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- A clear-eyed look (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Almost from the start, American literature has exhibited a prophetic streak. For Emerson, Thoreau and the other transcendentalists, literature was no mere entertainment, but a means of changing minds, hearts and behavior.
- Tripura celebrates Tagore’s 147th birth anniversary - Thaindian.com
Tripura celebrates Tagore’s 147th birth anniversaryThaindian.com, Thailand - 21 hours agoHis creations, dramas and poetry are inevitable part of our lives. We remember him everyday, every moment. But today is special because it the birthday of ...
- The Tudor delusion - Times Online
The Tudors” and “the Tudor Age” are among the staples of English history. How can we do without them? Not only are the monarchs themselves referred to, individually and collectively – in books, articles, plays, films, television series and ...
- Search Scoop (Scoop.co.nz)
Scoop TV interviews Up The Yangtze's director Yung Chang. Up The Yangtze takes us on the surreal journey of China’s unfaltering drive towards modernity with two teenagers affected in different ways by their nation’s ambition.
- Q&A: Working with young singers a high note for Diane Warner - Daily Gazette
SCHENECTADY — Diane Warner told her husband if he wants her to retire to Florida, he’ll have to find her a chorus. For the past 25 years, this music teacher has devoted her free time to the Capital District Youth Chorale. And she said hearing the ...
- Palace sets stage for literature's Everywoman (Albany Times Union)
The woman who's been called a national treasure is going to play the Palace, even if she expresses amazement that people are willing to pay up to $80 a ticket. How's it feel to be a rock star, Maya Angelou, traveling to gigs in a custom tour bus?"It's wonderful," she says with a throaty laugh. "I've had 10,000 people fill an arena and pay to hear an old black woman talk of love, of poetry, ...
- Silverton has charm and style - Statesman Journal
Silverton has charm and styleStatesman Journal, OR - 4 hours ago16-17, as well as the Silverton Wine & Jazz Festival and the Silverton Poetry Festival. "I have lived in Silverton for 30 years," she said. ...
- Read This Before the Market Crashes - Motley Fool
Man, I'm stoked! Know why? I just watched Maria Bartiromo slap around one of those monster screamers on CNBC. I won't call the fellow out by name ( eventually he's got to be right, right?), but I just had to pile on with this: "You go, girl!" It's ...
- Iran native brings the world's spices to New York's top restaurants - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Iran native brings the world's spices to New York's top restaurantsPR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 15 minutes agoWhile he was studying for his master's degree in New York City, Sharifi focused on mystical Iranian poetry. He found food-related passages dotted with ...
- BOOK REVIEW: On the dusty road to redemption - Miami Herald
In terms of literary chutzpah, writing your sophomore novel about a sophomore novelist is the kind of thing that tends to send eyebrows arching skyward. Maybe not as much as titling it "Winner of the National Book Award," as Jincy Willett once did ...
- Singapore Sun Festival Returns to Celebrate the Art of Living Well (Thaipr.net)
Asia's Premium Lifestyle Festival Features over 350 Regional and International Celebrities and Artists in More Than 90 Events The critically-acclaimed Singapore Sun Festival, returns for ano
- New kid on the block (The Star)
INSIDE the elaborate set of Grey’s Anatomy in Los Angeles, where the cosy Emerald City Bar has been built, Chyler Leigh is having a ball of a time. “Coming in as an intern, coming into a place that’s already been established, it actually works quite well for me,” the 26-year-old says gently.
- Sultans’ seals, a new favorite of the Turkish fashion world - Today's Zaman
Sultans’ seals, a new favorite of the Turkish fashion worldToday's Zaman, Turkey - 22 minutes agoI believe these motifs are like rhymed poetry. They contain incredible meaning. Nurhan Atasoy (art historian): In recent years, we have witnessed the birth ...
- The Community Notice Board - CBC.ca
The Community Notice BoardCBC.ca, Canada - 2 hours agoAt the workshop, participants work with established writers on manuscripts in the areas of Fiction, Playwriting, Poetry or Creative Non-fiction/Magazine ...
- What next for Irish probe into du Plantier murder? - Sunday Business Post
What next for Irish probe into du Plantier murder?Sunday Business Post, Ireland - 57 minutes agoA bilingual edition of WB Yeats’ poetry lay open on du Plantier’s bed. Marie Farrell had got home at around 4am in the early hours of December 23. ...
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