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- The Life and Death of the English Football Song - PopMatters
The Life and Death of the English Football SongPopMatters, IL - 2 hours agoPoetry. The appeal of the football song spread abroad. The Chicago Bears head office saw dollar signs flashings, and somehow convinced the 1985 team to make ...
- THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Egypt Today
THERE ’S SOMETHING ABOUT fiction chronicling the life and times of Egypt and its residents that attracts readers — Egyptian and foreign alike — like moths to a flame, especially when the work is suspected to be romans à clef. Lawrence Durrell ...
- Blogging day two of National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
As was the case on Tuesday, members of National Poetry Slam teams and spectators published online reports about theirs and others' bouts. Joining in the commentary for the second night of the slam was a pair of judges, who are drawn from the crowd watching the slam.
- HELSINGIN SANOMAT INTERNATIONAL EDITION - CULTURE - Helsingin Sanomat
HELSINGIN SANOMAT INTERNATIONAL EDITION - CULTUREHelsingin Sanomat, Finland - 22 minutes agoThe Consulate General denies this, saying that Oksanen is not appropriate for the occasion, because she is a prose writer and not a poet. ...
- Bishkek hosts personal exhibition of Paul Van Yu Tsai - 24
Bishkek hosts personal exhibition of Paul Van Yu Tsai24, Kyrgyzstan - 9 hours agoI write poems for myself, because poetry is another way to express your emotions, feelings and thoughts," the painter noted. "Paul Van Yu Tsai art works ...
- Paxman outrages Scots by calling Burns' poetry 'sentimental doggerel' - Daily Mail
Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman has sparked fury after he dismissed Scotland's national bard Robert Burns as 'no more than a king of sentimental doggerel'. Paxman's slur on the poet, in an introduction to the new edition of Chambers Dictionary, has ...
- The character in her head - St. Catharines Standard
The character in her headSt. Catharines Standard, Canada - 43 minutes agoSlean, also an accomplished artist, has just released her second collection of poetry, also entitled The Baroness. She collected these pieces from a "very ...
- Teachers get refresher on creativity at workshop - Spartanburg Herald-Journal
A group of 21 teachers is participating in the college’s Creativity Institute this week, which is funded by the South Carolina Department of Education. This is the third session the college has organized in three years, and its long waiting list is ...
- Showdown in Gotham Town - New York Times
New York TimesShowdown in Gotham TownNew York Times, United States - 4 minutes agoPitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, it goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind ...
- Elementary, My Dears column: The best of times for teachers (San Mateo County Times)
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom ... "This Charles Dickens line that begins "Tale of Two Cities" often describes our vocation.
- Poetry reading in Fanwood Sept. 16 - MyCentralJersey.com
FANWOOD — The Carriage House Poetry Series invites the public to attend a free poetry reading at 8 p.m. Sept. 16 in the Kuran Arts Center on Watson Road, off North Martine Avenue, adjacent to Fanwood Borough Hall. The featured reader will be ...
- Day three at the DNC, the Big Ten Network, Chicago at APT, and more in Madison Miscellany (Isthmus)
Wisconsin politicians and delegates continue to speak up at the DNC in Denver, the World Stem Cell Summit approaches, three UW students killed in early morning car crash, a farewell to Marc Eisen, interviews with Murder By Death, the jukebox at the Malt House, Poetry Slam Inc. issues statement on NPS 2008, Chicago builds presence at APT, Charter picks up Big Ten Network programming, and much ...
- Column: Rappers get bragging rights - Inside NoVA
Column: Rappers get bragging rightsInside NoVA, VA - 46 minutes agoSure, hip-hop is an art form, no better or worse than opera, poetry, film, etc. But, how many other people in the creative industries call themselves ...
- 'Dirty Sexy Money's' Craig Wright - Los Angeles Times
CRAIG WRIGHT may be best known as a scribe for hit TV shows such as "Six Feet Under," "Lost" and "Brothers and Sisters," but he has also etched a name for himself as a playwright, with such works as "Orange Flower Water," "Recent Tragic Events" and ...
- Artists accuse Sandinistas of vendetta against revered poet - guardian.co.uk
Artists accuse Sandinistas of vendetta against revered poetguardian.co.uk, UK - 19 hours agoMore than 60 Latin American writers and cultural luminaries, including many who used to champion the Sandinistas, denounced the move as illegal and another ...
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