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- Farewell Mahmoud Darwish (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Very few poets become the voice of their nation and even fewer succeed in transcending that to become much more. Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was that rare bird who crossed many skies and horizons.
- Unbutton Your Cheongsam - New York Observer
The China Lover is a tough book to stay mad at. One of the most probing and ecumenical of our long-form journalists, Ian Buruma has had the good fortune to summon—or the better fortune to stumble upon—a truly fantastic subject for a novel, in ...
- Springfield Little Theatre still seeks historical stories (The Springfield News-Leader)
Springfield Little Theatre continues to seek stories about the Landers Theatre and its history in preparation for the theater's 100th anniversary. The Landers opened its doors in September 1909.
- Astrological topics - Chicago Sun-Times
Astrological topicsChicago Sun-Times, United States - 6 hours agoNeptune provokes intoxicating self-forgetfulness (the rogue lulled the gods to sleep with glamor, wine, poetry and ecstatic bliss). ...
- Realistic narrative for teens - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Realistic narrative for teensTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 2 hours agoThe narrator in Choyce’s latest novel, The Book of Michael, is wrongfully convicted of his girlfriend’s murder. Though exonerated six months later, ...
- Writers read in USI's RopeWalk series - Evansville Courier & Press
Writers read in USI's RopeWalk seriesEvansville Courier & Press, IN - 1 hour ago... and she’s written book reviews for print and online magazines. Gary Fincke, author of 16 published books of poetry and short fiction, will read Oct. 14. ...
- writers GROUP MEETS (The Bolingbrook Sun)
The Naperville Writers Group will host author and poet Marilyn Huntman Giese, the author of "When the World Changed, A Revolutionary Peace," at 7 p.m. Sept. 26. The book, based on her travels to the Near and Middle East, is an interplay of vivid photos and scriptural references that tell the story of Jesus in a unique way. Giese's poetry ranges from lighthearted spoofs to serious social issues.
- Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning: Something For All ... - Pitchforkmedia.com
Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning: Something For All ...Pitchforkmedia.com, IL - 6 hours agoDrew, a more unique singer and stronger writer than Canning, was also more likely to lapse into bullshit poetry or break out J Mascis as indie bling. ...
- Join the crowd: Why do multinationals use amateurs to solve ... - Independent
Join the crowd: Why do multinationals use amateurs to solve ...Independent, UK - 49 minutes agoThe singers were publishing books of poetry; drummers were budding video directors; and the roadies doubled as record producers. ...
- The Olympic winner who didn't get to be Tarzan - OCRegister
The Olympic winner who didn't get to be TarzanOCRegister, CA - 39 minutes agoThrough the poetry emerges a portrait of a man at times roiled by pain and even in fear of the end of life. Yet Bragg's words speak of challenging oneself ...
- Real men wear heels - Park Record
Real men wear heelsPark Record, UT - 10 minutes agoThe show includes an evening gown competition, a swimsuit showdown, tap dancing, poetry recitations and plenty of singing. Besides the logistics of managing ...
- Voyage begins - Albany Times Union
Voyage beginsAlbany Times Union, NY - 2 hours agoHis new work "From the Depth of Distance" features poetry by Fernando Pessoa, a Portugese poet who died in 1935, and also by Walt Whitman (excerpts from ...
- At The Gibbes Museum - Charleston Post Courier
At The Gibbes MuseumCharleston Post Courier, SC - 7 hours agoThe exhibition tells the compelling story of the survival of African-American basketry over 300 years, and features baskets made by contemporary American ...
- Books: A poet's portrait of Keats (Post-Bulletin)
What if the English poet John Keats hadn't died a horrific death at the age of 25 -- what if he had simply quit writing, left his poetic achievement as it was at tha
- Famed Palestinian poet critical after surgery: friend - AFP
AFPFamed Palestinian poet critical after surgery: friendAFP - 54 minutes agoDarwish has published more than two dozen books of poetry and prose rooted in his experience of Palestinian exile and the bitter Middle East conflict in a ...
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