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- Eminent critic Kashfi dead (Dawn)
KARACHI, May 15: Eminent critic, research scholar and former chairman of Karachi University’s Urdu department Prof Dr Syed Abul Khair Kashfi died on Thursday afternoon. He was 76.
- Bedford songwriter finds inspiration in a homeless girl's poem - Boston Globe
POETIC INSPIRATION: For pianist Andrea Surova of Bedford, songwriting developed as a natural extension of the poetry she began writing at age 10. As a result, she has an even more special appreciation for the poem written by a 12-year-old homeless ...
- Kitchen Next Door - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
For Lighthouse Point resident Nina Romano, food is poetry. When this second-generation Italian wrote her first book of poetry, each poem drew on her memories of cooking with her mother and grandmother and of sharing her love of food with family and ...
- 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 ...
- Shouting poetry from the rooftops - New Zealand Herald
Shouting poetry from the rooftopsNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 1 hour ago... Invisible Kisses - a heartfelt paean of love which he said was read at a wedding at least once a month - a sizeable and enthusiastic crowd had built up. ...
- George Garrett, at 78; versatile author, poet - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON - George Garrett, the author of more than 30 books of fiction, poetry, biography, and criticism, including an acclaimed trilogy of historical novels set in Elizabethan England, died Monday at his home in Charlottesville, Va., of bladder ...
- City book swap - Sheffield Telegraph
City book swapSheffield Telegraph, UK - 4 hours agoThroughout the weekend, there will be children's storytelling sessions, poetry and song, a Poetry Jukebox from Sheffield poet Matt Black, a toddlers book ...
- Counting Pages - New Yorker
New YorkerCounting PagesNew Yorker, United States - 21 minutes agoAs I grew older, I was drawn to poetry, and I began to study the haftarah—the weekly selection from the prophets. As I grew busier, I began to appreciate ...
- Angelou, Lear named for 2008 Marian Anderson Award (AP via Yahoo! News)
TV producer Norman Lear and author Maya Angelou will be the 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award, which honors artists whose leadership benefits humanity.
- Wanda's Picks (San Francisco Bay View)
Happy Birthday, Mama! Today is the birthday of my mother, Helen Isaac.
- History Keeps Me Awake At Night - Art Cal
History Keeps Me Awake At NightArt Cal, NY - 45 minutes agoHe maintains a blog, "every time a police officer gets shot i throw a party," and a biweekly poetry magazine, "the name of this band is the talking heads. ...
- Camano library sale an emotional, financial success - HeraldNet
Camano library sale an emotional, financial successHeraldNet, WA - 1 hour agoThe lost young man picked up a copy of Emily Dickinson's poetry, Wietzke says, and opened to "Hope is the Thing with Feathers." He cried and told one of the ...
- Our friends electric: Wall.E & family - Independent
Our friends electric: Wall.E & familyIndependent, UK - 14 minutes agoThe Chicago Tribune called it "visual poetry"; The New York Times praised its eco-message – a warning of a trash-filled future world – and even said Wall-E ...
- Edison Arts Society celebrates 10th anniversary - Edison Sentinel
Edison Arts Society celebrates 10th anniversaryEdison Sentinel, NJ - 24 minutes ago... the formation of the Edison Symphony Orchestra, the Artist of the Month program, and the Edison Literary Review, an annual poetry and prose publication. ...
- 'One Remaining Star' shines bright - Gloucester Daily Times
Reading poetry is, for me, a bit like traveling to a foreign country. Perhaps I know some of the language, but am timid to speak it. In a poem, I may understand the gist of the words, but there is that aura of intrigue as I rest my gaze on unfamiliar ...
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