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- Correspondence by great poet revealed - Turkish Daily News
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News The correspondence between legendary Turkish poet Nazým Hikmet and his first translator was published for the first time in the recently released fourth issue of The Journal of Turkish Literature, an annual publication ...
- Our view: Famous 1884 speech offers a memorial to war dead - Public Opinion
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. He delivered a famous Memorial Day address -- entitled "In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire" -- on May 30, 1884, at Keene, N.H., before John ...
- "Good is bigger": Redencion in Juarez - Newspaper Tree
"Good is bigger": Redencion in JuarezNewspaper Tree, TX - 9 hours ago“There will be poetry, dance and live music. This is our way of getting through to people’s hearts. Art is a way of spirituality.” Aguilar says. ...
- Robarchek again at the forefront (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
By Matt Brunson.• The scribblings of longtime (and now retired) Charlotte Observer columnist -- and frequent Best of Charlotte CL award winner -- Doug Robarchek can be found in The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of Outfrontery. The paperback, published by the local outfit Main Street Rag, is available for $14. For a sample poem from the book, see Quote This, below right....
- My Name Is Earl: Camdenites (or Take Me Home Country Road) - TV Fodder
My Name Is Earl: Camdenites (or Take Me Home Country Road)TV Fodder, CT - 1 hour agoJoy busts him, but Darnell explains that it’s just his poetry. Joy reads a particularly revealing bit, but the point of the exposition eludes her. ...
- Patti Smith shines in the Noche de los Libros in Madrid - Typically Spanish
Typically SpanishPatti Smith shines in the Noche de los Libros in MadridTypically Spanish, Spain - Apr 23, 2008By hb - Apr 24, 2008 - 7:32 AM The United States singer gave a performance of poetry and music at the Real Casa de Correos. Patti Smith was the star of the ...
- Don't insult our pope, say Egyptians - Online Journal
At a time when the head of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XV1 was being warmly welcomed in the US and treated with reverence by Americans of all faiths it's worth highlighting the shabby treatment meted out to the leader of the Coptic Church, Pope ...
- Finding challenge in verse - Dandenong Leader
Dandenong LeaderFinding challenge in verseDandenong Leader, Australia - 11 hours agoShe will often find herself sitting in front of her laptop in her quiet Eltham study with a perfectly formed idea for the shape of a poem, but little idea ...
- Garrett, prodigious writer and professor, dies at age 78 - Daily Progress
The protagonist may be gone but his stories go on. George Garrett, former Virginia poet laureate, accomplished novelist, essayist and former head of the University of Virginia’s creative writing program, died at his home Sunday night after a ...
- Ontario Celebrates Excellence in the Arts - Canada NewsWire (press release)
Ontario Celebrates Excellence in the ArtsCanada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 34 minutes agoMs. Cooper has published five books of poetry, including the award-winning Memories Have Tongue and her newest work, Copper Woman. ...
- Newsmakers: Halvorson's gift certificates a fundraiser for COTS (The Burlington Free Press)
Tim Halvorson, the cafe's owner, is committed to raising at least $1,000 for the 2007 COTS walk
- Falling into novel notion - Windsor Star
Windsor StarFalling into novel notionWindsor Star, Canada - 10 hours agoShe is best known as a poet and, in 2004, won the Griffin Prize, the country's most prestigious poetry award for her collection titled Loop. ...
- Lowe Foundation Information Center opens to public - Dowagiac Daily News
Lowe Foundation Information Center opens to publicDowagiac Daily News, USA - 5 hours agoBut Lowe, whose 88th birthday is coming up (July 10-1920-Oct. 4, 1995), was a multi-faceted individual with diverse interests, from bringing Jones back to ...
- 'Public Enemies' downtown shots could begin Tuesday (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Spring Green - For the first time since 1994, James DeVita will not be acting on the American Players Theatre's outdoor stage this summer. But the audience favorite is still closely involved in the company's 2008 season.
- The Larkin Principle at work - Daily Telegraph
There was a time, less than a generation ago, when family secrets, especially about sex, were kept under wraps, and writers addressed them, if at all, obliquely, through poetry or fiction. Since then, first biography, then autobiography, have opened ...
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