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- MC professor to present paper at Oxford University (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
To mark her 25th year at Midland College, English professor Pam Howell wanted to do something special and she found it. This summer, she will present a paper at the 20th Oxford Round Table in England in July.Â
- Brazilian director swaps Saramago for Shakespeare (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
By Fernanda Ezabella
- Elizabeth Edwards - Chicago Tribune
Give props to Gil Scott-Heron for the cutting-edge topicality of his best street poetry and jazz-inflected R&B over the last four decades, and the activist performer will accept the compliment graciously, albeit with reservations.
- At age 135, is he really world's oldest person? (Central Chronicle)
Dubai, July 18: At age 135, the world's oldest person might well be a citizen of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The identity card of Nasir Al Hazry, a resident of Al Ain in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, shows his age as 135, the Khaleej Times newspaper reported.
- Humor Monday Update 5/26: Gather Writing Essentials - Gather.com
Gather.comHumor Monday Update 5/26: Gather Writing EssentialsGather.com, MA - 12 minutes agoHowever, we still have quite a number of articles to tickle your funny bone as well as fiction, poetry, essays, etc. many of which take the opportunity to ...
- Close your eyes when you visit this beach - Anchorage Daily News (subscription)
Close your eyes when you visit this beachAnchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - 10 hours agoLiam, a river guide and running coach who reads a lot of poetry, owns a recumbent bicycle instead of a car and was the high school commencement speaker said ...
- Heartfelt music of the condemned - Boston Globe
Heartfelt music of the condemnedBoston Globe, United States - 2 hours agoThere are certainly hints of dissonance, particularly in the "Three Songs" by Krasa (of "Brundibar" fame) and Haas's "Four Songs on Chinese Poetry. ...
- Thursday 5/22 (Sag Harbor Express)
Early Risers Book Club begins at the John Jermain Library, Main Street, Sag Harbor. 9 a.m. discussion on "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier. Next month's book "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. Group meets the fourth Thursday of every month. 725-0049.
- club hoppin', June 13 - Rocky Mountain News
Rachel Pollard performs at Open Air Denver. You've probably attended a few open-mike nights - a little guitar noodling, maybe a spot of confessional poetry - but we can't imagine that will prepare you for Open Air Denver 2008, an open- stage free-for ...
- Scuba accident victim's coma now considered irreversible (Cyber Diver News Network)
GINNIE SPRINGS, Florida (1 July 2008) — The coma that enveloped Shannon Leigh Lewis, one of Austin's most honored spoken-word poets, turned irreversible Monday. She had entered the coma after a June 14 cave diving accident near Ginnie Springs, Florida.
- Taliban using text messages, ring tones (MSNBC)
The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message, according to a report Thursday.
- Be About to Face the 642-901? - indiainteracts.com
Be About to Face the 642-901?indiainteracts.com, India - 1 hour agoThis entry was posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 11:42 am and is filed under Writing-Poetry. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS ...
- Jaglul Alam remembered - New Nation
Theatre activists at a discussion meeting on May 21 remembered Jaglul Alam who passed away recently. The memorial meeting began with the screening of a documentary which portrayed the life and works of playwright, director and theatre activist Jaglul ...
- @ 2gether08: Is politics big enough for the web? - Media Guardian
@ 2gether08: Is politics big enough for the web?Media Guardian, UK - 6 hours agoReturning to that idea of nuance, Fealty used a quote by former New York mayor Mario Cuomo: "You campaign in poetry but govern in prose. ...
- Nigeria: All the Music Everyone's Talking About (AllAfrica.com)
We were getting used to seeing him as the bonafide hooks man - the kinda singer whose cameo appearance on a song automatically catapults it into 'hit-dom'.
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