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- Poetic death of language barriers - Scotland on Sunday
Poetic death of language barriersScotland on Sunday, UK - Aug 23, 2008Yet in the wider world, Reid is highly regarded for his poetry and prose, and many of the central figures of 20th century literature recognised him as a ...
- Jokester Brings Touch of New England Charm to North Kehoe - Georgetown University The Hoya
Jokester Brings Touch of New England Charm to North KehoeGeorgetown University The Hoya, DC - 34 minutes agoWatching Cristiano Ronaldo, it’s like poetry. If you could be good at any other sport, what would it be? I like that question. I’d probably say football. ...
- Romance with the past - The News Journal
Romance with the pastThe News Journal, DE - Aug 19, 2008(Washington also documented in images the first Liberian government, bringing home the reality of the experimental African nation. ...
- CRITICAL MASS: Henry Poole flows with lyricism - Arkansas Online (subscription)
CRITICAL MASS: Henry Poole flows with lyricismArkansas Online (subscription), AR - 21 hours agoPoetry is the purest form of writing; it is the sidelong glance that reveals, if not everything, at least something interesting and true. ...
- The SPIN Interview: Patti Smith (Spin)
With casual androgyny now as common as rehab and pop-star poetry a recurring joke, it's hard to imagine how strange Patti Smith must've seemed when she exploded out of New York with Horses 33 years ago. Defiant, literary, and rocking, Smith's debut, and the albums that followed, weren't only great pieces of art, they were life-changers. Just ask Michael Stipe or Courtney Love. They were ...
- Athletics-Stunning Bolt doubles up on records (Nine O'Clock)
BEIJING - Usain Bolt produced another barely believable performance of dominant sprinting to break Michael Johnson’s untouchable world record on Wednesday and add 200 metres gold to the 100 he won in record time four days ago.
- Mixed bag at Latitude - Evening Standard
Aggressive intermittent showers may have encroached on the weekend but there were enough hours of factor-30 sunshine to keep the 25,000 cheerful. Latitude, this year proving itself as much an arts as a music festival, has doubled in size since its ...
- More to Hadrian than a wall - Daily Telegraph
Far from the Adriatic being named after Hadrian - (H)Adriatic - Publius Aelius Hadrianus (Roman emperor ad?117-38) took his personal name from the Adriatic - or rather, from Hadria, the port in the Po delta after which the sea was named. The reason ...
- Walking on air (Salon.com)
Twin towers wire-walker Philippe Petit and "Man on Wire" director James Marsh talk about taking risks and making magic in troubled times.
- Workshop offers crash course in slam poetry - Boise State University The Arbiter Online
Workshop offers crash course in slam poetryBoise State University The Arbiter Online, ID - 11 hours agoMike McGee, a two-time world champion slam poet, presented a poetry slam workshop Monday, Sept. 15, and introduced many people to the craft of the spoken ...
- Mill's festival exhibition reveals special landscape - Ripon Today
Mill's festival exhibition reveals special landscapeRipon Today, UK - 5 hours agoCelebrating the mill’s 200th birthday, the exhibition weaves together the natural and industrial landscape of our mill towns and features paintings by Peter ...
- Poetry Out Loud contest open to high school students - Gladwin County Record
LANSING – The Michigan Humanities Council announces the fourth annual Poetry Out Loud state poetry recitation competition is open to all Michigan high school students. Each participating high school will receive poetry curriculum materials and ...
- Offbeat moments: a book for the ages (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Eric Hanson has just published a book. Now, I realize that “Eric Hanson†is a pretty common name around these parts. This one is not the former Star Tribune reporter who occasionally reviews books on these pages.
- Review: 'Pineapple Express' is a high old time - CNN International
Review: 'Pineapple Express' is a high old timeCNN International - Aug 6, 2008... two features ("George Washington" and "All the Real Girls") managed to find poetry in poverty and earned the director comparisons to Terrence Malick. ...
- Interview: Richard Schnell on the International Haiku Festival - Vermont Public Radio
Interview: Richard Schnell on the International Haiku FestivalVermont Public Radio, VT - 5 hours agoProfessor Richard Schnell of SUNY Plattsburgh says Haiku can vary--in English, it's generally regarded as any poem of fewer than 17 syllables, Un- rhymed, ...
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