Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Finding the right words to define poetry - Guardian Unlimited
Poetry can quite easily be seen as the poor relation of the arts. Collections of poetry sell in remarkably small numbers and almost nobody earns a living from writing the stuff. And yet, if the internet is to be believed, hundreds of thousands of ...
- Man v. Flesh (Jackson Free Press)
Andre Dubus III’s “Garden of the Last Days†(W. W. Norton, 2008, $24.95) is a brick of a book. At 500-plus pages, it’s America on parade: g-strings and neon, alcohol and testosterone, easy cash, patriotism and dumb sentiment. Once launched, though, a brick sinks quickly.
- Our Lady Peace frontman delivers poetic solo album - Central Plains Herald Leader
Our Lady Peace frontman delivers poetic solo albumCentral Plains Herald Leader, Canada - 10 minutes agoIt got me back to writing poetry again. It gave me a new approach to making music.’’ Working independently after years under a major label with OLP, ...
- 20 questions for … singer-songwriter Nellie McKay (Belleville News-Democrat)
Singer, songwriter, actor and activist Nellie McKay calls her music "schizophrenic voodoo." Schizophrenic because she jumps genres - from Tin Pan Alley pop and cabaret to reggae, rap and jazz - voodoo because these elements mysteriously gel with her evocative, playful, and bold lyrics.
- Benny Golson saxes nostalgic - Chicago Tribune
Benny Golson saxes nostalgicChicago Tribune, United States - 4 hours ago... poetry and obvious spontaneity. Every note had something to say. The evening's other high point came in "Mr. PC," by another friend from Golson's youth, ...
- Area digest -- Published Aug. 1, 2008 - Stockton Record
Area digest -- Published Aug. 1, 2008Stockton Record, CA - 3 hours agoAbstract artist David Jon Foster will share original poetry, creative writing and freeform short stories from his new book, "The Writing of David Jon Foster ...
- Writers to meet and critique at Frost Farm - Eagle Tribune
Writers to meet and critique at Frost FarmEagle Tribune, MA - 23 minutes agoThat farm operates poetry writing programs, even though it was not so important as the Derry farm to Frost's development as a writer, Gleed said. ...
- Scene change (City Pulse)
Since its origins as a Cool Cities love child, Tim Lane says East Lansing’s Scene Metrospace has done well at serving its purpose of offering an alternative venue for expression and entertainment in the city’s downtown for the 20-to-35-year-old set.
- Surprising allure of Dylan Thomas' 'sullen art' - Times Online
The extraordinary allure of all things connected to Dylan Thomas has left a powerful cultural trace around the globe. Bob Dylan likes to deny it, but it is as near as certain that, around 1962, he changed his name from Robert Zimmerman after reading ...
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Economist
EconomistAlexander SolzhenitsynEconomist, UK - Aug 7, 2008... stealing his food in the dark, wearing wrist-crushing handcuffs for the least infraction, this land was not fully revealed to the outside world. ...
- Beauty in the air (Albany Times Union)
Fragile balloons offer poetry in motion, but wind remains ever an uncertainty GLENS FALLS -- On a good day, a balloon is nothing short of inspirational. Held aloft by nothing but silk-thin fabric and hot air, it rises at first with a roar of propane jet, and then only silence as it climbs to the sky. But on a windy evening, plans can be, shall we say, deflated.So it was on Thursday night, when ...
- Literature with a can do Latitude - Times Online
Literature with a can do LatitudeTimes Online, UK - 33 minutes agoThis less frenetic little festival near Southwold in Suffolk is a summer union of arts tents – theatre, cabaret, poetry, crafts and music - each attracting ...
- Calgary Radar: Calgary Fringe - Anarchy in the AB - Martiniboys.com
Calgary Radar: Calgary Fringe - Anarchy in the ABMartiniboys.com, Canada - 9 hours agoIf you've never been to the Fringe Festival, you're missing out my friend. It's like regular theatre, but much less pretentious and much more anarchic. ...
- Easton’s home-grown wordsmith - Easton Courier
Easton CourierEaston’s home-grown wordsmithEaston Courier, CT - 53 minutes ago“They’re all about Easton but none are about Easton,†Hubbell said of her books, which include poetry collections, picture books and easy readers for ...
- Event: 85th birthday celebrations of Suchitra Mitra When: Today at ... - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphEvent: 85th birthday celebrations of Suchitra Mitra When: Today at ...Calcutta Telegraph, India - 2 hours agoIt evokes this fluid journey through the sensuous and romantic poetry of Indian musical genres and the lyrical beauty and imagery of Kathak. ...
|
|
Refinance Mortgage
Home Mortgages
Free Simple Mortgage Calculator
|