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- Words from the wise (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Saturday morning high school students are normally not in classrooms, but more than 100 students from local high schools attended the Brian N. Conley Young Writers Institute recently and were ready to start the day sitting in classrooms.
- Finding words amid the ashes (The News & Observer)
War is the great contradiction. It is a horror, murderer of people and destroyer of lands. A scourge. And yet we don't seem to be able to get along without it. It's been our nearly constant companion since somebody picked up the first stick and realized he could use it to flail on his neighbor and probably get something he coveted.
- Spice dealer knows what's hot - Sun-Sentinel.com
Spice dealer knows what's hotSun-Sentinel.com, FL - 43 minutes agoWhile he was studying for his master's degree in New York City, Sharifi focused on mystical Iranian poetry. He found food-related passages dotted with ...
- Dozens of poets gather to honor Donald Finkel - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-DispatchDozens of poets gather to honor Donald FinkelSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 1 hour agoSome of us, along with other longtime admirers, will gather Monday for one of the biggest poetry readings ever in St. Louis. As a tribute to the man who ...
- 'Power of Desire' shocks with perverse humor (Honolulu Advertiser)
The subtitle says it all in "The Power of Desire: A Midsummer Nightmare." A rewrite of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Reb Beau Allen, the production explores the original comedy's dark side by setting it in "The Forest," a nightclub for erotic fantasies. In this context, Titania is a cross-dressing club hostess and Puck is a junkie.
- John Updike Selected for Jefferson Lecture (Washington Post)
On his 76th birthday, the U.S. government sent celebrated writer John Updike another official honor. The National Endowment for the Humanities announced yesterday that Updike will deliver the 2008 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities.
- Young couple’s dream of a coffee shop comes true (Puyallup Herald)
The owners of Beyond the Bridge Café in Sumner are serious about offering a fun, artistic atmosphere and quality coffee, complete with foam art.
- Recently: Following her heart after saving one - The Carrboro Citizen
Recently: Following her heart after saving oneThe Carrboro Citizen, NC - Feb 28, 2008Grace, a Carrboro artist, who teaches painting and poetry in her home through The ArtsCenter, is a study in life’s metaphors. “When I finish a painting, ...
- Synnika Lofton's Potry Workshop for Teens
HamptonRoads.com - Synnika Lofton, local poet, will hold a poetry workshop for teens at 7 p.m. tonight at a party of the Chesapeake Poetry Festival Feb. 25-March 1 at the Russell Memorial Library, 2808 Taylor Road, Chesapeake. The schedule for this week's poetry ...
- Earth Dinner, Earth Day's Holiday Meal, Grows Deeper Roots Nationwide - CSRwire.com (press release)
Earth Dinner, Earth Day's Holiday Meal, Grows Deeper Roots NationwideCSRwire.com (press release) - 1 hour agoAlso available in celebration of Earth Dinner this year is "Unconventional Wisdom: The Earth Dinner Reader," a collection of essay, poetry, ...
- Christophers winner David McCullough reflects on a life well lived - Catholic News Service
Christophers winner David McCullough reflects on a life well livedCatholic News Service - 2 hours ago"It has to do with art and literature and poetry. It has everything to do with being a human being. Because that's what history is. To leave art, music, ...
- Mariah Carey keeps us guessing, Sarah Jessica Parker keeps style cheap ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Is Mimi a Mrs.? Did she or didn't she? Rumors are swirling that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon got married in a spontaneous wedding in the Bahamas this week. No official word from either party's mouthpieces, but his family is saying the deed was done ...
- Victorian poets had true love - Weirton Daily Times
“How do I love thee, let me count the ways ...” was how Elizabeth Moulton Barrett began the sonnet she penned long ago to her requited, secret love, Robert Browning. While majoring in English, I learned about Elizabeth and Robert’s love story ...
- After dad's death comes a year of unraveling family secrets - Minneapolis Star Tribune
By: Siri Hustvedt. Publisher: Holt, 320 pages, $25. Review: An elegant meditation on familial grief, memory and imagination. Events: 7:30 p.m. April 24, Birchbark Books, 2115 W. 21st St., Minneapolis; 4 p.m. April 25, St. Olaf College Viking Theater ...
- IBNLive Chat: Advani's book, his last die to become PM - CNN-IBN
CNN-IBNIBNLive Chat: Advani's book, his last die to become PMCNN-IBN, India - 2 hours agoSo what if there is no poetry involved. Harikesh: Do you feel that the release of book after the Union Budget will give some limelight to BJP? ...
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