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- Scots author hits back at Paxman over attack on Burns’s poetry (The Herald)
A leading Scottish author, angered by Jeremy Paxman's dismissal of Burns as a "king of sentimental doggerel", yesterday proposed a novel revenge against the controversial broadcaster.
- Actors reveal adult side of children's poet (The Ohio University Post)
The Lost Flamingo Company will perform various Shel Silverstein writings tonight when they host "An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein" at Casa Cantina, 4 W. State St.
- In defence of Edward Said, Marcus Aurelius, The Putney debates, etc - Times Online
In defence of Edward Said, Marcus Aurelius, The Putney debates, etcTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoHe read the language with ease and was an avid reader of Arabic poetry. He lectured in Arabic, conducted interviews with the media in Arabic, ...
- The Paris-Ramallah Axis - The Plank on TNR.com
The Paris-Ramallah AxisThe Plank on TNR.com, DC - Aug 12, 2008Buck reminds us that, aside from poetry and Yassir Arafat's guns and olive branch speech to the General Assembly, Darwish also penned the Declaration of ...
- Theatrical battle of the sexes? (Salon.com)
Liz Smith says only men are trashing "Mamma Mia!" Meanwhile, an L.A. Times blogger explains why women can't handle "The Dark Knight." Oh, please!
- ET CETERA Victori... - Akron Beacon Journal
Victorian Pastimes — Noon to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 31 at Hower House, the University of Akron, 60 Fir Hill, Akron. Explores the various leisure-time activities of the Hower family as well as general ...
- Roger Rees on Shakespeare in one-man show (San Francisco Chronicle)
"That's been the tragedy of my life, actually. I've always looked younger than I am," Roger Rees says, perhaps only half in earnest. "I was 36 when I played Nicholas Nickleby," he continues, referring to his breakthrough, Olivier and Tony award-winning title...
- A Van Cliburn anniversary - Philadelphia Inquirer
A Van Cliburn anniversaryPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 19 minutes agoThere's no "Banner" or poetry; in Russia, he was more a musician than an objectified folk hero and, interestingly, seems more in his element. ...
- Loachapoka summer program celebrates Juneteenth - Opelika Auburn News
Opelika Auburn NewsLoachapoka summer program celebrates JuneteenthOpelika Auburn News, AL - 15 hours ago“(It) started in Texas when the slaves finally got word that they were free, so it’s evolved over the years in a lot of African American communities,†said ...
- In airport limbo, a life story takes wing - Denver Post
They bully us, overcharge us and then ask us to hold, please, for 40 minutes just to lodge our complaints. Americans spend so much time in this robotic consumer purgatory, it's a wonder novelists haven't spied a story here. But Jonathan Miles has ...
- Unknown Wonderland shines at Rochester jazz festival - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Unknown Wonderland shines at Rochester jazz festivalRochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - 2 hours agoWonderland opens for the Kentucky Headhunters at 7 tonight at the free East Avenue and Chestnut Street Stage. While Wonderland took country blues to the ...
- Pioneer party: Small towns make July 24 their own - Salt Lake Tribune
Pioneer party: Small towns make July 24 their ownSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago... parade, barbecue turkey lunch and entertainment, horseshoe tournament, children's games, cowboy poetry and entertainment at night at the city park. ...
- 19 Tips For Cheering Yourself Up -- From 200 Years Ago - Huffingtonpost.com
While reading a biography of English writer Sydney Smith, Hesketh Pearson's The Smith of Smiths , I stumbled across a letter. In 1820, Smith wrote a letter to an unhappy friend, Lady Morpeth, in which he offered her tips for cheering up. I have my ...
- Temple Beth El to mark 80th anniversary - Fall River Herald News
Temple Beth El to mark 80th anniversaryFall River Herald News, USA - 9 hours ago“I say to myself, ‘I had such a good life, a good husband, good family.’ I thank God for it.†Her brother, Nate Dondis, 82, ran the Empire Men’s Shop after ...
- Adam Rapp's "Blackbird" at The Bang and The Clatter Theatre Company ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tony Brown/The Plain Dealer Baylis (Sean Derry, left) and Froggy (Alanna Romansky) snuggle up on a urine-stained mattress in a scuzzy Lower Manhattan apartment in Adam Rapp's "Blackbird" at the Cleveland outpost of The Bang and the Clatter Theatre ...
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