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- Poetry review: Armitage maintains colloquialism (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid By Simon Armitage Knopf; 64 pages; $25 Simon Armitage's latest poetry collection, "Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid," winds down with a touch of bravado, publishing a penultimate verse that is, at first,...
- 1947 changed her life - The Asian Age
1947 changed her lifeThe Asian Age, India - 6 hours agoIt was the year 1947, a young girl from Hyderabad met poet Kaifi Azmi at a mushaira (poetry session), love blossomed and the two got married. ...
- Mad Men, "The New Girl": Freddie the zipper (The Star-Ledger)
Spoilers for "Mad Men" season two, episode five, "The New Girl," coming up just as soon as I plan a route to the airport...
- Celebrated Palestinian poet dies in US hospital (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Mahmoud Darwish, widely considered one of the greatest poets in Palestine and the wider Arab world, died Saturday in a US hospital following open-heart surgery. He was being treated at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. According to a friend in Jerusalem who preferred to remain anonymous.
- Let's go Continental - Lancashire Evening Post
Let's go ContinentalLancashire Evening Post, UK - 3 hours agoSaturday night sees Preston poet Mark Mace Smith aka Thud Dub, who won this year's Glastonbury Festival Poetry Slam and BBC Radio 4 North West Slam 2007 in ...
- Popular arts chairman Dana Gioia retiring - San Francisco Gate
Saturday, September 13, 2008 "I have traveled nearly every week for six years and I usually work six to seven days a week," said Gioia (pronounced JOY-a). "I feel I've earned the right to return to my private life as an artist." Whether worrying ...
- The Count of St. Germain: A brief history of an immortal - The Epoch Times
The Count of St. Germain: A brief history of an immortalThe Epoch Times, NY - 40 minutes agoHis mastery of languages (French, English, Chinese, Arabic, Sanskrit, Italian, and others) and his knowledge of politics, history, arts, poetry, medicine, ...
- NAPA's future in doldrums - The Nation, Pakistan
NAPA's future in doldrumsThe Nation, Pakistan, Pakistan - 45 minutes agoApart from that he continuously contributed to Urdu prose and poetry recitation. Moreso, the academy premises are the inherent right of Hindus for whom it ...
- He's Bard! Jacko sets Robert Burns to music (Otago Daily Times)
The bizarre world of "Wacko Jacko" has taken another twist. Michael Jackson has taken the work of 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns and set it to music, but the result is unlikely to be a thriller for fans.
- The Porcelain Project - The List
The ListThe Porcelain ProjectThe List, UK - 7 hours ago‘And there are a lot of crazy kings in history – like your George III – and I was fascinated by the almost ridiculous poetry that’s used to describe them. ...
- American writer's homes and museums (Orange County Register)
American writer's homes and museums give us insight into their literary minds.
- :. Book: Muslims of India since Partition - Kashmir Watch
:. Book: Muslims of India since PartitionKashmir Watch, Pakistan - 10 hours agoAnd in fact, most of the symbols of the classical Urdu poetry such as maikhana, maikada (tavern), sanam, (idol) or beloved have the pre-Islamic Indo-Persian ...
- Concert held for little Alfie - St. Albans Observer
Concert held for little AlfieSt. Albans Observer, UK - 6 hours agoHe was a very smiley child. He now has a little brother whose just arrived, they have named him Harry Alfie Morland.†Reverend Will Gibbs, who baptised ...
- Camp culture - The National
Camp cultureThe National, United Arab Emirates - 48 minutes agoPoetry and theatre also play a role at Al Bustan, where the drama teacher Leila Buck encourages each child to use his or her jism (body) and qulb (heart) to ...
- Scotland Festival: Cady's artwork lives on - Greene County Daily World
By Nick Schneider SOUVENIRS: A patriotic art creation entitled "Freedom" by local artist Lenore Cady has come alive on T-shirts and mugs that will be offered as souvenirs at the 44th Annual Scotland Festival on Saturday. Festival committee member ...
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