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- An Avant-Gardist’s Sparse Stories, in Film and Fragments - New York Times
An Avant-Gardist’s Sparse Stories, in Film and FragmentsNew York Times, United States - 3 hours agoThen came the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr., an African-American, by three white supremacist Texans who chained him behind a truck and dragged him to death. ...
- Madison poets finish third in second national bout (The Capital Times)
After coming in third at the second bout Thursday evening at the 2008 National Poetry Slam, members of the the Madison Slam Team won't be going on to the semifinals Friday night for individual pieces. They find out Friday afternoon if they'll be competing in the Group Piece Championship (Friday, August 8 at 10 p.m. in the Overture Center, 201 State ...
- Protest artists' ribald methods test limits of Kremlin's patience - South China Morning Post (subscription)
Protest artists' ribald methods test limits of Kremlin's patienceSouth China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong - 9 hours agoCameras, camcorders and books of poetry are scattered over the floor. "We always do things that violate rules. We combine art and politics to achieve ...
- Sullivan County Imagination Library to hold - Kingsport Times News
Sullivan County Imagination Library to holdKingsport Times News, TN - 21 minutes agoBales, author of the poetry chapbook, Kinkeeper, ranking number 18 in The New Women’s Voices Series, has many poems based on stories passed down from her ...
- The Literati: Slamming Starts Up Again, The Best of Book Covers, and Anne Hotter Than LiLo (Torontoist)
Every Tuesday afternoon, Torontoist rounds up the city's literary news, including book deals, events, local sales, author happenings, and insider information from the book industry.
- Soetardji honored by Riau arts community - Jakarta Post
JAKARTA: Noted poet Soetardji Calzoum Bachri, who is known in art circles as "Indonesia's Poet President", received a gift from Riau art lovers on his 67th birthday Tuesday night. Riau's board of arts held an arts appreciation night titled Bulan ...
- WALT WHITMAN (DVD) - Film Threat
WALT WHITMAN (DVD)Film Threat, CA - 3 hours agoWhile the film offers rich slices of Whitman’s poetry, it curiously fails to include what may have been his most famous work, “O Captain! My Captain! ...
- Pupils trace links to founders of high school - Otago Daily Times
Pupils trace links to founders of high schoolOtago Daily Times, New Zealand - 3 hours agoOn Friday, the Sutherland brothers introduced the guest speakers at the special welcoming assembly and Sam read poetry at the organ recital in the Hall of ...
- Community calendar EVENTS - Houma Courier
Community calendar EVENTSHouma Courier, Louisiana - Aug 1, 2008The Louisiana State Poetry Society’s Bayou Chapter meets from 7 to 8:30 pm the first Thursday of each month at the Terrebonne Parish Library, ...
- Adjusting the Theory of Just War: Gary Bass's 'Freedom's Battle' - New York Sun
From the Vietnam War until the end of the Cold War, it was almost axiomatic that liberals would oppose every use of American military power. Defecting from that position was what qualified a former liberal as a neoconservative. But in the last 20 ...
- Missouri laureate’s eyewitness report from poetry front - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Missouri laureate’s eyewitness report from poetry frontSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 5 hours agoBargen became Missouri’s first official poetry advocate in January, recommended by the Missouri Center for the Book and appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt. ...
- Erik Darling, folk musician noted for hit 'Walk Right In' - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON - Erik Darling, 74, a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist who played a vital role in the revival of American folk music and was identified with the 1960s pop hit "Walk Right In," died Aug. 3 in Chapel Hill, N.C. He had lymphoma ...
- Register for Osher summer classes (Galveston County Daily News)
GALVESTON — Registration is under way for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute's summer classes, which are free for people 55 and older.
- Plato's Greek Taverna , Ponsonby Rd - New Zealand Herald
Greek cuisine gets a bad rap. AA Gill reckons it's "unremittingly ghastly. Greek food is best eaten drunk, but even that they don't make easy". Which may be unfair: when you've spent a couple of milennia working out democracy, philosophy, drama ...
- Virginia Tech professor Nikki Giovanni reflects on tragedy - HamptonRoads.com
We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on, we are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech. We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that ...
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