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- Writer's forum set to start fall season - Laurinburg Exchange
The Fortner Writers' Forum is back for its 41st year. The event which is free and open to the public, kicks off at 8 p.m. on Aug. 28, in Orange Main Lounge on the campus of St. Andrews Presbyterian College. it is one of 13 such events planned. The ...
- Something new for parents to hate (Concord Monitor)
Skins, a dramedy beginning tomorrow on BBC America, starts disagreeably, with a surfeit of self-protective cool. But it becomes more likable over ensuing episodes, as the pace relaxes and the focus turns toward more sympathetic and interesting characters.
- Fascinating collage - Hindu
HinduFascinating collageHindu, India - 32 minutes agoWhile poetry is probably the most favoured genre of Bangla Dalit literature, the Bangla Dalit novel offers fascinating insights into how Dalit writers have ...
- The Freedom to Offend - Atlantic Free Press
The Freedom to OffendAtlantic Free Press, Netherlands - 56 minutes agoNotably, too, in the 1920's, the greatest novel of the English language, James Joyce's "Ulysses," was banned by the Tariff Act , and confiscated at American ...
- 'The Men in My Life' by Vivian Gornick - Los Angeles Times
'The Men in My Life' by Vivian GornickLos Angeles Times, CA - 6 hours agoEvery woman who ever immersed herself in Beat poetry and grew up mimicking Philip Roth has had to struggle with a culture that regarded her as at least ...
- Weekend Picks: Read All About It - New Jersey Monthly
Weekend Picks: Read All About ItNew Jersey Monthly, NJ - 34 minutes agoThere are poetry readings, workshops with authors, and you can select from thousands of new and used books. (www.collingswoodbookfestival.com). ...
- Jeanette Winterson on how British booksellers could learn from the ... - Times Online
Jeanette Winterson on how British booksellers could learn from the ...Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago... who owns the store, asked him if he would come back later, shift boxes, help with the poetry event they were running - and then he could take the book. ...
- Award-winning forensics team a point of pride - The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
Award-winning forensics team a point of prideThe Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - 9 hours agoStudents on EMU's forensics team compete at the state and national levels in speaking categories such as public address, interpretative readings of poetry ...
- New Exhibit A 'Hot' Topic - Electric City
New Exhibit A 'Hot' TopicElectric City, PA - 16 hours ago8 with a benefit reception that includes a poetry reading, live jazz music and dancing as well as refreshments. It features work by 19 painters and 10 poets ...
- Past As Prologue - The Bulletin
President George W. Bush signed a proclamation that honors the 60th Anniversary of Armed Forces Integration Wednesday. On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order to end segregation in the armed forces. It stated that all in ...
- Laura Bush, Jenna Bush to Meet Book-Lovers at Eighth Annual National Book Festival; Young Readers' Toolkit Available (PRWeb)
The 2008 National Book Festival, hosted by the Library of Congress and First Lady Laura Bush, will feature co-authors Mrs. Bush and her daughter, Jenna Bush, on the National Mall Sept. 27; young readers can get ready for the festival using a new toolkit online; new authors and special guests join the lineup. (PRWeb Sep 9, 2008) Read the full story at ...
- My Daughter’s Reading List - New York Times Blogs
My Daughter’s Reading ListNew York Times Blogs, NY - 9 minutes 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 ...
- Birdsong inspires Valley resident's novel - Allentown Morning Call
Birdsong inspires Valley resident's novelAllentown Morning Call, PA - 1 hour agoHe not only lectures to his students, but regales them with poetry and the sound of his fiddle. A complex mother/daughter dynamic plays between Addie and ...
- Local award-winning poet dies at 87 (WSTM Central New York)
Hayden Carruth, a winner of the National Book Award for Poetry who wrote about the ordinary folks who inhabited his world, has died. He was 87.
- Costner delivers his Swing Vote (Creative Loafing Tampa)
Plus reviews of other new and recent releases... OPENING THIS WEEK BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (PG-13) Romance, suppressed desire and heartbreak in pre-WWII England, courtesy of our pals at Miramax, who never met a British period piece they didn't like. Based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh and directed by the fellow who brought us Becoming Jane. Stars Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell and Emma ...
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