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- UB’s poetry treasures find global audience - Buffalo News
UB’s poetry treasures find global audienceBuffalo News, United States - 1 hour agoIn New York City, the Guggenheim Museum will open an exhibit called “American Art and Asia” on Jan. 30 that will include an item from the UB collection, ...
- One of poetry's finest reminds us of our place in the natural world (The Japan Times)
Skinny frog Don't give up! Issa is here He has been dead for 180 years, but Kobayashi Issa's haiku keep reminding us that the essence of Japan's culture lies in its intimate tie to nature. Humans are seen by him entirely as an element in nature, where ideally there is no artificial hierarchy and certainly no holier-than-thou moralizing. Read the full story
- Poetic visit - Surrey Leader
Surrey LeaderPoetic visitSurrey Leader, Canada - 4 hours agoDewdney is the author of four books of non-fiction and eleven books of poetry and has also written extensively about science, technology, language, culture, ...
- The Power of Song (New Haven Register)
NEW HAVEN - Lillie Perkins, who has taught countless students how to join their singing voices as one, was never technically a music teacher.
- Non-fiction - guardian.co.uk
Non-fictionguardian.co.uk, UK - 58 minutes ago... with all David Lean's poignant railway poetry? These questions are brilliantly answered by Christian Wolmar, who keeps his geek side in check to serve ...
- Concerts (Greenwich Time)
POP/ROCK Los Straitjackets, Turning Point, 9 p.m. tomorrow A surf-rock band that wears wrestling masks?
- Tomball college grad published poetry book (The Potpourri)
Durell Forte’s coworkers and classmates at Lone Star College-Tomball think he’s poetry in motion. And that was even before they knew he was a poet....
- Palestinian Cultural Heritage (Middle East Online)
Our daily life and our daily struggle is engraved in our folklore, it gives us the strength to go on and to never lose hope. Our cultural heritage is part of every one of us, something they can’t take away, no matter how hard they try, says Reham Alhelsi .
- Ledbury Poetry Festival launches campaign for female Poet Laureate - Hereford Times
Ledbury Poetry Festival launches campaign for female Poet LaureateHereford Times, UK - 3 hours agoAS the current Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion’s ten-year term in the position nears an end, Ledbury Poetry Festival has launched a campaign urging the ...
- Augusten Burroughs A WOLF AT THE TABLE - New York Times
New York TimesAugusten Burroughs A WOLF AT THE TABLENew York Times, United States - 32 minutes agoAnd some of it pumps heavily metaphoric importance into minor-sounding incidents, clumsily ratcheting up the drama of the boy’s early life. ...
- This Fourth of July, Celebrate Financial Independence - Washington Post
Resize Text I know this is the day before the July 4th holiday, but before you skip town or work, join me for a live discussion about personal finance matters. Who knows, I may be able to save you some money before you celebrate Independence Day. I ...
- Gaining insights from others' lives (Miami Herald)
I used to love reading biographies and autobiographies when I was younger, but maybe I'm a little jaded now. Everyone seems to have an ax to grind, an angle to play, a story to spin and a point to make. Understand, though I still find it instructive to read of other's lives and gain insight from their tales, and reading with a slightly jaundiced eye may actually be a bit of an advantage, like ...
- Justice for Camille - Forbes
Justice for CamilleForbes, NY - 1 hour agoHe published poetry. The plays he wrote were publicly performed (albeit not worth reviving). On the last evening of his life, he played dominoes and won. ...
- Marilyn Chin Named Finalist for California Poet Laureate - SDS Universe
SDSU creative writing professor Marilyn Chin has been named one of four finalists for Poet Laureate of California. "As an Asian-American woman poet, I feel honored to have been selected," Chin said. "There’s so much going on in California and the ...
- America Back on Track... for Wednesday, July 23rd - OpEdNews.com
Our Quote of the Day is from Albert Guinon said, "When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong – or absolutely right." Some observations on the news... Maureen Dowd has an excellent column today about Obama’s Middle East ...
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