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- Profile: Andrew Motion, the poet laureate - Times Online
Profile: Andrew Motion, the poet laureateTimes Online, UK - 38 minutes ago... poems at school had been “hopeless word fountains”, but he began to make a name for himself, winning the Newdi-gate prize for undergraduate poetry. ...
- Mahmoud Darwish, Leading Palestinian Poet, Is Dead at 67 (New York Times)
Mr. Darwish?s prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting.
- Review interview: Richard Dawkins - Times Online
Times OnlineReview interview: Richard DawkinsTimes Online, UK - 6 hours ago“Well, we devote our lives to writing books, composing music, creating poetry – all higher functions of the brain. If we were following Darwinian dictates, ...
- Convention spoils plate record bid - The National
Convention spoils plate record bidThe National, United Arab Emirates - Jul 22, 2008The record-breaking bid was meant as the culmination of 17 days of festivities, including numerous auctions of dates, poetry evenings, a group wedding, ...
- Dreams for the waking mind - Daily Telegraph
Wallace Stevens was a poet's poet, in the Keatsian sense that some of his most intensely engaged work concerned poetry itself. What is poetry? He saw it not as a substitute for religion but as a way of exploring the mental territory in which most ...
- Condition of Zambian president worsens (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 (3:39 a.m.) The condition of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, hospitalized in France since suffering a stroke in June, has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, state media reported Tuesday.
- Tonight: Your Sausage Party Alternative - Washington City Paper
Tonight: Your Sausage Party AlternativeWashington City Paper, DC - 4 hours agoAlong with its usual offerings of fiction, poetry, and pop-culture musings, the new issue will include the winners of Barrelhouse’s “Roller Derby ...
- Dancer explores life's inner realms - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Dancer explores life's inner realmsSarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 4 hours ago"In the workshop, there will be breathing exercises and she'll probably read poetry. We'll be going inward and seeing what comes up. ...
- Ahmad Faraz's death widely condoled - The Post
Ahmad Faraz's death widely condoledThe Post, Pakistan - 58 minutes agoHe lauded the services of late Faraz in the field of literature, and observed that his death had caused a great void in the field of poetry which could ...Ahmad Faraz (1931-2008): Poetry Does Not Die All Things Pakistanall 5 news articles
- Magical world of summer reading - Portsmouth Herald News
Magical world of summer readingPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 33 minutes agoIsn't it just really cool that teens can attend programs on poetry and photography? Wow. When I was a kid, I lived too far in the country to attend any ...
- Dreams for the waking mind - Telegraph.co.uk
Dreams for the waking mindTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoBy AN Wilson Wallace Stevens was a poet's poet, in the Keatsian sense that some of his most intensely engaged work concerned poetry itself. What is poetry? ...
- Community Briefs - Bolingbrook Sun
Community BriefsBolingbrook Sun, IL - 1 hour agoIn addition to hearing from Giese, members of the writers group will read their prose and poetry, and time will be provided for members of the public to ...
- Yankee Stadium going out as the the House the Orioles closed? - New York Daily News
In it's last season, Yankee Stadium most likely won't house a Major League playoff game or any October magic. The House that Babe Ruth Built will go out with a regular season game to the Orioles if things continue the way that have been. Jacobson/AP ...
- The fine art of Iranian political satire - Lebanon Daily Star
TEHRAN: In Iran, satirizing the establishment can mean being slapped with a publication ban or even jail for an editor. Making fun of the president and senior leaders is not a task to be undertaken lightly. Tightrope-walking, as the publisher of the ...
- Local Author Gives Voice To Alzheimer's Sufferers (WISC-TV Madison)
MADISON, Wis. -- "I find when I can't express myself," said 30-year-old Lisa Marie Brodsky, "that's when I turn to the page, to poetry." Poetry is a Madison woman's way of bringing awareness to Alzheimer's Disease.
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