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- Another award for Anna Porter (Toronto Star)
Anna Porter 's Kasztner's Train , recent winner of a Writers' Trust Award, has added the Jewish Book Award for history to its honours. Other winners: John Miller's A Sharp Intake of Breath (fiction); Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Mayer Kirshenblatt 's They Called Me Mayer July (biography/memoir); Ruth Panofsky 's Laike and Nahum (poetry).
- Carolyn Livengood column: Helping wounded warriors - San Mateo County Times
Carolyn Livengood column: Helping wounded warriorsSan Mateo County Times, CA - 44 minutes ago"My workshops are designed to make people feel excited about writing (and teaching) poetry," said Wooldridge, who showed a notebook she keeps in which she ...
- Conservatives Ready To Battle McCain on Convention Platform - Washington Post
Conservatives Ready To Battle McCain on Convention PlatformWashington Post, United States - Jul 6, 2008Everyone is aware that McCain is different on these issues," said Jessica Echard, executive director of the conservative Eagle Forum. ...
- Shenandoah fish kills cause roiling on river (The Washington Times)
Few American waterways evoke as much passion, poetry and song, and memories of days gone by as the Shenandoah River,...
- At the movies: Reviews of recently released flicks - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
So far this summer, I've had my brain pummeled by Robert Downey Jr. flying around in a techno-suit, Adam Sandler as an invincible (and priapic) former Mossad agent, Steve Carell as a nerdy indestructible super spy, Harrison Ford as a Teflon 60-year ...
- Shania Twain and her Mutt split; Mel Gibson and Britney Spears take ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mutt Lange's no longer "Still the One" for Shania. Man, she feels like a single woman. Shania Twain and producer/Svengali husband Robert "Mutt" Lange are separating after 14 years, many quiet years in a Swiss villa, and one child. Between her ...
- Literary writing in the North of Nigeria: The task before critics? - Vanguard
Literary writing in the North of Nigeria: The task before critics?Vanguard, Nigeria - 6 minutes agoHausa novels, poetry and plays of the 1930s have no place in Nigerian literature. Similarly, The Wheel, The Descendants , Fire in My Backyard and A Possible ...
- How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone - San Francisco Gate
"A good story," writes Sasa Stanisic in his first novel, "How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone," "is like our river Drina: never calm, it doesn't trickle along, it is rough and broad, tributaries flow in to enrich it, it rises above its banks, it ...
- Arts in Zimbabwe: a movement fighting oppression - guardian.co.uk
Arts in Zimbabwe: a movement fighting oppressionguardian.co.uk, UK - 54 minutes agoIn Zimbabwe, through poetry and music, drama and books we assert our human dignity. We question our collective identity and the state of our lives, ...
- Man prepares to experience Brazil - The Kingston Whig-Standard
Man prepares to experience BrazilThe Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada - 2 hours agoThe contest comprises three categories - fiction, non-fiction and poetry - and is open to all writers, published or unpublished. First-place winners receive ...
- Red Cross challenge for pupils - Ledbury Reporter
Red Cross challenge for pupilsLedbury Reporter, UK - 5 hours agoSome of the poems were put in display at the Market Theatre for the Ledbury Poetry Festival. Red Cross service manager, Vicky Gatley said: "Team work ...Small is beautiful: The tiny rural school teaching big cities a lesson Independentall 2 news articles
- Smell of lie- smell of time - OpEdNews
Smell of lie- smell of timeOpEdNews, PA - 6 hours agoIn the 1960s Russian poet Boris Slutsky wrote this short poem about his times. It is more than relevant now. I changed it a little bit. ...
- Nightlife Calendar: 05/23/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Short's Brewing Company, Wendy Mathews with Eric Kesseler and Walkin' Bob 7:30 p.m. May 23; Erik VanHorn 8 p.m. May 24; Steppin' In It 9 p.m. May 30, with special guest Jetty Rae 7:30 p.m.; Well Fed Kids 8 p.m. May 31; John LaCross 8 p.m. June 2; Willy Jam 8 p.m. June 5; Harmony and Grits 8 p.m. June 6; Seth Bernard CD Release Party 8 p.m. June 7; Synergy Song 8 p.m. June 12; Eric Kesseler 7:30 ...
- The Government of Canada Supports Festival des ecrits de l'ombre - Market Wire (press release)
The Government of Canada Supports Festival des ecrits de l'ombreMarket Wire (press release) - 9 hours agoDuring the festival, residents will be able to attend free poetry readings, storytelling sessions, and theatrical presentations, and take part in literary ...
- The 40 books that shaped Sebastian Faulks’ writings - TopNews
The 40 books that shaped Sebastian Faulks’ writingsTopNews, India - 22 minutes ago"The list is full of surprises and delights; the books he has chosen range from children's favourites to modern bestsellers, poetry to true tales of ...
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