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- Colleagues remember Guenther's passion for poetry (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
When Charles Guenther retired from writing poetry reviews for this newspaper, it was obvious that there would be no one waiting to take his place.
- Young Guns: A new brand of gangster grows up in a killing culture (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
During the first eight months of 2008, gang gunplay in the Seattle area killed at least a half-dozen young men, injured scores more and left police scrambling to find new ways of addressing a problem that is decades old.
- Conventionist: Inside the DNC Media Swag Bag - Laist.com
DCist is here in Denver for the Democratic National Convention, which kicks off tomorrow. We were too wiped out to attend last night's big Media Welcome Party at Elitch Gardens (though there's some evidence we may not have gotten in anyway), but we ...
- Sally Emerson's top 10 books of quotations - guardian.co.uk
Sally Emerson's top 10 books of quotationsguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago... Funerals and Just Getting By, an anthology of poetry and extracts intended for reading at funerals. Here, she picks her favourite quotation books. 1. ...
- Hollywood star Rhys joins druids - BBC News
BBC NewsHollywood star Rhys joins druidsBBC News, UK - 13 minutes agoDruids, winners of the eisteddfod's main literary and poetry competitions, or - as in the case of Rhys - individuals seen to have served Wales, the language ...
- Long Wharf To Present Premiere Of Fugard's 'Victory' - Broadway World
Long Wharf To Present Premiere Of Fugard's 'Victory'Broadway World, NY - 11 hours agoThirty-five years after Fugard’s monumental collaboration Sizwe Banzi is Dead made its American premiere at Long Wharf Theatre, he returns with two stories ...
- Witty Repartee (Metro Weekly)
The trick of improvisational theater is taking a few ideas and stitching them together on the fly before an audience. Success can be measured in laughs, which are Washington Improv Theater's stock-in-trade.
- Cheeta the chimp battling assassination of Zia for Guardian book award (New Kerala)
London, Aug 29 : An acting chimpanzee's autobiography has made the shortlist for the new Guardian book award. The book is going head to head with a cold war love story and a novel about the assassination of a Pakistani dictator in the award.
- As The Man Says - Leaves of Summer - Ulster Herald (subscription)
As The Man Says - Leaves of SummerUlster Herald (subscription), UK - 14 minutes agoThis summer, a week of activity was given over to celebrating the life and achievement of the Omagh-born playwright and short-story writer, Brian Friel. ...
- In brief: Illinois (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Find events going on in your community, and plan your week’s activities with The Times.
- Obama profile: Ability to evolve and adapt - San Francisco Chronicle
Obama profile: Ability to evolve and adaptSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 21 minutes agoHe explored the teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud, and began to display skill in prose and poetry. Gone was the good-time surfer dude, ...
- The Future that Never Comes; the Past that Never Was; the Present ... - Dissident Voice
The Future that Never Comes; the Past that Never Was; the Present ...Dissident Voice, CA - 3 minutes agoGary Corseri has published novels and poetry collections, edited the Manifestations anthology, had his dramas produced on Atlanta-PBS and elsewhere. ...
- Poem: White Moon by Wang Xiaoni - Guardian Unlimited
The midnight moon exposes every bone. I breathe ice-blue air. All the world's follies are falling like fireflies. The city is a carcass. No living thing can match this pure light. I open the curtains to watch earth hold such pouring silver until I ...
- Browsing poetry - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Browsing poetrySt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 8 hours agoAnd the poem "House of Cards" describes living in political danger: "The sound of boots in the street/ Making us still for a moment. ...
- Karadzic, the terrible poet with lust for gore - Irish Independent
Karadzic, the terrible poet with lust for goreIrish Independent, Ireland - 17 hours agoHere's a sample of his poetry, which may, of course, have suffered in translation: "Goodbye Assassins, it seems from now on/The gentlefolks' aortas will ...
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