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- Man Asian favours the Phillipines - Guardian Unlimited
The longlist for the second Man Asian literary prize has been announced, and features an unexpectedly strong showing from Filipino writers. The list, which is chosen from submissions received from all over Asia, comprises 21 works of Asian fiction ...
- Calendar Event Listings 6-4-08 (City Pulse)
Wednesday, June 4 CLASSES & SEMINARS Van Atta’s weekly seminars. Topic: “Outdoor Pest Control.†6 p.m. FREE. Van Atta’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop, 9008 Old M78, Haslett. (517) 339-1142.
- Journalist Moyers to sign his books in Clinton store (Hunterdon County Democrat)
CLINTON -- For nearly five decades Bill Moyers has held an honorable and influential presence in the field of journalism. Best known for his best-selling books and his long-running PBS series, "Bill Moyers Journal," he has provided a perspective on everything from politics to poetry.
- Inspirations by Neruda, the Minutiae in Mahler (New York Times)
Kelley O?Connor sang Peter Lieberson?s ?Neruda Songs? with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Haitink.
- Sharon Cox Bland - Thomasville Times-Enterprise
A memorial service for Sharon Cox Bland is at 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at Reidsville United Methodist Church in Reidsville with a reception and lunch immediately following for family and friends. She died June 1, at Hospice Savannah after a ...
- Quantum poetics (Guardian Unlimited)
A friend emailed months ago and asked me to contribute to an anthology of "space poems". He was pairing up poets with astronomers in the hopes that new poetry would result, and my counterpart was Paul Murdin, the treasurer of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- Trashing Robert Frost's home leads to a lesson in poetry (Seattle Times)
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place...
- Sanya Richards clinches Olympic berth (Miami Herald)
Sanya Richards has her eyes locked on a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. But that didn't prevent her from looking past the first step toward being best in the world, which was to confirm that she is best in the nation in the 400-meter sprint. Slicing through a headwind on the backstretch and gaining momentum with a tailwind on the homestretch, Richards won her race by three strides at the ...
- Talented texters with an artistic ear - Ledbury Reporter
Talented texters with an artistic earLedbury Reporter, UK - 4 hours agoThe Ledbury Poetry Festival has launched a text poem contest, and two free tickets to the Eastnor music celebration are being offered as prizes. ...
- Writing for the Web - Scholastic News
Scholastic NewsWriting for the WebScholastic News, NY - 51 minutes agoPoetry is a fun area for second language learners because they can express themselves in so many different ways. It is a wonderful tool to use when teaching ...
- Zimbabwe: Mugabe Held at Gunpoint, Says Exiled Writer - AllAfrica.com
In Chenjerai Hove ’s novels and poetry one finds deep passion for ordinary people under the lash of oppression and struggling against poverty. That very passion has forced him into exile from Zimbabwe, where as both newspaper columnist and novelist ...
- Dick Martin, 'Laugh-In' Star, Dead at 86 (Time Magazine)
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died
- A simple man with many a talent - Sri Lanka Sunday Times
Sinhala poet and writer Kalakeerthi Pandit Wimal Abhayasundara, passed away on the morning of Thursday, June 12 at the age of 87. Poet, lyricist, art critic, scholar, veteran author and musicologist, he was born on September 17, 1921 in Welitota in ...
- Lets create our own heroes - Sunday News
Lets create our own heroesSunday News, Zimbabwe - 9 hours agoThe festival will involve theatre, poetry, film, animation and prose reading. A fitting tribute to great and writer extraordinaire, Dambudzo Marechera, ...
- Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen's back - Edinburgh News
IN an interview 24 years ago, Leonard Cohen, a man who has been tagged 'The High Priest of Pathos' and 'The Godfather of Gloom', recalled how he believed he might once have been shot at during a concert in France. "I think I was shot at once at a big ...
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