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- How to raise a rock star - Guardian Unlimited
When I was growing up in the 1960s rock music was seen as an undesirable field for one's children to go into. When I was asked to play a gig with a rock band my mother said: "There is no way you're going 90 miles to play a gig with THEM!" My mother ...
- Michael X: A Life In Black And White, by John Williams - The Independent
Sometimes reading makes one feel old. As the fag end of the swinging Sixties merged into the sobering Seventies, John Williams was "a little white kid growing up in South Wales", seeing the Angry Brigade, the IRA and Black Power as distant spectres ...
- The reluctant propagandist - guardian.co.uk
The reluctant propagandistguardian.co.uk, UK - 25 minutes agoHe was living peripatetically, drinking heavily and unable to earn enough to feed his young family. So, as early as spring 1940, he took up a suggestion ...
- 'Ah, Wilderness!' sets sentimental comedy in the woods (The Capital Times)
SPRING GREEN -- Punctuated by the pop of Fourth of July firecrackers, the opening of "Ah, Wilderness!" at American Players Theatre reaches back toward a simpler, sweeter time. Like Garrison Keillor's beloved Lake Wobegon, back then, fathers were strong but even-tempered, women were protected and boys snuck out at night to shyly kiss their sweethearts -- and nothing more. It's a time that could ...
- Novel About Devil-Girl both Frightening and Inspirational - PR Web (press release)
Novel About Devil-Girl both Frightening and InspirationalPR Web (press release), WA - 20 minutes agoHer second poetry book, "The Stone of Language," was a finalist in five poetry competitions. Her stories have received numerous awards from Francis Ford ...
- Principal at Metacomet for 20 years, Portia Mendez retires and ... - Bloomfield Journal
Principal at Metacomet for 20 years, Portia Mendez retires and ...Bloomfield Journal, CT - 2 hours ago... Tree" by Shel Silverstein and Langston Hughes poetry and stories. The best things about her job as principal? "The children," she says, "and the staff. ...
- 'Amelie' sweetheart shows tough side - Knoxville News Sentinel
'Amelie' sweetheart shows tough sideKnoxville News Sentinel, TN - 1 hour ago"She's so tough, mean and manipulative, and if she's not played by someone with humor, fantasy and poetry, the character will immediately be hated. ...
- Film fans - 7 Days UAE
Film buffs are invited to sit back and indulge in the world of ‘New Wave’ Iranian cinema with the ‘Shahre Farang - Contemporary Iranian Films’ series, which runs every Saturday until July 5 at The Third Line Gallery. This series draws its ...
- Ajmal Khattak nominated for - The Nation, Pakistan
Ajmal Khattak nominated forThe Nation, Pakistan, Pakistan - 1 hour agoFor Urdu poetry ‘Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal Award’ was given to Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi on his book “Arz-o-Sama”. In Urdu prose Baba-i-Urdu Molvi Abdul Haq Award’ ...PAL announces literary awards for 2007 Pakistan Daily Mailall 2 news articles
- Poetry of success - Deccan Herald
Deccan HeraldPoetry of successDeccan Herald, India - 45 minutes agoHer poetry compilation ‘Nillisabeda Kayuvudannu’ was selected for the special scheme of Kannada Book Authority last year. Bharathi's PhD subject (Bhaashe ...
- AFRICA'S LITERARY TREASURE TROVE - Der Spiegel
The Grand Mosque at Djenne, Mali. The area's rich cultural heritage is only being slowly discovered. Bundles of paper covered with ancient Arabic letters lie on tables and dusty leather stools. In the sweltering heat, a man wearing blue Muslim robes ...
- COMMUNITY CALENDAR (Dallas Morning News)
SENIORS IN MOTION will meet at noon Tuesday for a lunch catered by Metroport Meals on Wheels and provided by Albertson's at the Flower Mound Community Church, 3415 Cross Timbers Road. The lunch is the last senior activity to be held at the church.
- Readings and Talks (The New Yorker)
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB Eugene Drucker, a violinist for the Emerson String Quartet, reads from his début novel, “The Savior,” about a violinist in a Nazi concentration camp. Drucker will also perform. (15 Gramercy Park S. No tickets necessary. June 19 at 7.) FILM FORUM The downtown revival house, which is . . .
- In Nairobi’s slums, E.C. Glass teacher finds hope (The News & Advance)
E.C. Glass teacher Patty Worsham was in an urban slum in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi to deliver supplies donated by Glass students, and to work with children at a school there.
- At Vermont writing summit, schlepping goes with scholarship (WCAX-TV Vermont)
RIPTON, Vt. -- It's billed as the oldest writers' conference in the nation, a picturesque mountaintop retreat where literary giants, book editors and up-and-coming novelists have been...
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