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- Records set at Tay Son-Binh Dinh Festival - VietNamNet Bridge
Records set at Tay Son-Binh Dinh FestivalVietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - Aug 4, 2008... the national classical drama festival, a gala night of flower garlands and coloured lanterns on Thi Nai lagoon, and a poetry night. A beauty contest was ...
- Young poets urged to write about conservation - Westmorland Gazette
Young poets urged to write about conservationWestmorland Gazette, UK - 2 hours agoParticipants need to focus their thoughts on the theme “If it disappeared” and compose a poem communicating how they would feel if something precious was ...
- Don’t blame war on arms industry - La Crosse Tribune
I’m writing in response to Joe Orso’s Sept. 13 Faith Page column, which seemed inappropriate two days after commemorating the seventh anniversary of 9/11. I think blaming the United States and the arms industry in propelling us to war is a bit ...
- Will Barack Obama be a transformational president or another ... - Georgia Straight
Will Barack Obama be a transformational president or another ...Georgia Straight, Canada - 11 hours agoHe is transformational not only by his charisma and brilliance, but by embodying the possibility of an African-American being chosen president in the ...
- A dogwood's roots extend to Updike - Blinq
A dogwood's roots extend to UpdikeBlinq, PA - 5 hours agoOver a distinguished literary career spanning a half-century, Updike has produced 50 books of fiction, short stories, poetry, and assorted nonfiction. ...
- Branwell is carved in Charlotte's tree - Bradford Telegraph Argus
Branwell is carved in Charlotte's treeBradford Telegraph Argus, UK - 11 hours agoHis poetry was admired by experts and was published five years before any of his sisters’ work. He also played an active part in Haworth life. ...
- Some poetry contests - Listen & Be Heard
Some poetry contestsListen & Be Heard, CA - 2 hours agoContest winners in the categories of fiction and poetry will have their work published in Fence, as well as the participating literary journals in Canada, ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - Times Daily
A Palestinian presidential aide says that renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died. Darwish died at a hospital in Houston following complications from an open heart surgery, according to Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for Palestinian ...
- Hard Reds by Brandi Homan - Bookslut
Hard Reds by Brandi HomanBookslut, IL - 51 minutes agoThis confident debut promises much more to come, as Homan herself admits in the opening poem, "Explaining Poetry on a First Date": "It's affliction not ...
- Art Hop anniversary retrospective: Weaver's Guild of Kalamazoo turns ... - Kalamazoo Gazette
Courtesy of the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo The Weaver's Guild 40th anniversary Fiber Art Retrospective will be held from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 3 at Kingscott. This piece is by Gretchen Huggett. Around 20 members of the Weaver's Guild of Kalamazoo will ...
- Hailing Rain Taxi for years of service (City Pages)
It's a common story in the arts. Young, fresh, and brash group hits the scene, be it a band or a theater company, a visual arts group or a magazine. The group burns white hot for a time—six months, a year, maybe even a few years—before the fire burns out, the collective splits apart, ...
- Conference to commemorate Sohrab Sepehri in October - Tehran Times
Conference to commemorate Sohrab Sepehri in OctoberTehran Times, Iran - 1 hour agoHe studied at the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Tehran, where he was attracted to the modern art movement, both in his painting and his poetry. ...
- Want to find Jesus? Get yourself a bag of Cheetos. (Riverfront Times)
To a Springsteen fan, there's nothing better than the afterglow from a triple-encore Boss show. A fan himself, Southern Illinois University's Randall Auxier totally knows the feeling. But as a professor of philosophy, Auxier is also that guy who, upon departing the Scottrade Center after Springst...
- Playwright's own story adds a personal touch to the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Sarah Ruhl turns around the tale of Eurydice and Orpheus by seeing it from the point of view of Eurydice, and what she finds in the underworld and perhaps the real reason Orpheus looks back.
- Straight off the shelf - Hindustan Times
Straight off the shelfHindustan Times, India - 48 minutes ago... Parts of Dehra, Bond brings to life a place through the lives that criss-crossed this endangered-by-time town in frightfully evocative prose — and poetry.
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