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- Thousands expected at funeral for Palestinian poet Darwish - AFP
AFPThousands expected at funeral for Palestinian poet DarwishAFP - 33 minutes agoHe penned over two dozen books of poetry and prose in a career spanning nearly a half-century that captured the Palestinian experience of war, exile, ...
- Goethe establishment slams lawyer's romance claims - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Berlin - Allegations of a secret love affair between a dowager duchess and Germany's greatest writer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, have been hotly rejected this week by German literary scholars. The claims were advanced in a 2003 book by literary sleuth E...
- Snapshots (The Montana Standard)
Guard forces to deploy GREAT FALLS (AP) — About half of the Montana Air National Guard's 120th Security Forces Squadron will deploy to Kyrgyzstan in January.
- Boyd Tonkin: The Week In Books (Independent)
Yesterday, the Queen hosted a garden party for Dr Rowan Williams and the 650-odd Anglican bishops who still (as they turned up to the Lambeth Conference) acknowledge his authority. If Her Majesty felt the need for a soothing topic of conversation with the embattled Archbishop of Canterbury, she might have chatted about poetry. In addition to the spectrum of gifts that only stops short at a ...
- 'We literally rose from the ashes' (MPNnow.com)
Supporters of the Macedon Public Library gathered last week to celebrate the building’s fifth anniversary. Â
- 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill 2008 - 40 More - Thehill.com
There are far more pretty people on Capitol Hill than we can show you here, but here are 40 more of the "most beautiful people on Capitol Hill." The rest of these beautiful people are not ranked in any specific order. Thank you to all that ...
- Plymouth takes the stage - The Patriot Ledger
Plymouth takes the stageThe Patriot Ledger, MA - 34 minutes ago... that provides almost-daily entertainment with live music as well as actors who perform 30-minute one-act plays. The coffee bar Kiskadee features poetry ...
- THE SCORE — Neruda, Prokofiev lovers take note - Aspen Daily News
Full of poetry that inspired composer Peter Lieberson to write an award-winning song cycle, Kelley O’Connor and David Zinman will bring further inspiration to these songs. Anytime pianist Yefim Bronfman performs is newsworthy, and he will close the ...
- Easton plans different barn raising - Connecticut Post
Easton plans different barn raisingConnecticut Post, CT - 42 minutes ago"I love the barn. It's beautiful. It would be a shame if it were not maintained," Hornstein said. Persons interested in the silhouettes or tickets for the ...
- Travel 411: Stars, politicians among authors at book festival (TCPalm.com)
Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival on Sept. 27 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The event was started by first lady Laura Bush as a way to celebrate reading and books.
- Electric Picnic: past to present - Irish Independent
Electric Picnic: past to presentIrish Independent, Ireland - 2 hours agoThe new kid on the block in Ireland's ever-burgeoning festival calendar started life as a one-day event headlined by Arrested Development, Jurassic 5, ...
- Orange Winner Dies, Still Engrossed in Her Books, at 68 - Buzzle
Orange Winner Dies, Still Engrossed in Her Books, at 68Buzzle, CA - 1 hour agoShe wrote poetry, literary criticism and biography, but found her medium when her first novel, Small Ceremonies, was published in 1976. ...
- Ask a poet: Philip Pardi (The UTD Mercury)
Philip Pardi Director of College Writing at Bard College, will read his work and sign copies of his first book, "Meditations on Rising and Falling," at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in the McDermott Suite. "Meditations" was a winner of the 2008 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. For more answers from Pardi, go to www.utdmercury.com.
- Sylvain Trudel's 'Mercury Under My Tongue' - International Herald Tribune
Mercury Under My Tongue By Sylvain Trudel. Translated by Sheila Fischman. 159 pages. Paper, $13.95. Soft Skull Press. Sylvain Trudel's acid novel "Mercury Under My Tongue," tartly translated from the French by Sheila Fischman, is a tale told by a 16 ...
- Author with Tacoma connection shares her love of the Amish - Tacoma Weekly
Author with Tacoma connection shares her love of the AmishTacoma Weekly, WA - 11 hours agoIn her teen years she wrote skits for her church teen group to perform. In 1980, she took a course in writing for children and teenagers, and became serious ...
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