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- Imagining the east - New Statesman
New StatesmanImagining the eastNew Statesman, UK - 1 hour agoEdward Lear, also known for his nonsense poetry, was the 20th child of a suburban family and suffered from untreatable epilepsy and depression. ...
- Quirky science fiction writer - Chicago Tribune
Thomas Disch, who has been called one of the most important science fiction writers of his generation, died Saturday in New York. Friends said Mr. Disch, 68, was found dead inside his apartment. He had shot himself in the head, according to the city ...
- Cheap Wine - New York Times Blogs
I spent three years at Harvard in the Society of Fellows. I had no obligations there except to spend my Monday nights eating fancy meals in the company of some of the world’s most brilliant thinkers: Nobel Prize-winning scientist Amartya Sen ...
- Obama at Wesleyan: a subtle elegance I missed the first time - Atlantic Online
Obama at Wesleyan: a subtle elegance I missed the first timeAtlantic Online - 1 hour agoPoetry into prose, a private tribute to the man whose endorsement took Obama from runner up to winner. What is so elegant about this touch? ...
- Running Numbers| - Philadelphia citypaper.net
Running Numbers|Philadelphia citypaper.net, PA - 5 hours agoDon't miss evening performances of music, poetry and more next Wednesday night starting at 7 pm during this year's festival, May 7-9 at Penn's Annenberg ...
- Delray Beach - Hampton Roads Daily Press
The Israeli Scouts Friendship Caravan Golan 2008 has rolled into the city for nine days of performances. Hailing from 10 cities in Israel, and made up of five young women and five young men, from teenagers to 25-year-olds, the Israeli Scouts recently ...
- New DOE initiative aims to get students writing poetry - U-Wire.com
The halls of New York City public schools have echoed with rhymes over the past few weeks, as many students greeted with enthusiasm the chance to compose their very own poetry. Thanks to the Department of Education’s latest literacy initiative—P ...
- Teen's poem wins top award (EveningNews24)
A Norwich schoolgirl's poem describing her fears that the earth is slowly being destroyed has landed her a top regional award. Katie Furniss has won the top prize in the East of England Young Writers competition for her poem based on the theme of I Have a Dream.
- Arundel Town Column — April 10 - Portsmouth Herald
When I typed in the date for the printing of this column, I realized the day was of some significance to me. I turn a year older today, but probably not a year wiser, as fortunate as that would be. Forty-something years of learning seems like it ...
- Honor America Days - Utica Observer Dispatch
Honor America DaysUtica Observer Dispatch, NY - 52 minutes ago2:30 pm, at Jervis Public Library, 613 N. Washington St. 336-4570 Magnetic Poetry for Teens: 6:30 pm, at Jervis Public Library, 613 N. Washington St. Make ...
- Eerie McCain, Weird Bill - Morning News
Let me warn you that today's topics are not substantive. We're not going to extend health insurance or lower oil prices today. We're going to talk style and sex. Criticize if you must. Read if you please. Anyway, the way to extend health insurance is ...
- Critics' best bets for Friday - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Playground of the Ridiculous. 6 to 10 p.m. Friday. The Contemporary, 3750 Washington Boulevard. Free. 314-535-4660; www.contemporarystl.org. We’re not exactly sure what makes an evening of great cinema, poetry and music so ridiculous, especially in ...
- Leave a comment (Stuff)
It's not even the least funny sports comedy of the year - Semi- Pro has that title wrapped up, possibly for all time. But The Love Guru is pretty dire.
- In big concession, militia agrees to let Iraqi troops into Sadr City (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
BAGHDAD— Followers of rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed late Friday to allow Iraqi security forces to enter all of Baghdad's Sadr City and to arrest anyone found with heavy weapons in a surprising capitulation that seemed likely to be hailed as a major victory for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
- New bookstore opens; profit not required; Kilns Bookstore will put money it makes back into store and charities (The Bulletin)
Kilns Bookstore, a new addition to Central Oregon‘s bookseller ranks, will open its doors in the Old Mill Marketplace in Bend today. The opening comes just more than a month after The Book Barn, a 35-year-old shop in nearby downtown, closed due to declining sales and stiff competition from online retailers such as Amazon.
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