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- Religious retreats help guests find peace (Asbury Park Press)
At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
- URI again to offer Summer Writing Conference - Providence Journal
URI again to offer Summer Writing ConferenceProvidence Journal, RI - May 17, 2008Craft presenters will lead sessions about a particular aspect of or approach to writing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, giving participants the opportunity ...
- John Mellencamp still rocks, but ages gracefully (Chicago Sun-Times)
It’s been said that by age 50 you get the face you deserve.
- UK quashes ‘lyrical’ terror conviction - Financial Times
A former Heathrow airport worker who wrote poems about beheading non-Muslims as the self-styled “lyrical terrorist” had her conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday. Samina Malik, 24, was the first woman to be convicted under ...
- Will He or Won’t He? - Foreign Policy In Focus
Will He or Won’t He?Foreign Policy In Focus - Jul 28, 2008We hope that all of you who live in or near Washington, DC will consider joining us at Busboys & Poets on Thursday, July 31 at 5:30 pm for a free screening ...
- I'm walking on air after flying through Irish - Irish Independent
I'm walking on air after flying through IrishIrish Independent, Ireland - 28 minutes agoHaving stayed up until midnight writing sample answers to essays, there was no time left for me to study the poetry. Sitting outside the exam hall, ...
- Sean Wilsey Goes Slow - London Review of Books (subscription)
Sean Wilsey Goes SlowLondon Review of Books (subscription), UK - 54 minutes agoMark Ford’s collections of poetry are Landlocked and Soft Sift. He is a professor of English at University College London. Deborah Friedell is an editor at ...
- Nutria NN — Brooklyn protest rock - New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsNutria NN — Brooklyn protest rockNew York Daily News, NY - 44 minutes agoBy José Manuel Simián Chilean songwriter Christian Torres-Roje earnestly recites a poem by Federico García Lorca between folk songs infused with ’70s ...
- McGuinty defends tax credits for racy film (Guelph Mercury)
Politicians should not engage in censorship of movies, art, literature or architecture, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said yesterday as he defended the use of provincial tax credits to help fund a controversial new movie about the sex lives of young singles.
- WASHINGTON DIARY: A neglected language —Dr Manzur Ejaz - Daily Times
Reporting on Mr Izzat Majeed’s speech at The Middle East Institute in Washington, my colleague Khalid Hasan referred to a controversy in which Majeed issued an ‘aggressive’ comment in Viewpoint about the late Faiz Ahmad Faiz. It was one of the ...
- Upcoming Cherry Hill Library events - Courier-Post
Check out these upcoming Cherry Hill Library events. Contact wrhodes@gannett.com if you'd like your library's events featured on the Courier-Post website. Speaking of Poetry, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 8. Poets and fans of the genre are welcome to join the ...
- Abortion and Crime: The Flip Side - New York Times Blogs
Abortion and Crime: The Flip SideNew York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- “Ashes in Midair” (Style Weekly)
Williams worries constantly at that stitched-up place in the psyche where the secret can become the sacred.
- 'World's worst poet' goes under hammer - ABS CBN News
'World's worst poet' goes under hammerABS CBN News, Philippines - May 16, 2008... it would be in the same league as first edition copies of Harry Potter books signed by author JK Rowling, according to The Daily Telegraph newspaper. ...
- Malcolm McLean's remembrance of his sister, Carol Bly - Duluth News Tribune
Malcolm McLean's remembrance of his sister, Carol BlyDuluth News Tribune, MN - 2 hours agoIt was a happy household but Mother’s illness was very sad. There was a constant reminder, a sort of low background noise, that Mother was a semi-invalid ...Carol Bly’s friends recall passion, conscience Duluth News Tribuneall 2 news articles
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