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- Luna Guitars Releases Neo Electric Guitars (Harmony Central)
Known for its lines of artistic guitars, Luna Guitars breaks new ground with the "Neo" Series, an innovative new line of electric instruments especially designed and engineered to appeal to young musicians.
- 'The Invention of Scotland' by Hugh Trevor-Roper - Los Angeles Times
In the mid-1700s, Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, a Scot) failed to take the British crown. Scots, suffering from an identity crisis, started rummaging through manuscripts and oral traditions for a great national epic but couldn't find ...
- Mixed bag at Latitude - This is London
This is LondonMixed bag at LatitudeThis is London, UK - 2 hours agoFrom noon to midnight, voices proclaimed from the poetry and literature tents. Hanif Kureishi's masterclass in writing in the film and music arena turned ...
- Hear the author of “The River Lock†- Schenectady Gazette
Hear the author of “The River Lockâ€Schenectady Gazette, NY - 16 minutes agoStephen Haven is an English professor at Ashland University in Ohio and a poet—one of his poetry books is called “The Long Silence of the Mohawk Carpet ...
- One actor, one stage, nine Iraqi lives (Portland Tribune)
The pedigree of Heather Raffo’s “9 Parts of Desire†is beyond question. The one-woman play was both a critical and popular hit when it opened in New York in 2004, prompting The New Yorker magazine to call it “an example of how art can remake the world.†For ...
- Michael Ondaatje chats with Eleanor Wachtel about weaving together ... - CBC.ca
CBC.caMichael Ondaatje chats with Eleanor Wachtel about weaving together ...CBC.ca, Canada - 3 hours agoOndaatje is one of Canada’s most celebrated writers, the author of groundbreaking poetry collections such as The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (Vintage ...
- ‘Nation’s creativity’ in Scots poetry given to National Library - The Herald
‘Nation’s creativity’ in Scots poetry given to National LibraryThe Herald, UK - 1 hour agoA treasure trove of poetry which captures the "creativity of the nation" over the last five years has been given to the National Library of Scotland. ...
- Meet Your Neighbor Terry Huston Director energizes historical society (The Oregonian)
Terry Huston has done several kinds of work and lived in different places, but her love of writing and Troutdale's history drew her back home a few years ago.
- Most Editors Are Failed Writers, But So Are Most Writers - Pinstripe Alley
Most Editors Are Failed Writers, But So Are Most WritersPinstripe Alley, NY - 3 hours agoPete A talks about Springsteen, Joe Posnanski uses asterisks to launch rambling tangents, I make parenthetical reference to modernist poetry. ...
- EURO 2008: Croatia's Slaven Bilic is an out-of-the-ordinary soccer ... - International Herald Tribune
The 39-year-old Croatian has a law degree, writes poetry, is a lead singer and plays guitar in a rock band, and wears a silver earring. But his next, and possibly greatest, challenge will be trying to live up to expectations set for Croatia at this ...
- Best beer bars, bar none (Toronto Star)
When you write about beer, you tend to get people asking where to find a good place to pull up a bar stool and research the finer points of barley and hops.
- Teen Poets Featured at Nashville Grand Slam Final - Nashville Tennessean
Monday, June 30th: Tonight, Youth Speaks Nashville will host the first annual city-wide youth poetry slam at Rocketown at 7:00 pm. The six winners of this event will represent Nashville in July in Washington DC at the Brave New Voices Festival and ...
- Female Poet Laureate contenders rule themselves out - Daily Telegraph
Wendy Cope, Fleur Adcock and Ruth Padel said the post of poet to the Queen was "archaic", "terribly hard work for very little pay" and could stifle their writing. The incumbent, Andrew Motion, is due to relinquish the post next year. Although being ...
- Perspective: Quiet, please; God speaking - Winnipeg Free Press
HOLLAND, Man. -- Unlike the mass of men inHenry David Thoreau's day, most of us lead lives of not-so-quiet desperation.Silence is a rare but little-valued commodity in our hyperactive world of instant sound-bites and endless to-do lists. It's ...
- Passings , george carlin , celeb deaths , r.i.p. - Defamer.com
If you haven't yet heard, George Carlin died of heart failure yesterday in St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica at the age of 71. In that time, the prolific stand-up and actor produced 23 comedy albums, 14 HBO specials, and three books—to say ...
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