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- Palestinian poet given 'state funeral' - Globe and Mail
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK — The body of Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry gave voice to Palestinian national aspirations, arrived on Wednesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where mourners assembled for his funeral. A helicopter brought Mr. Darwish's ...
- Kidnap suspect calls days with daughter ‘glorious’ (Las Vegas Sun)
Sun, Aug 24, 2008 (1:33 p.m.) The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and is accused of kidnapping his young daughter says he spent "six glorious and wonderful days" with the girl while evading authorities, but he still isn't talking about his life before 1993.
- Watch Athlone poet read to thousands in South America - Westmeath Independent
Watch Athlone poet read to thousands in South AmericaWestmeath Independent, Ireland - Sep 17, 2008For the launch in Athlone we’re also going to have a Chinese translator who will read a selection of the poems after myself and I’d really love it of some ...
- Knights of Cloumbus, church to host Memorial Blue Mass in Jensen Beach - Stuart News (subscription)
Knights of Cloumbus, church to host Memorial Blue Mass in Jensen BeachStuart News (subscription), FL - 1 hour agoPrior to the Solemn Mass there will be a video and poetry remembrance. Color guards from the Martin County Sheriff's Office, Martin County Fire Rescue and ...
- Celebrity news - Daily Telegraph
Entertainment, glamour and celebrity: from the Hollywood homes of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton to the chic nightclubs visited by Kate Middleton and Prince William and the holiday beaches favoured by the Beckhams and Sarkozys. Forget Indiana Jones ...
- Where will our balloons end up? - Worcester News
Where will our balloons end up?Worcester News, UK - 1 hour agoONE thousand balloons with poems attached were released into the sky to celebrate Children’s Book Week and National Poetry Day. Staff and students at Elgar ...
- An Honest Conversation About Alcohol - Inside Higher Ed
Two months after he finished up as president of Middlebury College in 2004, John M. McCardell Jr. wrote a column for The New York Times called “What Your College President Didn’t Tell You.” In the piece, he discussed how he was “as guilty as ...
- Kay Ryan named US poet laureate - United Press International
Kay Ryan named US poet laureateUnited Press International - Jul 17, 2008"Kay Ryan is a distinctive and original voice within the rich variety of contemporary American poetry," Billington said in a statement Thursday. ...
- Goings on About Town: On the Horizon (The New Yorker)
THE THEATRE GO, BILLY! Oct. 1 Stephen Daldry’s film “Billy Elliot,” about a young boy who discovers, to his surprise, a love for dance, was turned into a musical for the West End in 2005, and is still running on the London stage, with music by Elton John and a . . .
- Show & A.G. - CNET Asia
How can you have any objectivity about a group that's got you hypnotized? Show & A.G. offer woozy urban poems of a classic New York style: drawly words of wisdom blended with glowing keys and drum machine clips. We'd love to hear more of it from the ...
- Random Acts of Poetry - Kingston Whig
R.D. Roy, Kingston poet, will be performing "Random Acts of Poetry" in our downtown area from oct 1st to 5th. Everyone who gets "poemed" will recieve a copy of Roy's book Three Cities. 25 poets were selected by the League of Canadian Poets to read ...
- Mourners recall kind, happy woman - The Press
Mourners recall kind, happy womanThe Press, New Zealand - 1 hour agoDowney travelled widely, and wrote poetry and short stories under the pen name Arabella Blake. She worked for the Cats Protection League for over 20 years ...
- How to fly without fear - The Independent
Last week's "terror plunge" to an emergency landing by a Qantas jumbo jet will have done little to soothe the intense fear of flying suffered by one in five of the UK population. Boarding an aeroplane may actually be the safest form of travel, but ...
- Layton struggles with NDP tradition - Winnipeg Free Press
Layton struggles with NDP traditionWinnipeg Free Press, Canada - 3 hours agoThis kind of rhetoric is oddly reminiscent of the melodramatic poetry of the US presidential election. Both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama ...
- WHOis: Hiawatha Bailey - MLive.com
Leisa Thompson | The Ann Arbor News Hiawatha Bailey, 60, has been rockin' as the frontman of the legendary The Cult Heroes for 30 years. Claim to Fame: Bailey is the lead singer of the Cult Heroes, an Ann Arbor-based rock and roll band formed in 1978 ...
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