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- 'Grand Theft Auto' drove filmmaker to experiment - The Columbus Dispatch
Andy Warhol may be the headliner at the Wexner Center for the Arts, but Phil Solomon will be getting his own 15 minutes next month - and then some. The celebrated avant-garde filmmaker will be on the Ohio State University campus Wednesday as part of ...
- UCLA experts advisory: UCLA alumna is new U.S. poet laureate - UCLA News
Stephen Yenser , professor of English and director of UCLA's undergraduate creative writing program, is available to speak about Kay Ryan, an alumna of UCLA's English department who has been named U.S. poet laureate. Yenser is director of the Hammer ...
- Pulitzer Prize winner named Va.'s poet laureate (WTOP Radio Network)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Tim Kaine appoints University of Mary Washington professor Claudia Emerson as Virginia 's new poet laureate. Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called "Late Wife." The book uses a collection of handwritten letters to reflect on her failed marriage of 19 years and her blossoming relationship with her second husband.
- Local faces prominent at book fest - Peace Arch News.com
Local faces prominent at book festPeace Arch News.com, Canada - 12 hours agoHe is one of the co-founders and co-hosts of the World Poetry Reading Series, World Poetry Café Radio Show and World Poetry Electronic Newsletter. ...
- Centennial girl: 'Anne of Green Gables' turns 100 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By ERIN WHITE Anne Shirley, the main character in L. M. Montgomery’s acclaimed novel Anne of Green Gables , is introduced to readers as a sad figure, an orphan without a person in the world who loves her. Despite her lonely introduction, Anne has captured the hearts of generations of young women. This year, the book turned 100. Putnam released a special edition, and Anne lovers flocked to ...
- Peter Coke - Daily Telegraph
Peter Coke, who died on July 30 aged 95, was an actor and playwright best known for his portrayal of Paul Temple in the popular radio detective series devised by Francis Durbridge; in later life Coke also achieved success with sculptures which he ...
- 'Born To The Breed - A Tribute to Judy Collins, Vol. I' Due for Release October 14th on Wildflower Records (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wildflower Records is proud to announce the release of the long-awaited album, 'Born To The Breed - A Tribute to Judy Collins, Volume I' set for October 14, 2008. 'Born To The Breed' features the original writing and poetry of Judy Collins recorded by luminary artists such as Chrissie Hynde, Joan Baez, Rufus Wainwright, Dolly Parton, Shawn Colvin, Leonard Cohen and more.
- Get an early peek at the Taps McFirkin theme song - MLive.com
For your viewing pleasure, KalamaBrew proudly presents the first taste of the Taps McFirkin theme song, "The Debauching Ballad of Taps McFirkin." The song, written and performed by t. mule, is still a work in progress (a final cut is still being ...
- Visiting children’s author sets poetry to music at Newell - Grand Island Independent
Visiting children’s author sets poetry to music at NewellGrand Island Independent, NE - 26 minutes agoChildren's author and musician Mike Mennard worked with all grade levels at the school, with students coming into the gym to learn about poetry. ...
- Thu,04 Sep 2008 (Hindustan Times)
Some things never change. If there’s a brick courtyard, hundred bhangra artistes must break into those balle balle back-bends. And if romance has to bloom, hold on to your scalps, just zoom to the Swiss Alps.
- Morning yet on Independence Day - The Punch
Morning yet on Independence DayThe Punch, Nigeria - 1 hour agoAs if the book was published just yesterday, it is currently swaying the market like a juvenile wind. Just last week, the book that has sold in excess of ...
- Eyes wide open - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
The Oregonian - OregonLive.comEyes wide openThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 7 hours agoSo at an impromptu dance party, they taught each other American and African moves. Jones, who loves to dance, said she realized how African dancing was ...
- Ban Righ Centre Noon Hour Summer Speaker Series - Kingston Whig
This talk addresses the visual and verbal memorialization of trauma in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Fun Home expands the perimeters of life writing and graphic novel alike. The book’s layered qualities are first signaled by the ...
- National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia to leave in 2009 - New York Daily News
NEW YORK - The confident baritone of Dana Gioia sounded a little hoarse during a recent telephone interview, as it often has since he became chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts , a job that has exhilarated and exhausted him. "I have ...
- Today in History - Aug. 4 - The Benton Crier
Today in History - Aug. 4The Benton Crier, IA - 23 hours agoThought for Today: "Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds." -- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822).
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