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- Great poet's grave stokes Civil War dispute - San Francisco Gate
The tranquil, pine-carpeted hills in this patch of southern Spain hold awful secrets. Now, one of them has been thrust into the spotlight of a still painful accounting of atrocities committed in the Spanish Civil War. The dispute has arisen over ...
- Education briefly - LubbockOnline.com
Education brieflyLubbockOnline.com, TX - 3 hours agoA Texas Tech English professor has received the 2008 Donald Justice Poetry Prize for his second collection of poetry, "Two Men Fighting with a Knife. ...
- Mapfumo's South Africa tour cancelled - New Zimbabwe.com
THOMAS Mapfumo called off his eagerly awaited South Africa tour this week after failing to secure visas for himself and his band at the conclusion of their UK tour, organisers said. The legendary Zimbabwean singer -- travelling on American travel ...
- Poet Matt Donovan looks for beauty in violence. (Style Weekly)
Matt Donovan does not channel his poems, nor does he receive them in a dream, through a lightning bolt or at the bottom of a cup of tea. “It feels like sailing in the dark every single time I put pen to paper, for better or worse,†he says.
- Trove of Jewish art on show (Miami Herald)
For more than half a century, attorney and art lover Sigmund R. Balka has acquired a treasure-trove of Jewish art. A new exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Florida will showcase some of the highlights of Balka's extensive art collection beginning Tuesday.
- Iran's Mr Nice - satire on a tightrope - Middle East Times
A cover of Golagha Magazine with caricatures of Iranian government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham (left), President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (centre) and Commerce Minister Masoud Mirkazemi. In Iran, satirising the establishment can mean being slapped with ...
- Pigeon Forge Winterfest 2009 Earns ‘Top 100’ Status Again - Hospitality 1st (press release)
Hospitality 1st (press release)Pigeon Forge Winterfest 2009 Earns ‘Top 100’ Status AgainHospitality 1st (press release), FL - 7 hours agoThe ABA ‘s 2009 Top 100 Events list is at www.buses.org. Visitor information about Pigeon Forge is at www.MyPigeonForge.com or toll-free 1-800-251-9100.
- GMA Films' 'Jose Rizal' now on DVD (PEP)
Jose Rizal. That is the name of the 19th century revolutionary mortal who in the span of his 35-year existence rose to become one historical immortal. So it is quite daunting how a group of talented individuals stood up to the challenge of surmounting expectations in making Rizal's film biography.
- LETTER: Poetry and the possible - Wicked Local Gloucester
LETTER: Poetry and the possibleWicked Local Gloucester, MA - 3 hours agoThe Parker and Kingman awards already honor students for grades and good prose; there is no poetry award, though past Poetry Without Paper contests, ...
- My Yorkshire: Simon Thackray - yorkshirepost
Simon Thackray runs The Shed, a unique arts venue based in Hovingham, North Yorkshire. He challenges convention by bringing music and poetry to the countryside in some of the most bizarre ways, from a saxophonist playing in a skip to a performance of ...
- Amir Nizar Zuabi - Jidariyya - The List
The ListAmir Nizar Zuabi - JidariyyaThe List, UK - 58 minutes agoBut long periods of denial of a voice can also lead to a tremendous articulacy when it is finally allowed utterance, and often expresses itself in poetry, ...
- Schools learning by design to keep up with innovation - Pueblo Chieftain
Schools learning by design to keep up with innovationPueblo Chieftain, CO - 8 hours agoModern dance, poetry, neighborhood history and other creative subjects round out the school’s curriculum. The result: Students do better on tests and ...
- Modern Woodmen contributes funds to Smithsonian Between Fences exhibit - Prairie Pioneer
Modern Woodmen contributes funds to Smithsonian Between Fences exhibitPrairie Pioneer, SD - 8 hours agoVarious activities are planned related to the hosting of the Between Fences exhibit, such as poetry and essay contests, guest speakers, displays, bus tours, ...
- I made love to 1000 cars but I'm noy insane - Courier Mail
I made love to 1000 cars but I'm noy insaneCourier Mail, Australia - Jul 31, 2008"I'm a romantic. I write poetry about cars, I sing to them and talk to them just like a girlfriend. I know what's in my heart and I have no desire to change ...
- Is Bill Griffith Having Fun Yet? Cartoonist talks "Zippy" - Comic Book Resources
There is nothing else on the comics page of any newspaper quite like “Zippy.†When the definitive history of underground comics is written, there will be a chapter about Bill Griffith . A graduate of the Pratt Institute, Griffith has worked since ...
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