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- Kinsley: Correction, Please! - Slate
Does it matter if the NY Times , Time and NBC News don't report it if mid-level metropolitan papers and bloggers do? I'd say a fair test is whether Jay Leno's audience gets his John Edwards jokes. He told one last Tuesday. It bombed--it was clear ...
- Hayden Carruth: Poet who produced work of 'unapologetic affection' despite lifelong struggles with mental illness (Independent)
Hayden Carruth was a gentle, gifted man (though with a marvellously ornery side) who suffered such inner mental torment that he wiped himself off the American poetic map for many years. It was only in relatively old age that he enjoyed the acclaim and rewards his talent deserved, though by then he had developed what a profile writer described as an enduring "respect for disappointment." His ...
- The New Canon: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (Blogcritics.org)
In her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Marilynne Robinson finds transcendent poetry in the musings of a dying minister The New Canon is a regular feature, contributed by Ted Gioia, focusing on great works of fiction published since 1985. These books represent the finest literature of the current era, and are gaining recognition as the new classics of our time. In this installment of The New ...
- Kenan's first love was music - Durham Herald Sun
Kenan's first love was musicDurham Herald Sun, NC - 3 hours agoWilliams also notes Kenan's pioneering of the field of arts medicine, and his influence in bringing weekly poetry readings to Duke Medical Center. ...
- 'Sooner ... kill a man than a hawk': Robinson Jeffers event comes to ... - Thecalifornian.com
The event is part of the National Endowment for the Arts' "The Big Read: The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers"—a commemoration of the late poet and of Tor House, Jeffers' family home in Carmel. It is the result of an NEA partnership with the Poetry ...
- Brits reconsider hats - Seattle Times
Brits reconsider hatsSeattle Times, United States - Sep 3, 2008Former US poet laureate Louise Glueck has been awarded the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100000 prize for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry," ...
- Hindu-Muslim Family in Queens Chooses Cremation, and Faces Criticism - New York Times
Hindu-Muslim Family in Queens Chooses Cremation, and Faces CriticismNew York Times, United States - 1 hour agoBy ANNE BARNARD Friends and family remember Shafayet Reja as an affectionate young man who stayed up late to write poetry, danced exuberantly at weddings ...
- Once upon a midnight dreary… - Barrie Advance
Once upon a midnight dreary…Barrie Advance, Canada - 7 hours agoThe Barrie Public Library would like all young poets, ages seven to 12, to enter its Spooky Poetry Contest from Sept. 29 through Oct. 17. Each child may ...
- Author Spotlight: David Tilley of Fairport (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
David Tilley of Fairport is involved in two collaborations that explore the idea of multiple authorship. Most recent publication: Two Trigram Myths were published in Contemporary Haibun Online.
- Back-To-School: Twin Valley calendar celebrates old and new - Tri County Record
Back-To-School: Twin Valley calendar celebrates old and newTri County Record, PA - 3 hours agoThe calendar showcases the creativity of ten grand prize winners in areas like art, music and poetry out of approximately 375 entries. ...
- Cynthia Nixon and Julianne Moore Join Beckett Readings 7/26,27 - Broadway World
Broadway WorldCynthia Nixon and Julianne Moore Join Beckett Readings 7/26,27Broadway World, NY - 12 hours agoThe actors will read from a selection of extracts from Beckett's novels and poetry, as well as his shorter prose and dramatic works. ...
- Williams 125th plans are biggest yet - South Bergenite
Williams 125th plans are biggest yetSouth Bergenite, NJ - 1 hour ago"Everything he divined about people and the way they talked all come out in his poetry." Presenting with Coles will be photographer Thomas Roma, ...
- Poetry in Motion: US gymnast Nastia Liukin - IBTimes India
TVNZPoetry in Motion: US gymnast Nastia LiukinIBTimes India, CA - 1 hour agoUS gymnast Nastia Liukin performs on the balance beam during the womens' gymnastics individual all-around competition. Nastia Liukin won gold medal in ...Johnson is most precise for US women's gymnastics Houston Chronicleall 184 news articles
- African-American series character is a role model for black girls - News-Democrat
In his mind, Derrick Barnes is already casting the film version of his new children's books. Will Smith's daughter, Willow, currently appearing in "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," would play the lead, Ruby Marigold Booker. (But only if she can sing ...
- L. Rust Hills, 83; Edited Renowned Fiction Writers for Esquire - Washington Post
Washington PostL. Rust Hills, 83; Edited Renowned Fiction Writers for EsquireWashington Post, United States - 3 hours ago"In density of language, in multiple use of the sound and sense of words, the short story is comparable to lyric poetry." An early marriage and a second ...
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