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- Bridging Generations on China’s High Plateau (New York Times)
In Shanxi Province, the Great Wall is more poetic ruin than travel-poster icon.
- Poet meets readers - Daily Post
Poet meets readersDaily Post, UK - 3 hours agoThe winner of an Eric Gregory Award and the 1999 Vogue Young Writer’s Award, his first collection of poetry, The Blue Book (Seren, 2000) was shortlisted for ...
- Mushaira in Dubai to mark I-Day - Khaleej Times
Mushaira in Dubai to mark I-DayKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 8 hours agoThey said that Saghar Khayyami was very popular with the Dubai audience and a Jashn (poetry festival) was held in his honour in Dubai years ago. ...
- DATES & DEADLINES - Franklin Park Herald Journal
DATES & DEADLINESFranklin Park Herald Journal, IL - 19 minutes agoSacramento Rainbow Poets is offering a $1000 grand prize in a new poetry contest. There are 50 prizes totaling $5000. To enter, send one poem, ...
- 'After Nature,' and 'On the Natural History of Destruction' by W.G ... - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Readers of contemporary literature may be divided into two groups: those who have read the mesmerizing books of W.G. Sebald and those who have not. Like one of the dislocated characters in his sui generis "novels," which read like hybrids of fiction ...
- Regent Square poet favors words that allow for evolution - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Regent Square poet favors words that allow for evolutionPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 26 minutes agoBy Regis Behe Leslie Anne Mcilroy's life has changed dramatically since she released "Rare Space," her first full-length poetry collection, in 2001. ...
- Singer Laura Marling writes beyond her years - Chicago Tribune
Singer Laura Marling writes beyond her yearsChicago Tribune, United States - 4 hours ago"My favorite escape is the Bronte era, that dark, graceful, elegant old English way of life that I wish I was born into, and in a way believe I should have ...
- Pakistan mourns poet of love and defiance (Gulf Times)
LAHORE: Ahmed Faraz, Pakistan’s much loved poet, died in Islamabad on Monday night after a long struggle with a host of ailments, having taken ill in the first week of July while on a visit to the United States. He was 77.
- Philip Larkin - guardian.co.uk
Philip Larkinguardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours agoLarkin's most famous poem, of course, is the grim doggerel of This Be the Verse ("They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad..."). There's more light and shade, ...
- Which bits of Michael Jackson turn 50 today? - guardian.co.uk
Which bits of Michael Jackson turn 50 today?guardian.co.uk, UK - 15 hours agoBut what of the Boo Radley of pop, who remains in seclusion following his acquittal on child molestation charges? His public have had to survive on whatever ...
- Batman 3: 'The Dark Knight' - Chicago Tribune
Sensational, grandly sinister and not for the kids, "The Dark Knight" elevates pulp to a very high level. Heath Ledger 's Joker takes it higher still, and the 28-year-old actor's death earlier this year of an accidental overdose lends the film an air ...
- Melbourne to be world 'City of Literature' (The Age)
The timing could hardly have been better had it appeared in the final chapters of a best-selling thriller. Three days before the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival, UNESCO has named Melbourne as its second City of Literature. Edinburgh became the first in 2004.
- How to spend your summer Staycation - Manchester HippoPress
How to spend your summer StaycationManchester HippoPress, NH - 1 hour agoVisit the Underground MAP Project (Music, Art, & Poetry) across from Red Arrow Diner. They are generally open Thursdays between noon and 5 pm, ...
- TripAdvisor Tells Tale of 10 Cities Where the Pen is Mightier Than ... - Earthtimes (press release)
TripAdvisor Tells Tale of 10 Cities Where the Pen is Mightier Than ...Earthtimes (press release), UK - 1 hour agoSee the site of their famed first poetry reading, along with others of their circle like Philip Whalen , at the Six Gallery, or visit the popular City ...
- Globe North best bets - Boston Globe
Globe North best betsBoston Globe, United States - 9 minutes agoDurham, NH: The contemporary dance company Eliza Monte Dance premieres "Zydeco Zare," a work inspired by folk music originating from African-American and ...
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