Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Charles Ivins 'Stunned' By Evidence Against Brother - NPR News
Morning Edition , August 11, 2008 · In the past week, details about former army scientist Bruce Ivins' possible role in the 2001 anthrax attacks have been at the top of the news. Friends and former colleagues have expressed disbelief. Over the ...
- A poet goes to Washington: 'Hermit' Kay Ryan of California named poet ... - Newsday
NEW YORK (AP) _ Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced Thursday that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry ...
- Fantasy writer scoops top praise - This is Stourbridge
A WORDSLEY novelist is celebrating after his book trilogy received praise from a bestselling fiction author. Alan Smith, author of the Harvest of the Now fantasy trilogy, was complimented on his work by G.P Taylor, the New York Times’ bestselling ...
- Citizen Cope - NewHampshire.com
NewHampshire.comCitizen CopeNewHampshire.com, NH - 2 hours ago“I was writing poetry, and working on some bits of songs here and there, and I just knew I wanted to try to make somebody feel the way I was feeling when I ...
- No Parking Anytime: Cottages house writers' aspirations (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Within the beauty of the P-patch and the old cottages there, beauty is being produced as writers move in and out, using the space as a creative enclave.
- A testament to Lessing's literary vitality (Concord Monitor)
Last year, Doris Lessing, almost 88 and the outspoken, iconoclastic author of more than 50 books - novels, story collections, poetry and nonfiction - became the oldest writer to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. This year, she has published yet another volume, a clever, moving coupling of fiction and nonfiction.
- Joyce Carol Oates unravels murder mystery from interesting ... - Ventura County Star
Joyce Carol Oates unravels murder mystery from interesting ...Ventura County Star, CA - 6 hours 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 ...
- July 2008 Selection: Free Burning by Bayo Ojikutu - Gapers Block
July 2008 Selection: Free Burning by Bayo OjikutuGapers Block, IL - 1 hour agoLibrary Journal said, "Ojikutu's harsh and often violent depiction of the street life, where everyone has developed his or her own hustle to get by, ...
- Exclusive: David Gest slates ex Liza Minnelli in pop debut - Mirror.co.uk
Mirror.co.ukExclusive: David Gest slates ex Liza Minnelli in pop debutMirror.co.uk, UK - 15 hours agoWhatever, it's real rock and roll poetry and it works. Think of Vincent Price's vocals on Michael Jackson's Thriller, it's a bit like that. ...
- Octogenarian cousin is an inspiration - Daily Breeze
Octogenarian cousin is an inspirationDaily Breeze, CA - 7 hours agoHer courses for the fall semester are Poetry and the History of Ideas; Heroes, Anti-heroes and Superheroes on Stage and Screen; and History Through the Eyes ...
- MEMORABLE STARS IN TALE OF FORGETFULNESS (New York Post)
THE smart indie comedy "Diminished Capacity" deals with three kinds of dementia: those relating to aging, concussions and being a Chicago Cubs fan. Tying those three things together is a task that the witty script does with surprising adroitness...
- Love and strife under the stars (The Charlotte Observer)
Romeo's heart is broken – but then he meets Juliet. The two fall instantly in love – but their families are against the match. A kindly friar agrees to help them marry – but his plan goes awry. “Romeo and Juliet,” too, feels like two steps forward, three steps back for Collaborative Arts and its nascent Charlotte Shakespeare Festival. The free outdoor production at The Green uptown ...
- Washington and Lee University Editor Named Finalist for Literary Award - Rockbridge Weekly
Washington and Lee University Editor Named Finalist for Literary AwardRockbridge Weekly, VA - 5 hours agoAn independent panel of judges selected the finalists in the categories of poetry, fiction and non-fiction from among 138 nominated books. ...
- Marilu Hrabak - Barron News Shield
Marilu HrabakBarron News Shield, WI - 8 hours agoAmong her hobbies, she very much liked to read, write poetry and stories and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. Surviving are a daughter, ...
- Spike in sales for next poet laureate (The Charlotte Observer)
Kay Ryan is no longer an unknown poet. Demand for her work jumped sharply Thursday upon the Library of Congress' announcement that she had been named the new U.S. poet laureate, a one-year term beginning in the fall. Her collections "The Niagara River," "Say Uncle" and "Elephant Rocks" hold the top three spaces on Amazon.com's list of best-selling poetry books, and are out of stock. Meanwhile ...
|
|
Get a better Mortgage Rate today and save!
Get your Online Degrees today!
|