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- Wild child of poetry (Deccan Herald)
Its been said he drank as hard as he worked! Marriane De Nazareth explores the work of Dylan Thomas who became famous as much for his turbulent lifestyle as his brilliant poetry.
- Summer is for reading - Lexington Herald-Leader
Summer's almost here, and kids are counting the days until they can put their textbooks to rest for a while. But that doesn't mean all books have to be tossed aside. Area libraries and literacy programs are hoping to encourage kids to keep reading ...
- A final resting place at sea - Delaware Online
So when his wife, Denise, died last May he chartered a boat at Fisherman's Wharf for a service at sea. After a foggy and dismal start to the day, the skies cleared and 100 of the couple's family and friends motored with Capt.
- Oates' latest novel a daring work of dark imagination (The Springfield News-Leader)
Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- Sharp Teeth, By Toby Barlow (Independent)
A novel in verse – about werewolves. Hmm. It's a great elevator pitch, but would anyone actually want to read it? Well, they ought to. The verse is free verse of the loosest kind, often recognisable as verse only by the typography, but the compression of language, the absence of all those little prose discourse markers such as "because" and "so" and "nevertheless", and the vividness of the ...
- Author Ha Jin still waiting for the right time to visit his native China (The Kansas City Star)
On a trip that has put him the closest he has been to his homeland in 23 years, Chinese-American author Ha Jin says he wants to visit China but expressed frustration with censorship of his books.
- Losing her home, finding her story - Chicago Sun-Times
Losing her home, finding her storyChicago Sun-Times, United States - 30 minutes agoI would recite really bad erotic poetry in between acts at local clubs. [Laughs.] I can't even remember any of the poems anymore. ...
- Florida Book Awards has call for entries - Stuart News (subscription)
Florida Book Awards has call for entriesStuart News (subscription), FL - 4 hours agoThe contest categories include general fiction, young adult literature, children's literature, Florida nonfiction, poetry, popular fiction, Spanish-language ...
- Registration under way for Osher Institute - Daily News - Galveston County
Registration under way for Osher InstituteDaily News - Galveston County, TX - 9 hours agoThe Poetry of Summer-ness, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Aug. 1; • First Aid/CPR Overview, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Aug. 5. • Elizabeth Barrett Browning Salon, ...
- Restored 'Once Upon a Time in the West' at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater - Los Angeles Times
Sergio Leone's 1968 masterwork, “Once Upon a Time in the West,†was showing the ravages of time. The negative that Paramount Pictures had been using over the years to strike prints was getting old and frayed, and the color was shifting. But ...
- This 'Mouse' is mighty - Metromix
This 'Mouse' is mightyMetromix, IL - 2 hours agoYet, the subject matter weaved within the corky arrangements is very much for those in search of mind-dizzying poetry or for those just looking to blow off ...
- Vandals Prepare To Face The Road Less Traveled By - MSNBC
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - 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 are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using “The ...
- Shall I compare thee to a Poetry Idol novice? - Aucklander
Shall I compare thee to a Poetry Idol novice?Aucklander, New Zealand - 23 minutes agoYou ve heard of NZ Idol now make way for Poetry Idol. A wide range of poetry can be heard at an open-mic night at The London Bar in town. ...
- Sneak thief loses the plot on stereotypes (Independent Online)
Very naive Meat! magazine editor learns a hard lesson about trust, friendship and pickpocketing...
- Girlz on the hood - Guardian Unlimited
A sculpture installation of a car at the Richard Prince: Continuation exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi Walking into Richard Prince's show, the bonnet of a car greets you, like a shark or a maître d ...
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