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- Birdsong inspires Valley resident's novel (The Morning Call)
Most of us are content to regard birdsong as nothing more than a cheerful backdrop to the outdoor chores of our lives. But to Addie Kavanagh, the central character in Bethlehem author Joyce Hinnefeld's first novel ''In Hovering Flight,'' the songs of birds are the most glorious sounds she ever heard, that is, until she begins hearing an accusing chorus in their chatter, and seeing the horror of ...
- How to fly without fear (Independent)
Last week's "terror plunge" to an emergency landing by a Qantas jumbo jet will have done little to soothe the intense fear of flying suffered by one in five of the UK population. Boarding an aeroplane may actually be the safest form of travel, but being stuck in a metal tube, 39,000 feet in the air, can exacerbate so many other phobias: fear of crowds, heights, confined spaces and loss of ...
- Versatile Dylan reshapes his classics (Louisville Courier-Journal)
A few months ago, Bob Dylan received a Pulitzer Prize. Not in the music category, where he'd have joined previous winners like Charles Ives and Ornette Coleman. Nor in poetry, where he'd have been listed alongside William Carlos Williams and Marianne Moore.
- Tagore’s death anniversary today - The New Nation
The New NationTagore’s death anniversary todayThe New Nation, Bangladesh - Aug 5, 2008His wonderful creations not only confined to poetry, he virtually left no field of literature untraced in his lifetime and every field of literature in ...
- New Non-Fiction from Outskirts Press Focuses on a Family’s ... - PR-CANADA.net (press release)
New Non-Fiction from Outskirts Press Focuses on a Family’s ...PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 4 hours agoTony Bruno was a personable, good-looking young man, who had a gift for writing poetry, a touch of an adventurous spirit, and as his father writes, ...
- KindlingsFest sparks deep thought on Orcas - Bothell Reporter
Pastor Dick Staub of the Orcas Community Church said that the four-day KindlingsFest ’08 held last week at the church, was devoted to the art of slowing down, and through the work of Anglo-Irish writer C.S. Lewis, exploring the concept of being ...
- The Ayatollah Begs to Differ - Publishers Weekly
The Ayatollah Begs to DifferPublishers Weekly, NY - 2 hours agoIranians love poetry; they love music; they love socially showing off. And in some cases, ta'arouf is about a political advantage: if you can ta'arouf well, ...
- Push AAJ Content - All About Jazz
Push AAJ ContentAll About Jazz, PA - 3 hours agoThey create a stream-of-consciousness atmosphere that brings to mind overly earnest coffee house protest poetry put to music. However, leaving it at that ...
- Yeats poetry in motion for unstoppable Murtagh - Guardian Unlimited
Johnny Murtagh pushes Yeats on the way to victory in the Goodwood Cup yesterday. Photograph: Scott Heavey/Action Images "He's a true warrior," Johnny Murtagh said yesterday, after Yeats had won the Goodwood Cup for the second time in three years, and ...
- The Poet and the People - The Plank on TNR.com
Voice of AmericaThe Poet and the PeopleThe Plank on TNR.com, DC - 1 hour agoLet me admit up front I have been stirred by some of Darwish's poetry, his poetry of memory and of loss. But the tender poetry is not what endears him to ...Video: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish - 10 Aug 08 AlJazeeraEnglishDarwish: 'Identity and humanity' BBC NewsWhat Did You Do To Them, Ya Mahmoud? Alternative Information Center (AIC)Menassat - International Herald Tribuneall 529 news articles
- Washington hosts National Book Festival, Sept. 27 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Salman Rushdie and Tiki Barber are among 70 authors scheduled to participate in the 2008 National Book Festival.
- Bay State Potty Among Top 10 - Boston Channel.com
Bay State Potty Among Top 10Boston Channel.com, USA - Aug 27, 2008It has been a setting, over the years, for music videos, business and political negotiations and even wedding photos, hotel officials said. ...
- Inside Track - Style Weekly
Style WeeklyInside TrackStyle Weekly, VA - 2 hours agoLocal guitar teacher, session player and Frippster-in-training (as in Robert), Anthony Curtis has big plans for his program, which brings music and poetry ...
- Literature Event - MetroMix
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Author Jolie du Pre ("Iridescence") guest-hosts readings by L.A. erotica writer Fiona Zedde ("A Taste of Sin") and Miami humor essayist Andrea Askowitz ("My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy") Kathie Bergquist (author of "A ...
- Kaiser Center may see new life again - Tri Valley Herald
Kaiser Center may see new life againTri Valley Herald, CA - 6 hours agoActress Bette Davis was slated in 1960 to present Oakland with an evening of poetry by Carl Sandburg. And the center looked more like a fortified embassy in ...
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