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- Bazm-e-Urdu elects new office-bearers (The Peninsula)
Doha • Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), the oldest Urdu literary organization in Qatar, elected new office-bearers on Friday. Well-known poet Shaukat Ali Naaz was elected as Vice President along with Farid Nadvi. Syed Zauwar Hussain Zair, a young poet, was elected as General Secretary.
- Jasper native named Indiana poet laureate - WTHR
Jasper - An author who writes about his youth in the southern Indiana city of Jasper and his German heritage has been named the state's second poet laureate. Norbert Krapf, 64, was selected from among 19 nominees to the post by the Indiana Arts ...
- War crimes arrest: The night Karadzic rocked the Madhouse (Guardian Unlimited)
Belgrade's Luda Kuca bar - the name means madhouse - became a regular haunt for the former Bosnian Serb leader
- An Apocalyptic State of Mind (The New York Sun)
The apocalypse and its aftermath have been a recurring theme in art for thousands of years. There is something satisfyingly narcissistic, hopeful even, in believing that our time has been chosen for the End of Days. And the New Museum's pseudo-apocalyptic exhibition "After Nature," which opens to the public today on its third floor, puts a contemporary twist on an old theme. You will not see any ...
- Nathaniel Mackey to receive African American literature award in SF - Currents
CurrentsNathaniel Mackey to receive African American literature award in SFCurrents, CA - 1 hour agoMackey received a 2006 National Book Award in the poetry category for his book Splay Anthem. He received a Whiting Writer's Award in 1993 and was elected to ...
- Sally’s words help in fight with MS - Essex Echo
Sally’s words help in fight with MSEssex Echo, UK - 10 hours agoBy Lucy Cramer THE work of a former Thurrock borough student and teacher is included in an award-winning new collection of short stories, poetry and memoirs ...
- Will the real Colin Powell stand up? - Salon
Hadley and Co. worry that Powell may be secretly writing a memoir that would expose their hidden history, though Powell has said he will not produce a sequel to his inspirational autobiography. One of the most significant stories for which Powell ...
- Print it - 24-7PressRelease.com
-- Dr. Grace LaJoy Henderson's foray onto the national stage of authorship allows many to find words of inspiration. -- /24-7PressRelease/ - June 17, 2008 - A vast majority seek to discover their own theology and define their relationship with God ...
- Women in Philanthropy event planned (Bedford Times-Mail)
Tickets are available through May 9 for the Southern Indiana Women in Philanthropy Regional Celebration planned for May 17 at Caesar’s Indiana in Elizabeth.
- Javier de Frutos and Kim Brandstrup draw dance inspiration from ... - Times Online
Javier de Frutos and Kim Brandstrup draw dance inspiration from ...Times Online, UK - 7 minutes ago... an early masterpiece that creates poetry through sheer speed and focus. A rapturous collage of Romantic ballet motifs dandles shreds of narrative, ...
- the enemies of progress - Spiked
the enemies of progressSpiked, UK - 1 hour agoChildren’s Book Week, a national students’ entrepreneurship and technology competition and a national poetry competition are just a few examples of ...
- Move Over, George and Martha — Stitching 's Stu and Abby Get U.S. Premiere (Playbill)
British playwright Anthony Neilson's Stitching — a play about relationship games that would make Edward Albee's vicious characters sit up and take notice — will open June 25 in its U.S. premiere. Previews for the Off-Broadway production directed by Timothy Haskell began June 17.
- Today’s movies (Daily Dispatch)
A Dry White Season (1989) (16) Schoolteacher Ben du Toit has been insulated all his life from the horrors of apartheid. Then, unwittingly, he gets involved and learns about the violent nature of the system. Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman.
- Retro TV W/C 18th July 2008 - Retro To Go
Retro TV W/C 18th July 2008Retro To Go, UK - 5 hours agoAlso worth a listen this week is Dread, Beat an Blood: the Dub Poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson (BBC Radio 4.Tuesday 22nd, 11.30am). ...
- Tales of fathers sail on in 'The Boat' - PopMatters
Tales of fathers sail on in 'The Boat'PopMatters, IL - 1 hour ago“There’s an incredibly rich tradition of father/son literature, in long form as well as in poetry and in short stories,” Le said in a recent interview at ...
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