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- The Revenger's Tragedy: The bloody classic is given a modern twist (Independent)
Joe Orton used two lines from The Revenger's Tragedy as the epigraph to What the Butler Saw – "Surely we are all mad people, and they/ Whom we think are, are not". It's easy to see why he liked the horror-comic Jacobean vision of moral anarchy, with its depraved Italian court, its dysfunctional ruling family, its extremes of virtue and vice, and its tone of sardonic fascination. In Loot, Orton ...
- Emory Professor Natasha Trethewey Named Georgia Woman of the Year (The Weekly)
ATLANTA, GA (July 28, 2008) - Georgia Woman of the Year Committee, Inc. announced today that Natasha Trethewey, Professor of English and Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair at Emory University has been confirmed as 2008 Georgia Woman of the Year! Nellie Dunaway Duke, Committee Chair, said that Trethewey was chosen as the 13th honoree by the Committee on their first ballot at their annual ...
- Episcopal churches hold election - Twin Falls Times-News
Delegates from Episcopal churches across Idaho will gather today at St. Michael's Cathedral in Boise to hold an election for the 15th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a service of Holy Eucharist with ...
- Threadgill, Henry (Luther) - Jazz.com
Threadgill, Henry (Luther)Jazz.com, TX - 2 hours agoThese qualities are evident in his penchant for hybrid groups, his ability to cross musical boundaries, and collaborations that blend music with poetry, ...
- NZ Poet Laureate to MC celebration of Kiwi poetry (Scoop.co.nz)
New Zealand Poet Laureate Michele Leggott will MC 'Poetry Central', a celebration of Kiwi poetry, on Montana Poetry Day, Friday 18 July.
- What's happening at the library? - Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin
What's happening at the library?Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin, MA - 53 minutes agoWesleyan University Press poets will read “Poetry for the 21st Century,†Saturday, May 17, from 2 to 3:30 pm; at the Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St., ...
- Obama has long backed faith charities - Chicago Tribune
As a state senator from the South Side, Barack Obama once arranged for a $200,000 state grant to jump-start an urban venture capital fund for a non-profit group run by Rev. Jesse Jackson. The grant was the very sort of faith-based initiative now at ...
- Unlike flop from ’03, this ‘Hulk’ is fun, furious and true to its ... - Schenectady Gazette
Unlike flop from ’03, this ‘Hulk’ is fun, furious and true to its ...Schenectady Gazette, NY - 2 hours agoWe are also treated to some visual poetry. The most arresting scene of beauty arrives in a rear-angle shot in which the Hulk and Betsy sit together in a ...
- 'Welcome Home Project' honors returning vets - Ashland Daily Tidings
About 30 American veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will celebrate Memorial Day a little differently this year. Through The Welcome Home Project, the veterans and their families will attend a five-day retreat starting May 22 at Buckhorn ...
- ‘Nation’s creativity’ in Scots poetry given to National Library (The Herald)
A treasure trove of poetry which captures the "creativity of the nation" over the last five years has been given to the National Library of Scotland.
- Clubs: Wilmington Civitan Club awards scholarships - StarNewsOnline.com
Clubs: Wilmington Civitan Club awards scholarshipsStarNewsOnline.com, NC - 32 minutes agoBring three to five short, original pieces of prose or poetry. Reservations requested. Details: 200-0884. Fish Fry: 11 am-7 pm, American Legion Post 10, ...
- Writings chronicle life in Nevada 'Prisneyland' - Scripps News
Writings chronicle life in Nevada 'Prisneyland'Scripps News, DC - 55 minutes agoOnce he left, he published poetry in newspapers and magazines about the job, and started a blog, Vegas Quixote, where he does more of the same: tell stories ...
- Poetry without motion (The New Statesman)
The paintings of Vilhelm Hammershøi were derided in his lifetime for being stark and uneventful. To the modern viewer, however, they capture a mood of existential angst
- To have an event listed, send ... - Akron Beacon Journal
To have an event listed, send ...Akron Beacon Journal, OH - 16 hours agoPoetry in Motion — Salsa class 7:30 to 8:30 pm, PIM Home Studio, 2564 Kilgore St., Akron. Classes on Tuesday are: Salsa, 8:30 to 9:30 pm; hand dance, ...
- Dating And Literary Snobbery Ingredients Of Media Crack, Apparently - Gawker
The Sunday Times included an essay on how certain books can be major turnoffs while dating, and already 162 people have posted their own "literary dealbreakers" to an nytimes.com blog post . There's also a follow up blog post , a follow-up column and ...
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