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- Suze Rotolo: Dylan's kindred spirit in a freewheelin' time (International Herald Tribune)
Rotolo's book "A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties" about her time with Bob Dylan, comes out this week.
- He lives on through his gift - La Crosse Tribune
It was with sorrow that I read of the loss of Mary Jo Rozneoski of her son, Dustin, in 2005, at the age of 22. I too believe, everyday holds the possibility of a miracle, as Donna Frett believes. The gift of life from receiving Dustin’s liver has ...
- What's Happening: South Shore, Boston and beyond - Enterprise
The exhibit “Cloth is Our Canvas,” original art quilts by members of The Coastal Quilt Artists, opens June 21 at the North River Arts Society. ART ON THE AVENUE – Gallery & Open Studio, 1037 Nantasket Ave., Hull. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. Sun ...
- From Saturday's Globe and Mail - Globe and Mail
Globe and MailFrom Saturday's Globe and MailGlobe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours agoStand on home ground, and try to imagine the fiction of Michael Ondaatje or the poetry of Anne Carson coming into being without his influence. ...
- Winehouse's hubby writes X-rated poems - Stuff
LOVE LETTERS: Amy Winehouse's husband has been writing x-rated poems to a girl he has never met, according to reports. Amy Winehouse’s husband Blake Fielder-Civil has been writing X-rated love letters to a female jailbird he has never met. Love rat ...
- A New Literary Taste in Town - Flathead Beacon
Flathead BeaconA New Literary Taste in TownFlathead Beacon, MT - 2 hours agoAs the fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art, and photography distilled in editing, 26 works made the final cut into the 130-page book. ...
- Summer means more time for reading - MLive.com
Summer means more time for readingMLive.com, MI - 1 hour agoBiographies, fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, chick-lit, best-sellers, classics, a book of poetry and a few magazines. At one point, I even read the "Joy of ...
- Don't disparage a politician for having a way with words - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Don't disparage a politician for having a way with wordsMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 2 hours agoMario Cuomo) "you campaign in poetry and govern in prose." Obviously, a lot of governing is, to put it simply, boring. If it weren't, the media wouldn't be ...
- On the Topic of St. Louis (Riverfront Times)
Sometimes finding a suitable topic is the most difficult part of writing. University of Missouri-St. Louis MFA writer-in-residence Joy Katz circumvented that issue by charging the poets and writers of the UMSL Graduate Writers' Association with writing specifically about St. Louis. During an all-day ...
- First Night: Grace Jones, Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall fivestar (Independent)
"Pleased to meet you, your meat is sweet to me... you're my life support,you’re my life sport," booms Grace Jones’s 10ft-tall face from a white screen. Her face melts and stretches like the liquid metal cyborg from Terminator 2, as thumping tribal bass backs her android poetry.
- The world of Mao - News & Observer
News & ObserverThe world of MaoNews & Observer, NC - 2 hours agoScholars, however, still contest the events of May 29, 1935, when the hungry, sick, cold and weary Communists, a little more than halfway through the Long ...
- Oregon poet William Stafford is hugely popular -- 15 years after his death (The Oregonian)
William Stafford's study looks pretty much the way he left it Aug. 28, 1993. His hat is on the table, a worn copy of a book by one of his favorite writers, Ralph Waldo Emerson, is on the shelf and a handwritten list of items he needed to bring on trips ("Ticket. Watch. Lecture materials.
- Monsters of Achievement - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Monsters of AchievementChronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - 4 hours agoAlthough American high schools may be bastions of mediocrity, that doesn’t prevent them from producing students who are what I like to call “monsters of ...
- Remembering Joseph Brodsky (The Post and Courier)
Poetry rarely penetrates mainstream American culture, so it was astonishing to hear contemporary poetry read on one of television's most popular shows, "Sex and the City."
- Those Poor Superdelegates - Slate
The New York Times leads with uncommitted superdelegates fearing a prolonged battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Times says the Democratic heavies are "uncertain about who, if anyone, would step in to fill a leadership vacuum and ...
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