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- ‘Why can’t we play together?’ (Malta Today)
Fifteen days ago Mahmoud Darwish died of complications following open heart surgery in a hospital in Texas. Millions around the world mourn the death of this 67 year old Palestinian poet who has been translated in more than 20 different languages around the world.
- Great poet’s grave stokes Civil War dispute - Las Vegas Sun
The tranquil, pine-carpeted hills in this patch of southern Spain hold awful secrets. Now, one of them has been thrust into the spotlight of a still painful accounting of atrocities committed in the Spanish Civil War. The dispute has arisen over ...
- Rilke and the question of self-identity - Daily Telegraph
Poetry is language compressed. It is many other things, too, but try expounding any favourite poem and your prose will be double or triple the number of words used by the poet. This is perhaps what makes the prose works of poets quite difficult to ...
- BRIEFS: NEWS NEAR YOU (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
This daily column features short news items from the 20 localities that make up the greater Richmond area.
- Asia Beat: Jul 23 08 - The Asian Pacific Post
Asia Beat: Jul 23 08The Asian Pacific Post, Canada - 1 hour agoHe was also the general secretary of Bangladesh’ National Poetry Council. A popular Indonesian singer has been banned from giving a concert in southern ...
- Mandela's 90th b'day celebrated (HT via Yahoo! India News)
Anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday was celebrated at Springdales, Dhaula Kuan, on Friday. The event, which concluded the school's Africa Week celebrations, began with a speech by Principal Jyoti Bose welcoming all the dignitaries, including Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma; South African High Commissioner to India ...
- Movie school - Malaysia Star
Malaysia StarMovie schoolMalaysia Star, Malaysia - 6 hours ago... a preppy boys boarding school who tries to break the conformist tedium of his students’ lives by his unconventional teaching of poetry and literature. ...
- Star power meets philanthropy with celeb charities (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Bono battles the AIDS epidemic. Leonardo tries to make the world a greener place, and Martha has a soft spot for animals.
- Marilynne Robinson: world’s best writer of prose - Times Online
Marilynne Robinson: world’s best writer of proseTimes Online, UK - 9 minutes agoBut, primarily, she immersed herself in American poetry and religious history. She is a formidable scholar. She once shocked colleagues by reading all the ...
- Lords of the ring - South China Morning Post
It's a wonder Gilles Maheu doesn't look more tired. For two years, the Quebecois performer and director has lived, breathed and dreamed Zaia , the resident show he created for Cirque du Soleil at the Venetian Macao. Just weeks before tonight's gala ...
- "A Map of the Night": Master poet sometimes loses his way in new collection (Seattle Times)
David Wagoner's new collection of poems, "A Map of the Night," feels like a summing-up by the author many consider the dean of Northwest poetry.
- Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Arnold Wesker, playwright (Independent)
Sir Arnold Wesker, 76, is the author of 42 plays, including The Kitchen, Roots and Chips with Everything. His non-fiction includes As Much as I Dare, his autobiography. Wesker's Love Plays, Wesker's Monologues, and the playwright's first poetry collection, All Things Tire of Themselves, have all been published recently.
- Oak Park Festival's 'Lughnasa' a powerful force - ElmLeaves
Oak Park Festival's 'Lughnasa' a powerful forceElmLeaves, IL - 15 hours agoBy CATEY SULLIVAN Contributor Late in the second act of the restless poetry that is Brian Friel's drama "Dancing at Lughnasa," an undertow of wildness and ...
- How Miley can get the best of both worlds (New York Daily News)
Lately, Miley Cyrus has been doing her damnedest to make the transition from imp to icon, with considerable help from the worldwide powerhouse that is the Disney empire. But her first move in this direction backfired big time.
- Grieving family of murder victim kept investigation alive (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
The family of Reyes Cruz refused to let the men responsible for his death get away with murder. In the days after his...
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