Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Spreading the words - Age
SOME professions are easier to justify to your parents than others. Lawyer? Yes. Doctor? Yes. Porn star? Not so much. Unless your folks are the open-minded kind who gave a thumbs up to you sitting for Bill Henson. One of the hardest sells would have ...
- ‘Panicker changed poetic tradition’ - Express Buzz
‘Panicker changed poetic tradition’Express Buzz, India - 12 hours agoPoet Sachidanandan compared Ayyappa Panicker’s poetry to an orchestra with 1000 pieces. ‘’Every move he made, brought about a change in poetic tradition. ...
- New Non-Fiction from Outskirts Press Focuses on a Family’s Struggle with Their Son’s Traumatic Brain Injury (PR.com)
Dying to Fight: The Tony Bruno Story is the heartfelt account of a young man whose life was irrevocably altered when he sustained a traumatic brain injury as a result of a college sparring match. It is also a love story written by parents to their beloved child. In 1983, twenty-year-old Tony Bruno was like any other college student who has high hopes and dreams for the future. At Colorado ...
- Inspirational music for anarchists - Prague Post
Prague PostInspirational music for anarchistsPrague Post, Czech Republic - 53 minutes agoCurrently, his group is touring their Sun Ra Project, which celebrates the music and (lesser known) poetry of Sun Ra, though not playing Sun Ra covers. ...
- The E-List: On Stage - The Province
The E-List: On StageThe Province, Canada - 54 minutes agoScotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St. - Tonight at 6 - Free but RSVP requested, 604-893-8875 Flamenco production direct from Seville, Spain, presented by ...
- Taj Mahal chose to harvest blues from around the world - ScrippsNews
Back in the late '50s, when he was a teen-ager, Taj Mahal was torn between a career in music and a life on the farm. With his passion and intelligence, he would have been successful at either one, but his fans can be thankful that he chose the guitar ...
- Literati stunned by death of author - The Columbus Dispatch
David Foster Wallace, left, at a 2006 book-signing in New York NEW YORK -- The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, an author of seemingly unstoppable curiosity, imagination and ambition who apparently killed himself last week. And ...
- 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 ...
- Wet, If Not Wild - Santa Fe Reporter
Santa Fe ReporterWet, If Not WildSanta Fe Reporter, NM - 12 hours agoToo much of Water Planet is text-heavy and pedagogic rather than simply presented with the natural poetry of art. When Irland presents the documentation of ...
- Booker Prize? Who wants a literary award anyway? - Daily Telegraph
Token Asian; Oirish misery novelist; another token Asian; Guardian woman; gay; token Australian wild-card with beard who looks definitely a bit foreign. Hmm. I wonder which of the usual suspects on the shortlist is going to win the Booker Prize this ...
- Iqbal rejected concept of ‘following’, urged for ‘Ijtihad’ - The News - International
Iqbal rejected concept of ‘following’, urged for ‘Ijtihad’The News - International, Pakistan - 9 minutes agoHe said that Iqbal bitterly criticised democracy in his poetry but he considered democratic system closest to an ideal Islamic state and openly opposed ...
- Iran's Mr Nice - satire on a tightrope (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In Iran, satirising the establishment can mean being slapped with a publication ban or even jail for an editor. Making fun of the president and senior leaders is not a task to be undertaken lightly.
- Poetry Writing Contest Lets Subway Riders Vent Commuting Frustrations - NY1
"Vent Your Inspiration" asks riders to compose poems about what they want to improve about the subway system and what they appreciate about the MTA. Contestants are asked to submit poems of up to 30 lines in a category of their choice, such as air ...
- Germany: übercool hotspots - Business24-7
Germany is vast. Even if you had to sift through its vibrant cities, intriguing small towns and undulating countryside to arrive at its top attractions, it would take a lifetime to explore completely. From dramatic architecture to natural beauty that ...
- Happy birthday, T.S. Eliot - Los Angeles Times
Happy birthday, T.S. EliotLos Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoIn 1959, he told the Paris Review, "[My poetry] wouldn't be what it is if I'd been born in England, and it wouldn’t be what it is if I'd stayed in America. ...
|
|
Refinancing Mortgages can save you money!
Florida Mortgage
Mortgage News Archives
|