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- Toronto writer's The Outlander wins First Novel Award (CBC)
A debut novel about a 19-year-old widow fleeing her ruthless brothers-in-law through the Rockies in the winter of 1903 has won the $7,500 First Novel Award.
- Grandchild brings literary inspiration - Post-Star
Sometimes it takes a little longer to find your niche in life. For Ronald Leonard, it happened when most people are considering retirement. In 2000, halfway through his sixth decade of life, Leonard began compiling poems that were inspired by the ...
- Preparing for history - McPherson Sentinel
Six cities in Kansas were chosen to host the Smithsonian Institution exhibition, titled, "New Harmonies - Celebrating American Roots Music." The traveling exhibit has already been in Winfield, Russell and Lawrence. It will be in Independence until ...
- Cincinnati Goes Artsy - Digital City
Cincinnati Goes ArtsyDigital City, NY - 12 hours agoLocated in the Over-The Rhine district of Cincinnati's downtown, the gallery the brothers created featured art work mixed with poetry and music performances ...
- Things to do today - Akron Beacon Journal
To have an event listed, send a fax to 330-996-3033 or an e-mail to newsroomemail@thebeaconjournal.com at least a week in advance. TODAY Friends of the Library Summer Book Sale — 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m ...
- The Jade Goody Decade: The Ten-Year Plan And An Indian Take-Away - Anorak
“I FEAR MY CANCER’S SPREAD,†says the Jade Goody-inspired headline on the Mirror’s cover. This is not a metaphorical tabloid cancer, and right now millions of youths are not racially abusing Asians for our entertainment. This is real cancer ...
- UK`s oldest joke unearthed! - Zee News
London, Aug 01: A 1,000-year-old double-meaning wry observation is what British academics consider to be their country's oldest joke. They found it in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of Anglo-Saxon poetry held at Exeter Cathedral. It reads ...
- Express Lane: Titanic rhymes; Tomato tasting; Wine School Class 101 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Titanic rhymesThe sinking of the Titanic is the stuff of legend. But is it the stuff of poetry? All Milwaukee students in grades three through 12 can decide for themselves through a student poetry competition being held by th...
- Early in fest, one-man show pushes hip hop boundaries - Washington Square News
Marc Bamuthi Joseph has multiple personalities and isn’t afraid to say so. “I’ve managed to convince the whole performing arts machine that I am both high art and hip-hop,†he said in his one-man show, “the break/s: a mixtape for stage ...
- From Russia with love of art and words - The Age
The AgeFrom Russia with love of art and wordsThe Age, Australia - 1 hour agoPetropolis, her rollicking tale of art and love, motherhood and immigration, follows chubby, mixed-raced Sasha Goldberg from dreary Siberia, ...
- The House Is Clean, But The Laundry Is Dirty - Hoya
In the small dark theater on the first floor of Walsh, a pristine, white couch sits on a pristine, white rug in sharp contrast to the black walls that surround it. Everything is in order; everything is in its proper place. Two hours later, this same ...
- Darwish laid to rest in Ramallah - Aljazeera.net
Voice of AmericaDarwish laid to rest in RamallahAljazeera.net, Qatar - 3 hours agoThe streets of Ramallah were lined with flags and posters quoting Mahmoud Darwish's poetry. A giant banner bearing his photograph hung over the central ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishThe Palestinian icon GulfNewsPalestinians prepare to bury poet BBC NewsDaily Star - Lebanon - Democracy Nowall 686 news articles
- The Week In Radio: A tribute to the power of love (Independent)
Across the nation, throughout Between Ourselves (BBC Radio 4, Thursday), you could hear the gentle thud of jaws dropping to the floor. In the first of a new run, the common experience uniting Olivia O'Leary's guests was that they were married to people who underwent a change of sex, and the marriage had survived the alteration: Daphne's husband was now a woman; Chris's wife a man. Just that ...
- Halifax, NS | Sun, July 27th, 2008 - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Halifax, NS | Sun, July 27th, 2008TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 4 hours agoThe facilitator is Jeff Davis, (Taos Summer Writers Conference; Writers Lab in Skyros, Greece; Block Island Poetry Project), author of The Journey from the ...
- Book Review: Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul edited by Judith ... - Blogcritics.org
Book Review: Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul edited by Judith ...Blogcritics.org, OH - 5 hours agoIf reading poetry could be compared to walking through a garden, marveling at this flower or that, the shape of the hedge just beyond, the bee busily ...
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