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- Billy Collins kicks off Decatur Book Festival - Access Atlanta
Billy Collins kicks off Decatur Book FestivalAccess Atlanta, GA - 4 hours ago... annual Decatur Book Festival’s keynote address Friday and had the audience laughing along as if they were at The Punch Line instead of a poetry reading. ...
- Inspired by music - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphInspired by musicCalcutta Telegraph, India - 3 hours agoa contest for young poets in Hinglish or Benglish. It is inspired, as is the title, from Forward Prize winner Nagra’s collection of poetry, ...
- Jazz on the weekends (The Star)
THE Sunrise Jazz & Rhythm Fest 2008 returns for the ninth consecutive year featuring various sub-genres of jazz, such as neo jazz, folk jazz, modern, ethnic and blues, performed by established and new local artistes.
- Potter star wants to score drag queen role (Stuff)
Daniel Radcliffe wants to play a drag queen in his next movie. The Harry Potter star confessed he would love to land the unusual role because it would allow him to dress as a woman and wear make-up.
- How 'Butcher of Bosnia' used bearded medicine man disguise to evade capture for a decade (Daily Mail: World News)
This is the extraordinary disguise which allowed one of the world’s most wanted men to escape justice for years.
- Today's events - Ledbury Reporter
Today's eventsLedbury Reporter, UK - 1 hour ago01684 562528 or www.altairedstates.co.uk Metaphysical Poetry: An Introduction at The Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury. 2pm. ÂŁ25. 01905 330123. ...
- Palestinians mourn national poet - News.com.au
PALESTINIANS are mourning the death of poet Mahmud Darwish who gave voice to their decades-old struggle and is widely considered one of the Arab world's greatest writers. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas today declared three days of official ...
- We need the wisdom of our elders now more than ever - Sunday World
We need the wisdom of our elders now more than everSunday World, South Africa - 1 hour agoWatching a spot of collaborative performance art, Moving Into Poetry – Threads, by choreographer Syvia “Magogo” Glasser and poet Lebo Mashile had the ...
- Paxman's foolish notions about Burns - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukPaxman's foolish notions about Burnsguardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoWhat should they call it when a poet uses a genuine folk poetry as a springboard for their own work, which ranges from sentiment to passion, from vulgarity ...
- The Assassin's Song by MG Vassanji - guardian.co.uk
The Assassin's Song by MG Vassanjiguardian.co.uk, UK - 8 hours agoKarsan falls in love with hippy Marge, studies English poetry, gets his PhD, and moves to British Columbia to work as an academic. ...
- 'Encounters at the End of the World': Living in Antarctica - Buffalo News
Werner Herzog illustrates life in Antarctica in his film “Encounters at the End of the World.” One of the great and snotty East Coast jokes about California is that “it isn’t the end of the world, but you can see it from there.” Antarctica ...
- Newtown poets shine at international slam - Danbury News-Times
NEWTOWN -- Teenagers are commonly characterized as apathetic and indifferent to things of worldly importance. Haley Keene and Emma MacHugh, two Newtown residents, challenge that image. The girls participated in the 11th Annual Youthspeaks Brave New ...
- How to fly without fear (Independent)
Last week's "terror plunge" to an emergency landing by a Qantas jumbo jet will have done little to soothe the intense fear of flying suffered by one in five of the UK population. Boarding an aeroplane may actually be the safest form of travel, but being stuck in a metal tube, 39,000 feet in the air, can exacerbate so many other phobias: fear of crowds, heights, confined spaces and loss of ...
- Contenders for this year's surprise TIFF hit - Globe and Mail
Contenders for this year's surprise TIFF hitGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoIt's an extension of what he calls "life cinema," showing the simplicity and warmth of the world by mixing naturalism and poetry, sometimes even waiting ...
- DACC expands reach of literary magazine - Danville Commercial News
DACC expands reach of literary magazineDanville Commercial News, IL - 4 hours agoThey helped select the magazine’s poetry and prose pieces. “We’re very proud of the way it looks,” David said. “We couldn’t be happier with the way it ...
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