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- Poet Hayden Carruth dies at 87 after strokes (Daily Press)
Hayden Carruth, whose forceful observations of nature, hard work and mental illness brought him late acclaim as one of the most important poets of his generation, died Sept. 29 at his home in Munnsville, N.Y., after a series of strokes. He was 87.
- Head for the historic Cypress Hills - Calgary Herald
Head for the historic Cypress HillsCalgary Herald, Canada - 50 minutes agoYou'll arrive to a hearty homemade dinner the first night followed by cowboy poetry around the campfire -- or a soak in a hot tub.
- Asia's hottest new spaces - Sydney Morning Herald
Standing out from the crown in Tokyo Midtown. WHAT IS IT? It was New York that first transformed its meatpacking district into a style hub, and now Shanghai has been applying finishing touches to its own former slaughterhouse locale. Together the ...
- The Observer: How to write - Guardian Unlimited
The best poets read widely, says Wendy Cope . Of course this will influence their work - but how else are they going to find out what makes a really superb poem? Before you approach a publisher, it's important to be well prepared, says Neil Astley ...
- If you're living with AIDS, you are not alone - Gainesville Times
If you're living with AIDS, you are not aloneGainesville Times, GA - 6 hours ago... his feelings  "I wrote page after page after page of bad poetry."  and discovered that good things, like love, could happen even after HIV infection. ...
- Neil Sean: Ryan Phillippe Upset Marriage to Reese Witherspoon Didn't ... - FOX News
LONDON  The phone rings and it's hunky actor Ryan Phillippe , the star of "Breach," who turned 32 this week. And now the question on everyone's mind  will he ever tie the knot again after divorcing Reese Witherspoon ? "People always ask me if I ...
- Cinematheques hold events in memory of Darwish - Ynetnews
Cinematheques hold events in memory of DarwishYnetnews, Israel - 5 hours ago... life and complicated relations with his land. The film focuses on the connection between Darwish's poetry and the land he writes about but cannot return ...
- 93-year-old debut novelist gives home to friends from care homes - Guardian Unlimited
A raunchy novel with a dauntless heroine has transformed the lives of a 93-year-old author and three of her friends who were living in nursing homes. Pushed by her daughter-in-law, who found the manuscript and couldn't put it down, Lorna Page has ...
- Deaths elsewhere - Orlando Sentinel
Deaths elsewhereOrlando Sentinel, FL - 8 hours agoDarwish first gained prominence in the 1960s with the publication of his first poetry collection, Bird without Wings. He wrote 21 other collections; ...
- Gulf Coast Reading Series (Houston Press)
Nothing says “back to school†like witnessing the results of a good edumacation. The Gulf Coast Reading Series starts out the school year with a trio of talent from the University of Houston’s nationally acclaimed Creative Writing Program. Hayan Charara, the editor of Inclined to Spea ...
- Even After a War With Russia, Many Georgians Revere Stalin - Times Daily
GORI, Georgia  With his signature mustache, medal-encrusted Soviet marshal’s uniform and determination to be addressed as “Comrade,†the Stalin impersonator Jamil Ziyadaliev should perhaps be out of work in Georgia, a country still reeling ...
- Some Things Just Can't Stay Buried - PopMatters
PopMattersSome Things Just Can't Stay BuriedPopMatters, IL - 54 minutes agoIt truly is a bit of collaborative poetry between Bevan and Hennings (perhaps a moniker in and of itselfâ€â€Emmy Hennings was also the name of one of the ...
- Sun Kil Moon: April (Boise Weekly)
By Mathias Morache.
- Library fall programs for adults, seniors suit all (The Chelsea Standard)
The McKune Memorial Library presents a full schedule of programs geared toward adults for this fall and early winter. "We look forward to the return of such favorite programs as Books & Banter and the International Book Club," Harmer noted.
- Carnival of Memories - CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse)
Carnival of MemoriesCNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse), Canada - 1 hour agoLagos narrates through her first sexual experience, disintegration of her parent's relationship, and friend's near-death encounter while terminating an ...
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