's too young or inexperienced, what he was actually hearing is "he's black." How does he know what these ...
- Passing the time with Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish - Somerville News
Passing the time with Boston Poet Laureate Sam CornishSomerville News, MA - 2 hours agoOn the subway, on the way to the meeting, I read through a collection of Cornish's that I picked up at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop some time ago: âCross A ...
- Gibran from Mars and the Lebanese from Venus (The Daily Star Lebannon)
"The unexamined life is not worth living," said the unforgettable Aristotle. So on the 125th birthday anniversary of our giant Gibran Khalil Gibran, it is only fitting and proper that we make this examination of our lives in light of his writings, teachings and literary legacy. Did we live up to his dreams, his calls for a renaissance and yearning for change?
- Plot captures JonBenet Ramsay murder case - London Free Press
Plot captures JonBenet Ramsay murder caseLondon Free Press, Canada - 15 minutes agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that -- her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
- Fall Arts Guide: 5 Questions for Preston Singletary, glass artist - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Post IntelligencerFall Arts Guide: 5 Questions for Preston Singletary, glass artistSeattle Post Intelligencer - 2 hours agoMy father dabbled in painting, poetry, carving and outdoors activities, while my mom did lots of hand crafting, mostly textiles and crochet. ...
- Pair of Statues have a Tale to Tell (East Aurora Advertiser)
Two of East Aurora's most well-known men are also its two quietest. Called Bert and Mike by some of those who know them best, they're two of the oldest fellows in town, and you may have even sat on their shoulders as a kid, but they've never said a word to you. It's not that they're made of stone; no, they're made of bronze, and they're the statues of Elbert Hubbard and Michelangelo that have ...
- Author and Poet Pat Mora to Receive Luis Leal Literature Award - UC Santa Barbara
Author and Poet Pat Mora to Receive Luis Leal Literature AwardUC Santa Barbara, CA - 2 hours agoAmong her collections of poetry are "Agua Santa: Holy Water"; "Adobe Odes"; "Communion"; "Aunt Carmen's Book of Practical Saints"; "Borders"; and "Chants. ...
- France's 'red postman' spies opportunity in financial crisis - AFP
AFPFrance's 'red postman' spies opportunity in financial crisisAFP - 1 hour ago... dressed in jeans and a dark blue windcheater. "Postmen are a special milieu. In my office there are people who write poetry, top athletes, writers. ...
- Community Bulletin Board (Elmira Star-Gazette)
The Big Flats post office will host a passport evening from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 22 to assist customers with the application process.
- Movement guru Zuleikha coming to Sarasota soon - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Movement guru Zuleikha coming to Sarasota soonSarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 5 hours agoShe has performed with the late African drumming master Baba Olatunji, Grammy-nominated cellist David Darling, frame drummer Glen Velez, Rumi poetry ...
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