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- Notes on Catch - Slate
I've always loved slo-mo. It's one of those technological developments that we take for granted—thereby overlooking the profound pleasures, both sensual and intellectual, that slo-mo opens up for our vision of the world, of time, of being itself ...
- Updated 5/7: OPRF grad killed in possible gang crossfire - River Forest Leaves
Updated 5/7: OPRF grad killed in possible gang crossfireRiver Forest Leaves, IL - 20 hours agoIshma Stewart's adolescent poetry mused on the meaning of the poverty that she saw in Chicago's public housing. As a student at Oak Park and River Forest ...
- It’s the Communism, Stupid - Canada Free Press
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to deflect a question about his relationship with terrorist Bill Ayers by saying that he “engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago when I was 8 years old†and that he was now a professor and a ...
- Twist in the tale (Business Standard India)
Jazz, poetry, books, tech... metallurgist Max Babi finds much to write about. Among all those who pride themselves on having a way with words, Max Babi stands tall. He reminds me, "Robert Frost said a poet is he who sees the extraordinary in the very ordinary... I try to do that."
- Beloved Cassoday Cafe owner dies (The Wichita Eagle)
Harley-Davidson bikers. Wal-Mart truck drivers. Cowboys. And actresses. There weren't many folks who didn't stop and dine at Dianna Carlson's Cassoday Cafe. "When she served ham and fried chicken, people would drive from miles around to eat her buffet lunches," said Rhoda Hodges, a neighbor and friend. "She was great with salads, desserts pies and cakes." Mrs. Carlson, 63, died Tuesday after ...
- Poet of Pepsis and burgers - Philadelphia Inquirer
The poet Frank O'Hara died on July 25, 1966, a day after being struck by a Jeep on Fire Island. He was 40. O'Hara was extraordinarily prolific. As Mark Ford wryly notes in his introduction to this volume, O'Hara's 1971 Collected Poems weighs in at ...
- SENIOR CALENDAR (The Wichita Eagle)
Shingles, 10:15 a.m. Friday, Linwood Senior Center, 1901 S. Kansas. Senior Artsfest, 7 p.m. Saturday, Bel Aire Senior Center, 7651 E. Central Park Ave., Bel Aire. Food, art, poetry and music. Information, 316-744-2415, ext. 121. Fluid Imbalances and Hydration, with registered nurse Kytt Ballet, 10:45 a.m. Monday, Orchard Park Senior Center, 4808 W. Ninth St. Parenting the Second Time ...
- The Self-Help Guide to Wagner - NPR News
NPR.org , May 29, 2008 - Love him or hate him, if you're a fan of classical music, and especially opera, you have to contend with Richard Wagner, the controversial composer who made sweeping changes in the arts. His life, music, and legacy continue ...
- Local educator publishes children's book - Daily News Journal
Dr. Jan Hayes, an award-winning educator and professor emeritus at MTSU, has published her first children's book, "The Split Tongue Sparrow," a traditional Japanese folktale, that is was illustrated by Franklin-based graphic designer Bobby Dawson ...
- Why you can — and probably should — quit scrambling for that ... - North by Northwestern
Why you can — and probably should — quit scrambling for that ...North by Northwestern, IL - 12 hours agoHole up in a tiny cabin in Vermont and write poetry by yourself. Hop in your friend’s car and make a pilgrimage to every tacky Midwestern roadside ...
- Military wife speaks to Rotary about new book - Xenia Gazette
Military wife speaks to Rotary about new bookXenia Gazette, OH - 1 hour ago... played host to a Beavercreek military wife who’s using her poetry to help others understand the ups and downs of family life with a service member. ...
- Marine uses poetry as release from pain of war - ABC12.com
Marine uses poetry as release from pain of warABC12.com, MI - 19 minutes agoNeeley says writing poetry can be therapeutic, but it can also reopen old wounds. "As I write and read and think about my poems, it just brings everything ...
- Our view: Famous 1884 speech offers a memorial to war dead - Public Opinion
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. He delivered a famous Memorial Day address -- entitled "In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire" -- on May 30, 1884, at Keene, N.H., before John ...
- Obituary: Roger R. Babusci Jr. / Acclaimed drama, poetry teacher at Schenley High (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Schenley High School students knew Roger R. Babusci Jr. ...
- Evan Goldberg on Screenwriting & 'Superbad' - The Irish Film Television Network
The Irish Film Television NetworkEvan Goldberg on Screenwriting & 'Superbad'The Irish Film Television Network - 1 hour agoGoldberg, a History and Humanities graduate from McGill University, Montreal, began his writing life composing somber poetry as child before he found his ...
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