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- National Arts Centre 'Legend' dies - Globe and Mail
National Arts Centre 'Legend' diesGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour ago... romantic, a lover of beautiful women, obsessed with culture and the high arts, he was in many ways an 18th- century gentleman, given to quoting poetry, ...
- Khayyam embodies philosophical, religious questions of Persian ... - Tehran Times
Khayyam embodies philosophical, religious questions of Persian ...Tehran Times, Iran - 1 hour agoKeyvani has translated a work on Khayyam by Mehdi Amin-Razavi entitled “The Wine of Wisdom: The Life, Poetry and Philosophy of Omar Khayyamâ€. ...
- Radovan Karadzic took holidays in Croatia.. the country he made war on (Daily Record)
BOSNIAN Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic took regular holidays sunbathing among his bitter enemies in Croatia.
- The conundrum of Slessor (Sydney Morning Herald)
Five Bells , Kenneth Slessor's famous poem about Sydney, was almost named Six Bells .
- Festival celebrates local literacy (Mississauga News)
Several Mississauga authors are participating in an inaugural festival this weekend in Brampton that's designed to promote local writers. J. Nichole Noel and Judy Powell are taking part in Knowledge Fest, which runs Saturday and Sunday at Knowledge Bookstore.
- Greek court considers Lesbos vs lesbians case - Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters Life!) - A Greek court is considering a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban use of the word lesbian as a term to describe gay women, a court official said on Wednesday. Three Lesbos residents brought the case ...
- Library activities will keep kids entertained - News-Leader.com
Nothing's cuter than a cartoon graphic of a bug reading a book. OK, this particular theme may not appeal to adults, but the kids among us will go buggy over this summer's Springfield-Greene County Library District reading clubs and programs, "Catch ...
- Soldier Boy (New York Times)
Frances Richey?s new collection of poems, ?The Warrior,? focuses on her relationship with her son, a Green Beret who has served two tours in Iraq.
- Sex Rocks DC Preppies, Lithgow Tells Tall Tales: John Simon - Bloomberg
Sex Rocks DC Preppies, Lithgow Tells Tall Tales: John SimonBloomberg - 1 hour agoOne of granny's favorite stories is really a poem, the one about the one-hoss shay by poetry-writing Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. ...
- Book Notes - Burlington Free Press
• Middlebury College and a Weybridge resident. In his book "Why Poetry Matters" (Yale University Press, $24), Parini wrote, "Poetry matters because it serves up the substance of our lives, and becomes more than a mere articulation of experience ...
- Not on our watch - Aspen Times
In response to a prior letter desiring communal observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, we are pleased to announce that Aspen Jewish Congregation and the Christian community of the Aspen Chapel co-sponsor such an event annually. This ...
- Bard productions showcase works of Polish composer - Schenectady Gazette
Bard productions showcase works of Polish composerSchenectady Gazette, NY - 16 minutes agoHowever, his background of poetry and painting will serve him well with the Szymanowski works, he said. “I want to show their beauty,†Majewski said. ...
- The 40 books that inspired Sebastian Faulks - Daily Telegraph
Faulks described The First Day On The Somme by little-known writer Martin Middlebrook as a book that had an enormous effect on him Faulks has been named by the bookseller Waterstone's as the first curator of its The Writer's Table and he had free ...
- RSS Feed: Local News - Tracy Press
Nearly 2,000 people turned out at Lincoln Park today to celebrate Juneteenth, the 143 rd anniversary of the day when black American slaves were legally freed from centuries of slavery.
- In a different medium, Lennon tapped into his childlike side - San Diego Union-Tribune
Most artists make a name for themselves in one field: visual art, writing, music, etc. But creative impulses don't have tidy boundaries, so they often spill over into other forms. Picasso wrote poetry, for example, some of it quite good. Henry Miller ...
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