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- 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.
- Salman Khurshid and the Sons of Babur - Sify
Veteran Congressman and political heavyweight Salman Khurshid will soon debut as a playwright with Sons of Babur, to be published by Rupa & Co. The former law teacher at the prestigious Trinity College, Oxford is believed to be racing against time to ...
- Review: 'Port Authority' ... what might have been (AP via Yahoo! News)
NEW YORK (AP) — Is there anything more heartbreaking than what might have been? Recollections of regret are the soul of "Port Authority," a series of three superb, interlocking monologues by Conor McPherson that offers ample evidence why the Irish playwright is one of the finest writers for the stage today.
- A new American (poetry slam) Idol is crowned - Minneapolis City Pages
A new American (poetry slam) Idol is crownedMinneapolis City Pages, MN - 1 hour agoFirst round, poets performed a bad poem as poorly as they could--and these were pretty rank, culminating in Wonder Dave's stunning parody of ...
- Photos: Code makers and breakers of WWII era (CNET)
Advanced encryption machines were key to message senders and interpreters of German, American, British, Polish, and Japanese military.
- Open Mic, Karaoke and Poetry Café- Fortuna Teen Style - Eureka Times-Standard
Not long ago the cry around Humboldt County was, “There's nothing for teens to do in this town!†and it wasn't far from the truth. The big brother cities of Eureka and Arcata have taken huge strides in alleviating that condition. Skate parks ...
- At Tanglewood, a Composer Nears the Century Mark - New York Times
New York TimesAt Tanglewood, a Composer Nears the Century MarkNew York Times, United States - 3 hours ago... and guests have been up to the current international standard: they let listeners focus on the poetry in Mr. Carter’s music instead of its difficulty. ...
- Ryan Adams' prose and poetry to be published - Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Ryan Adams is set to turn his hand to writing books, while simultaneously working on an art show AND a new album. Adams has signed a deal with Brooklyn-based publishing house Akashic Books who will put out the rockers first book of prose next year ...
- Amy Winehouse lyrics are academic - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukAmy Winehouse lyrics are academicTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 3 hours agoIt also quotes Ruskin's maxim 'lyric poetry is the expression by the poet of his own feelings'." Tackling a question like this with the critical rigour ...
- Nocturnal dreams add insight and quality to life - Tulsa World
Dear Reader: Yes, they are. Dreams occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stages. A sequence of dreams in a progressive pattern often appears to resolve emotional issues by working through them in a step-by-step manner and by comparing them to ...
- A job for a professional - Guardian Unlimited
Picture the scene: it's 2011 and there is a late-night meeting of high-ranking civil servants in an office somewhere in Whitehall; men and women in suits are discussing matters of policy, their briefing notes spread across the table like confetti ...
- Bill Holm named McKnight Distinguished Artist - Minnesota Public Radio
Bill Holm named McKnight Distinguished ArtistMinnesota Public Radio, MN - 1 hour agoWhile he's produced a pile of books of prose and poetry over the years, he's earned his living as a teacher. Now, newly retired Bill Holm says he realizes ...Writer Bill Holm's ship comes in Minneapolis Star Tribuneall 2 news articles
- Granat's Top 10 songbook - Newsday
1. "All the Things You Are," by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II -- "Beautiful marriage of words and music." 2. "Dancing in the Dark," by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz -- "It just works for me." 3. "Embraceable You," by George and Ira Gershwin ...
- The puck doesn't stop here - Boston Globe
As a proud-of-it Neanderthal, it was especially satisfying for this pucks observer to watch the belligerent Ducks bash their way to the Stanley Cup in 2006-07, playing old-time hockey - a checking line! - and clobbering opponents, throwing sharpened ...
- Native Guard’s poems elemental, moving, lyrical - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Native Guard’s poems elemental, moving, lyricalTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 48 minutes agoAfrican-American poet Natasha Trethewey won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her book, Native Guard (Mariner, $18.95). Her work requires our attention ...
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