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- That’s What She Said - New York Times Blogs
That’s What She SaidNew York Times Blogs, NY - 9 hours ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Palestinians plan funeral for admired poet - Boston Globe
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank tomorrow - an honor only previously accorded to PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Tributes for Darwish poured ...
- Fernando Lugo Presidency Brings Hope in Paraguay - Dissident Voice
Fernando Lugo Presidency Brings Hope in ParaguayDissident Voice, CA - 14 hours agoThe high point was the arrival of Chavez and Lugo, who took seats in the audience and eventually took the stage, not with speeches, but with poetry recitals ...
- University of Minnesota study uncovers the educational benefits of social networking sites (EurekAlert!)
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.
- Inspiring young minds - Port Huron Times-Herald
A self-described average student, Kevin Kammeraad will travel to about 100 schools and 50 libraries this year, getting kids enthused about reading and writing and using their creativity. "I just love being able to use my imagination to do what I love ...
- Change of Pace: Family slows down, pursues interests after diagnosis (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Life for the McKolay family has always bustled with activity. Stephen has a busy career and Celia oversaw the home schooling of their six children. There wasn't much time to pursue hobbies or interests. Then Celia had a heart attack which was followed by a cancer diagnosis.
- Four local writers make long list for ReLit Awards (The Telegram)
Four Newfoundland writers have made the long list for the eighth annual ReLit Awards, it was announced today.
- Galway Arts Festival gets underway - hotpress.com (subscription)
Galway Arts Festival gets underwayhotpress.com (subscription), Ireland - 15 minutes ago... consciousness in the late 1970s with the albums Disguise in Love, Snap Crackle & Bop, and Zip Style Method, a volatile mixture of rock, punk and poetry. ...
- Obsessive memoir - Salt Lake Tribune
Obsessive memoirSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 45 minutes agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that - her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
- 2008 Stronach Prize Supports Humanitarian Projects - UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley2008 Stronach Prize Supports Humanitarian ProjectsUC Berkeley, CA - 3 hours agoTrained in art history, Judith Lee Stronach was a journalist for Amnesty International, an East Bay poetry teacher, and a patron of numerous arts, ...
- Southern Gothic with a Side of Razor Yucks - Chattanooga Pulse
Southern Gothic with a Side of Razor YucksChattanooga Pulse, USA - 2 hours agoHis first book of poetry, Actual Air, was released to critical acclaim in 1999, placing him in the proud poet/rocker pantheon with such heroes as Dylan and ...
- Gordon Brown searching for a new press officer - Telegraph.co.uk
Gordon Brown searching for a new press officerTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoIt is the final countdown for Mandrake’s Epitaph for Gordon Brown poetry competition. On Friday the shortlisted entries that we have published in this space ...
- Poet to be featured at OutLoud Open Mike - Melrose Free Press
Poet to be featured at OutLoud Open MikeMelrose Free Press, MA - 2 hours agoProlific author of fiction (eg, Death for the Phantom Receiver), nonfiction (“A Collection of Friends: Memoirs”), and poetry (“This Rare Earth and Other ...
- Keith Carter, Wings exhibit puts poetry in motion - Port Arthur News
A bevy of large format, framed black and white photos clutter the floor of the McFaddin Ward Gallery at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. The collection, ready for hanging, spans over 30 years of work, from nine by seven portrait prints ...
- Who wrote 'Dreams From My Father'? - WorldNetDaily
For years, I had a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt hanging on my living room wall. I had painted it while in high school in New York at a salon overseen by Helen Farr Sloan, the widow of famed American painter John Sloan and herself a painter of no small ...
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