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- Uncloaked Potter Blinds Horses in `Equus' Revival: John Simon (Bloomberg)
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Some plays read well but play poorly; ``Equus,'' specious as literature, is nevertheless dazzling theater. Now Peter Shaffer 's 1973 drama rides again on Broadway, in a production starring Daniel Radcliffe , filmdom's Harry Potter, and Richard Griffiths , aka Uncle Vernon and star of ``The History Boys.'' It is a gripping spectacle but not a substantial one.
- Following in Dylan’s footsteps - WalesOnline
Following in Dylan’s footstepsWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago... appealed to decades of poets and writers, including Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Eugene O’Neill, EE Cummings and Dylan. The black-and-white ink ...
- North Smithfield's Schweitzer wins arts grant for poetry - Valley Breeze
North Smithfield's Schweitzer wins arts grant for poetryValley Breeze, RI - 19 minutes agoShe realized that she really loved words - and poets love words. In the mid-'90s she joined a poetry workshop and was surprised when the facilitator of the ...
- Poet recites verses (The Daily Free Press)
As Seamus Heaney read his poetry at Harvard University last night, his listeners seemed to have a renewed faith in the power of the written word.
- 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...
- Writing marathon to hit Pickering - Newsdurhamregion.com
Writing marathon to hit PickeringNewsdurhamregion.com, Canada - 4 hours agoThe Pickering Public Library will hold the Purdy Poetry Marathon on Tuesday, Aug. 19 and Wednesday, Aug. 20, where the library's writer-in-residence, ...Al Purdy: a celebrated local Belleville Intelligencerall 2 news articles
- It takes four to make a Dream Poetry Team - Contra Costa Times
A powerhouse quartet of poets steps into the spotlight at La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley tonight for a series of readings they're calling "Arte Poetica — The Dream Poetry Team." The participants include Jack Hirschman, the activist and writer ...
- Learn to take a walk through verse (The Oregonian)
I n the spirit of schools opening this month, I'd like to share some strategies for reading poetry that might be of special interest to teachers. I call this method Walking Through the Poem, and I have found that it helps bring me closer to a poem's emotion and metaphoric impulses.
- UConn program gives 7th-graders an early start - Stamford Advocate
Graduate student Becky Gladych helps Elpidio Romano with a project during a summer biology class in the University Pals program at the University of Connecticut in Stamford. The program gives Stamford and Norwalk students a taste of college. STAMFORD ...
- What's on: Friday October 10 - Scotsman
What's on: Friday October 10Scotsman, United Kingdom - 28 minutes agoScottish Poetry Library, Crichton's Close, Canongate, 7.30pm, £5 (£3), 0131-557 2876 Around 70 specialist producers, selling farm produce such as bread, ...
- French dances, global culture - Inquirer.net
French dances, global cultureInquirer.net, Philippines - 4 hours agoIn sketchily mundane skits, eight performers in everyday wear infused hip-hop, classical ballet, African and street dance with sound poetry and moved in ...
- Lanier, Humphreville return for two Wedowee performances - Randolph Leader
Lanier, Humphreville return for two Wedowee performancesRandolph Leader, AL - 23 minutes agoThis program features poetry by Carl Sanburg and the American folk songs he loved and collected. Songs are arranged by such excellent American composers as ...
- Tunisia: Launch of the 26th Edition of the Gabes International Festival (AllAfrica.com)
The 26 th edition of the Gabes International Festival was launched on Friday by Mr Taoufik Baccar, the Governor of Tunisia's Central Bank.
- Patti Smith Hits the Big Screen in Untraditional Rock Doc ... - Rolling Stone
Patti Smith Hits the Big Screen in Untraditional Rock Doc ...Rolling Stone - 57 minutes agoWhen I saw her onstage at Irving Plaza she was a completely different woman, spitting and spewing out poetry. I was like, ‘Holy shit. ...
- Education for Education's Sake - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Education for Education's SakeChronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 2 hours agoBy STEVEN G. KELLMAN To counter the old Platonic charge that poetry is mendacity, that conjuring worlds up out of words is lying, Sir Philip Sidney devised ...
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