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- Controversial 'Stitching' Extends Off-Broadway; Ventimiglia Joins Cast (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
Popular demand has prompted a two-week extension of the U.S. premiere of Anthony Neilson's Stitching, the new dark play about a couple who play disturbing games. The Off-Broadway run at The Wild Project will now play to Aug. 2.
- Ad Astra: Glancy explores American Indian legacy (Lawrence Journal-World)
Diane Glancy, of Prairie Village, has German/English and Cherokee heritage. She writes about her family, American Indian histories and the Midwest. Her novel “Pushing the Bear” is one of the best-known accounts of the Trail of Tears. Her novel “Stone Heart” is about Sacajawea.
- The many peaks of mountains in literature - Guardian Blogs
There is something about the natural landscape that inspires writing quite like that of any other genre. Perhaps it is because when people are removed from the equation, the writer is left with a subject matter that is less fleeting than the short ...
- Idaho Peace Coalition to host discussion - Idaho Statesman
The Idaho Peace Coalition will sponsor a discussion about the humanitarian crisis in Iraq at 7 p.m. Aug. 21 at 1520 N. 12th St., Boise. David Smith-Ferri, an activist poet and author of "Battlefield Without Borders," will be part of the discussion ...
- Greater community calendar of events for Sept. 20,, 2008 - Jamestown Sun
Greater community calendar of events for Sept. 20,, 2008Jamestown Sun, ND - 5 hours agoTo celebrate the First Amendment, participants will share speeches, poetry, music, artwork and more. The event is free and open to the public.
- Globe North arts - Boston Globe
Boston GlobeGlobe North artsBoston Globe, United States - 38 minutes agoHis illustrations are in a new book of poetry by Billy Hands, and his paintings will appear in an upcoming movie, "The Clique." Saturday's reception at 43 ...
- Richard Cohen: 'A change is gonna come' - Long Beach Press-Telegram
S am Cooke, the great R&B singer, wrote those words in 1963 following a visit to a civil rights event in what was then Jim Crow North Carolina. Thursday evening, an era and more than a thousand miles away, Barack Obama echoed Cooke. "America, this is ...
- Book Patrol Welcomes Nancy Campbell - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Book Patrol Welcomes Nancy CampbellSeattle Post Intelligencer - 2 hours agoShe has also published three books of poetry and her writings on book arts and illustration have appeared in a variety of journals. ...
- How Fiction Works By James Wood Farrar, Straus and Giroux 265 pp. $24 - Christian Science Monitor
How Fiction Works By James Wood Farrar, Straus and Giroux 265 pp. $24Christian Science Monitor, MA - 7 minutes agoAmong them: Joyce Carol Oates’s “The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art,” and David Lodge’s “The Art of Fiction,” which collects essays from the Guardian ...
- Cerveris, de Haas and Woods to Sing Lyrics By W. Shakespeare Sept. 15 - Playbill.com
Cerveris, de Haas and Woods to Sing Lyrics By W. Shakespeare Sept. 15Playbill.com, NY - 22 hours agoBy Adam Hetrick Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris, Darius de Haas and Carol Woods will perform Lyrics By W. Shakespeare on Sept. 15 at the Kaye Playhouse. ...
- Dr. Emman Was Expelled From ANA –– Patrick - LeadershipNigeria
Dr. Emman Was Expelled From ANA –– PatrickLeadershipNigeria, Nigeria - 21 minutes agoWhile in secondary school I had the opportunity of winning a children poetry competition. During my NYSC, my play was one of the winners of the ...
- Poetry, Religion, and that Pesky Paris WiF (Gay City News)
I wish the war for queer rights was more like traditional ones, where we could conquer territory, plant the rainbow flag, then retire from the scene. Unfortunately, most of our battles have mixed results. And the war shows signs of lasting even longer than operation Mired in Afghanistan.
- The much awaited fourth album from Robin Auld - The South African
The much awaited fourth album from Robin AuldThe South African, UK - 15 hours agoMy novel and poetry contains many elements of my own life, but is ultimately more about Southern Africa than about myself. There are many references to ...
- Room with a view - Detroit Metro Times
Detroit Metro TimesRoom with a viewDetroit Metro Times, MI - 32 minutes ago"All his papers were burned toward the end of his life. He was despondent about how people viewed his poetry, not his accomplishments as a publisher, ...
- Tens of thousands mourn Palestinian poet Darwish (Middle East Times)
Family and friends of late Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish mourn outside his family house in the Arab village of Jadaida in northern Israel on August 11. Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral for Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.
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