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- The Morville Hours, By Katherine Swift - Independent
The Morville Hours, By Katherine SwiftIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoIt is also a tumult of observation and the love of knowledge, shot through with glints of autobiography. In 1988, Katherine and her husband, Ken Swift, ...
- Frisson of words to keep you warm - The Age
Frisson of words to keep you warmThe Age, Australia - 1 hour agoThe tall poppy syndrome was prefigured in a line of ancient Chinese poetry: "If a tree stands pretty in a forest, the wind will destroy it."
- Pianist Stephen Hough, in Toledo recital Friday, also is a noted ... - Toledo Blade
Pianist Stephen Hough, in Toledo recital Friday, also is a noted ...Toledo Blade, OH - 4 hours agoIn fact, the keyboard seems to have served Hough as a springboard for many creative endeavors such as musical composition, prose and poetry, philosophy, ...
- Ischia Film Fest Bows with Dillon, Gilliam, Ghost of Heath - Hollywood Today Newsmagazine
Ischia Film Fest Bows with Dillon, Gilliam, Ghost of HeathHollywood Today Newsmagazine, CA - 1 hour agoTo Ms. Redgrave cinema is another form of poetry, not to replace poetry, but to be seen as just as important as music and songs and other art forms. ...
- SHAKESPEARE STUDY TO TEACH KIDS NEW WORDS FOR COCK - Daily Mash (satire)
SHAKESPEARE STUDY TO TEACH KIDS NEW WORDS FOR COCKDaily Mash (satire), UK - 1 hour agoPRIMARY school children as young as five are to study the works of Shakespeare as part of a government initiative to teach them hundreds of 17th century ...
- Out and About: July 9 - 20 - Avon Messenger
Out and About: July 9 - 20Avon Messenger, MA - 32 minutes agoOpen mic signup, 8 pm Open mic followed by featured poet, concludes with poetry slam. The Trinity Church Flea Market every Saturday. ...
- The Right Rev Hassan Dehqani-Tafti: Exiled Anglican Bishop in Iran - The Independent
Hassan Dehqani-Tafti was Bishop in Iran from 1961, in exile from 1979 until 1985. His life, it is fair to say, was an epic Anglican Christian story. His 1959 autobiography (published in both Persian and English) borrowed its title from the central ...
- A Love that speaks (Toronto Sun)
Brit actor Simon Callow puts a new spin on Shakespeare sonnets
- Mid-summer fair - Emporia Gazette
Mid-summer fairEmporia Gazette, KS - 1 hour ago“Where the Sidewalk Ends,†directed by Nancy Boyce, will feature the children reading and acting out selected works from Shel Silverstein’s 1974 poetry ...
- Live: Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited' at Disney Hall - Los Angeles Times
There was a remarkable atmosphere of synchronicity during the performance of Christian McBride's "The Movement Revisited" at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday night. And maybe a trace of irony as well. The four-section suite for big jazz band, small ...
- Music can be a creative path to language and math (The Morning Call)
The challenge was to come up with an idea that can transform public education, particularly in poor communities. The winner: an educator with a passion for making school fun.
- Alex Boyd, Anne Simpson win $1,000 national poetry prizes - News1130.com
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Toronto-born Alex Boyd and Anne Simpson of Antigonish, N.S., have won national poetry prizes. The winners of the 2008 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards were announced over the weekend at a festival and conference held ...
- Lois Roisman; Philanthropist Had Success as a Playwright - Washington Post
Washington PostLois Roisman; Philanthropist Had Success as a PlaywrightWashington Post, United States - 3 hours agoIt was performed at community theaters nationally and anthologized in "Making a Scene: The Contemporary Drama of Jewish-American Women" (1997). Her poetry ...
- Solomon Volkov's "The Magical Chorus" (International Herald Tribune)
The only thing missing from Volkov's history of Russian culture is moral outrage.
- Leonard Cohen: Out of the monastery and back on the road - The Independent
The womanising, the four bottles of wine a day and the five-year retreat in a Buddhist monastery are all behind him. This week, Leonard Cohen embarks on his first British tour for 15 years. And the former poet laureate of despair might even be ...
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