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- Profile: Jeremy Paxman - Guardian Unlimited
Few famous figures manage to capture the nation's attention each time they open their mouth but, unwittingly or otherwise, Jeremy Paxman has perfected the art of getting noticed. The Newsnight presenter's pronouncements on everything from underpants ...
- Ottawa axes second arts subsidy in two weeks - Globe and Mail
Greg Stevens from SIDNEY, Canada writes: When are the arts going to recognize that private patrons and their customers are their support, and not the taxpayers, many of whom are seniors, others are losing their jobs, or worried about their homes and ...
- Eleanor Wachtel talks with poet and fiction writer Jackie Kay in the ... - CBC News
All of us go through a search for identity. But that personal quest has special resonance for Scottish writer Jackie Kay, and it has been at the root of much of her award-winning work. The daughter of a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father, Kay was ...
- New program will recruit kids to fight violence with art, music ... - Boston Globe
New program will recruit kids to fight violence with art, music ...Boston Globe, United States - 45 minutes agoThe kids, who will work out of community centers and union's Dorchester headquarters, will create artwork, music, and poetry to spread messages of peace and ...
- Undaunted by her disorder - Hampton Roads Daily Press
WACO, Texas - The ulcers on her gums and lips were so painful that Sanya Richards stopped eating. But she kept running. She fashioned a mouthpiece from a cardboard tape roll, bit down on it like a bullet, sprinted around the track and tried to focus ...
- A look at the best books for fall - Corpus Christi Caller Times
A look at the best books for fallCorpus Christi Caller Times, TX - 8 hours agoA self-publicizing foodie dilettante specializing in the game of his native Michigan when he's not writing fiction or poetry, Harrison has fans in several ...
- 'The Dark Knight' Reviews Proclaim Batman Greatness - Bodog Beat
Bodog Beat'The Dark Knight' Reviews Proclaim Batman GreatnessBodog Beat, Antigua and Barbuda - 6 hours agoThe New York Times says, " Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, The Dark Knight goes darker and deeper than any ...
- Poetry Slam allows young and old to use the power of words (The Daily Texan)
Korim, of Team Neo-Soul, approached the microphone, closed his eyes and began a torrent hum of dialogue almost incomprehensible to the audience. At Friday's Slam Bowl IV at Ruta Maya, emcee Kimberley Taylor introduced young slammers who argued the strength and moving power of words, as well as veterans who "spit" - the insider term for delivering a piece of slam poetry - about everything ...
- Christopher Hart's top 10 erotica books - guardian.co.uk
Christopher Hart's top 10 erotica booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoHe was also Judah's greatest love-machine, had a thousand wives and concubines, and wrote some of the best love poetry of all time (or, if you must be ...
- Book written in '30s is still revelant (Louisville Courier-Journal)
"The chances are that at some time in your life, possibly only now and then between husbands, you will find yourself settling down to a solitary existence," wrote Vogue scribe Marjorie Hillis in the 1936 book "Live Alone and Like It."
- Freetown-Lakeville Middle School student wins annual poetry contest (The Standard-Times)
LAKEVILLE — Last month, independent bookseller Baker Books, of Dartmouth, announced the winning poems for their 11th annual poetry-writing contest in honor of National Poetry Month. Elizabeth Garcia, a seventh grade student at the...
- Her Father's Daughter (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - She has written novels and screenplays on subjects other writers dare not touch.
- First Leonard Cohen takes Toronto, then he takes... (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Singer Leonard Cohen on Friday kicks off his first world tour in 15 years with a Toronto gig, marking the return of the poet who converted to Buddhism during his absence from the limelight.
- Community briefs 6/25 - Daily News Tribune
Community briefs 6/25Daily News Tribune, MA - 4 hours agoHer life is recreated with liberal excerpts from her poetry and the voices of Dickinson and her circle. Sponsored by the Friends of the Waltham Public ...
- King of Coolmore continues to deliver poetry in motion - Irish Independent
Irish IndependentKing of Coolmore continues to deliver poetry in motionIrish Independent, Ireland - 1 hour ago... which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of human nature," -- George Washington, the first American president. ...
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