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- The Big Kahuna: Tim Winton's new novel explores why the young heed the call of the surf (Independent)
Talking to Tim Winton, one of Australia's most lauded contemporary novelists, isn't like talking to other writers. While his conversation ranges, typically enough, across the seminal writers who have influenced him – Twain, Stevenson, Wordsworth, Faulkner – there's also much conversation devoted to less typically writerish pursuits: surfing, swimming, wave breaks and reefs.
- War poet Robert Graves 'stole work from his mistress' - The Independent
Few would doubt the brilliance of Robert Graves, a man considered to be one of Britain's foremost war poets whose verses on Greek mythology and frontline conflict cemented his name in literary history. But one academic has accused the poet of ...
- The Guild ends on a high note - Isle of Man Today
The Guild ends on a high noteIsle of Man Today, UK - 1 hour agoOriginal Composition in Poetry or Prose (16 and under): 1, Sarah Qualtrough, Castletown, 82. Original Composition in Poetry or Prose (17 and over): 1, ...
- Books: Withering insights - Scotland on Sunday
Books: Withering insightsScotland on Sunday, UK - 28 minutes agoOn a more contemporary vein, Edwin Morgan was my first love in Glasgow poetry, then people like Liz Lochhead for what she did with dialect. ...
- Book Review (Princeton Town Topics)
Today is William Shakespeare’s 444th birthday. It’s also the 392nd anniversary of his death. Little has been made of the fact that he died on the day he was born (such phrasing might have amused Hamlet or any of Shakespeare’s philosophical cynics), that being April 23, 1616.
- Changing world of commencement speakers - San Francisco Gate
On Sunday morning, America's most famous media personality and philanthropist will take the podium at Stanford Stadium to deliver a commencement speech to the class of 2008. Oprah Winfrey's charge is nothing less than to inspire an elite segment of ...
- Someone You Should Know: Sean G (WCTV Tallahassee)
Tallahassee's up and coming comedian - Sean G.
- In Search of Medieval Britain, BBC4 Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press, BBC4 Inside the Medieval Mind, BBC4 Pushing ... (Independent)
Everyone makes free with the medieval period. It's a smash-and-grab raid. Cervantes, Rossetti, Wagner and Tolkien all took whatever they fancied, be it a see-through nightie or a chunky goblet. Then there's Camelot , the Star Wars franchise, the cod-cassock fiction genre of monkish sleuths, Dungeons and Dragons, drip-dry goth daywear, and family-friendly jousting. And then vertiginously far ...
- Week of June 8 - Los Angeles Times
Week of June 8Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoJohn FitzGerald reads his poetry, Coffee Cartel, 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, 8 pm (310) 316-6554 or www.redondopoets.com. ...
- Event promotes local spending - Ironton Online
The Ironton Tribune and the Greater Lawrence County Area Chamber of Commerce are partnering in an effort to raise awareness of the local impact the economic stimulus checks will have and to urge consumers to make sure that it will be our local ...
- Poets Schevill, Garcia, Starck Read Monday at Moe’s - Berkeley Daily Planet
Poets James Schevill and Luis Garcia, both Berkeley natives, will be joined by Clemens Starck from the Oregon coast range to read at Moe’s Books on Telegraph, 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 2, as part of the Monday At Moe’s series. Admission will be free ...
- Retiring Chancellor and Sisters Make Gift to Kauai Community College - Honolulu Advertiser
Retiring Chancellor and Sisters Make Gift to Kauai Community CollegeHonolulu Advertiser, HI - 5 hours agoIn addition to her scholarly work, she enjoys creative writing and has had her poetry and fiction appear in local publications such as “Bamboo Ridge. ...
- Pakeezah to be screened in capital - Pakistan Daily
Pakeezah to be screened in capitalPakistan Daily, Pakistan - 1 hour agoShe also wrote poetry which was recorded on album with music scored by Khayyam. Her poem were posthumously published titled ‘Chand Tanha’ by poet-filmmaker ...
- Poetic take on world of sports - Central Maine Morning Sentinel
Poetic take on world of sportsCentral Maine Morning Sentinel, ME - 4 hours agoThe weather warms up, the leaves begin to bloom, and Travis trots out another pile of bad poetry. If it's spring, it's time for another round of sports ...
- Who says there's no poetry in a game? (The Japan Times)
In Ueno Park in Tokyo, among the museums and other attractions, there is a baseball ground. It is not large, and its name is not translated on the map available to visitors, but it is notable in one way. Called the Masaoka Shiki-kinen-kyujo in Japanese, it commemorates a haiku poet who died more... Read the full story.
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