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- Road trip makes geography, nature more real - Olympian
Nonetheless, in mid-August, in a two-door sedan, I drove to Cuba with the family next door. It wasn't until I was forced from the car to behold the awe of the Grand Canyon, that I realized we weren't leaving the country at all, but driving across it.
- Well-versed in making movies - The Herald
Well-versed in making moviesThe Herald, UK - 2 hours agoI'm making films that are the equivalent of poetry. I picked that up off Jean Cocteau, who I was lucky enough to visit when I was young. ...
- How a poetry-enhancing technique boosts memory - Newindpress
How a poetry-enhancing technique boosts memoryNewindpress, India - 5 hours ago“In our experiments, concepts presented early in a poem (or prose passage) were more available when alliterative sounds overlapped between lines than when ...
- Health center hires two doctors - SunJournal.com (subscription)
SunJournal.com (subscription)Health center hires two doctorsSunJournal.com (subscription), ME - 6 hours agoIn addition to outdoor activities such as hiking, kayaking and bow hunting, he enjoys contra dancing, reading poetry and philosophy. ...
- Tim Harford's top 10 undercover economics books (Guardian Unlimited)
Tim Harford's new book, The Logic of Life: Uncovering the new economics of everything, argues that the most unexpected people - oversexed teenagers, Las Vegas slot addicts, juvenile delinquents and even your boss - are rational, unconsciously weighing up risks and rewards and complying with economic logic. The author of The Undercover Economist, Harford is fond of unearthing economics in ...
- Concert brings Madiba birthday to Africa (The Star)
A truly African concert will bring Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations home to the continent on August 23 at the Johannesburg Stadium.
- Asia's Biggest Film Festival Tries to Lighten Financial Gloom - Bloomberg
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- If the state of the global economy isn't enough to depress filmmakers trying to raise money for their projects, try the plot of the opening movie at Asia's biggest film festival. It is 1949. The Soviet Union is forcing minority ...
- Sundays in the Parks - Budgeteer News
In its fifth event of the season, Sundays In The Parks concert series will feature Laura Berlage, this Sunday, August 24, 2pm at Beaser Park in Ashland, WI. Sponsored by Heartistry Music with funding from the City of Ashland, Sundays in the Parks ...
- Bringing up Mommy: Saying prayer for my saving grace (Centre Daily Times)
This week 20 years ago, people were praying and meditating for me as I gave birth to my first child, a tow-haired boy with thick brows, long eyelashes and wide hands like his grandfather's.Ă‚Â
- Wooooord! C.U. MFAs - Cornell Daily Sun
You know the person you bumped into at Temple of Zeus today? When your elbow knocked into his or her oh-so-delicious soup and sent it flying over his or her body and spilling onto the stack of pages he or she lovingly clutched to his or her chest ...
- Fall Previews - Packet Online
Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pa., Evita , through Sept. 21, Wed.-Thu. 2, 8 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 4, 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., $23; (215) 862-2041; www.buckscountyplayhouse.com McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton ...
- The 50th Annual Wagon Days Parade is here! - Sun Valley Online.com (press release)
Sun Valley Online.com (press release)The 50th Annual Wagon Days Parade is here!Sun Valley Online.com (press release), ID - 34 minutes agoA celebration of cowboy culture in poetry and music runs from 2:30 to 5:00 in Ketchum's Forest Service Park –amid all the art for sale. ...
- Sickness Unto Death (New York Times)
In this novel, a 16-year-old bone cancer patient pursues poetry and his own stream of consciousness to create his niche in the literary firmament.
- Desire: A dangerous flame - The Independent
We think of it as an irresistible force – yet we are so in thrall to it that we have ceased to respect it. Jeanette Winterson looks at the power of desire Why is the measure of love loss? In between those two words – love, loss, and standing on ...
- Kentucky Women Writers Conference - Kentucky.com
Kentucky Women Writers ConferenceKentucky.com, KY - 1 hour agoNovelist Laura Benedict will present alongside Oates; poet Lisa Williams, who won a poetry contest judged by Oates, also will be a presenter. ...
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