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- Deep-felt tales of nature, a work of transformation (Toronto Star)
In one poem in Spirit Engine , John Donlan refers to an area of wetlands as "our vulnerable cathedral." This reverence for the natural world, which is the bedrock of the collection as a whole, also permeates Louise Bernice Halfe's The Crooked Good , though her way of expressing it is different.
- San Bruno group seeks funds to continue student exchange with Japan - Tri Valley Herald
San Bruno group seeks funds to continue student exchange with JapanTri Valley Herald, CA - 4 hours ago... accompanying the American youngsters — taught haiku in a class after being asked how she teaches the traditional Japanese form of poetry in San Bruno. ...
- Surrey ‘Maria’ now among final four contestants - Peace Arch News
Surrey ‘Maria’ now among final four contestantsPeace Arch News, Canada - 1 hour ago1000 words) or poetry (max. 36 lines) for the 34th annual Cecilia Lamont Writing Contest. Deadline to submit entries is Oct. 31. First prize is $200 and an ...
- Artistic exercise in democracy - Birmingham Post
Artistic exercise in democracyBirmingham Post, UK - 7 hours ago... been unique in finding visual poetry in the sheer blackness, relieved by flashes of fire, of the Black Country in its full early 20th century vigour. ...
- PHILOSOPHER PETER SLOTERDIJK ON THE TOUR DE FRANCE - Der Spiegel
SPIEGEL: Mr. Sloterdijk, two years ago you scaled Mont Ventoux, a 1,900-meter (6,232-foot) peak and one of the mythical mountains of the Tour de France, by bicycle. Why? Sloterdijk: Perhaps to prove that men around the age of 60 aren't quite ready ...
- Ogunquit Town Column — Aug. 21 - Portsmouth Herald News
Ogunquit Town Column — Aug. 21Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 1 hour agoCapriccio, Ogunquit's festival of the arts, poetry and music, is Sept. 1-14 . On Monday, Sept. 1, at 7:30 pm, local poets and musicians perform at the ...
- News Briefs - Lovely County Citizen
News BriefsLovely County Citizen, AR - 2 hours agoWhile at the park, La Page, author of A Park is a Poem on the Land and Parks for Life, will present talks on the connections between poetry and landscape, ...
- Legendary Darwish has the last word - GulfNews
GulfNewsLegendary Darwish has the last wordGulfNews, United Arab Emirates - Aug 12, 2008By Najla Al Rostamani, Associate Editor This time around, on Saturday, August 10, Mahmoud Darwish could not have a conversation with death as he did in his ...
- Before Jack hits the road - The Statesman
Before Jack hits the roadThe Statesman, India - 12 hours agoAnnam Suresh chalks out a few handy tips for The monsoons bring visions of poetry and romance. And if you are a driver, you see nightmares of waterlogged ...
- Curious journey (The Columbus Dispatch)
More than a decade and a half ago, losing hope that her work would ever find an audience, Kay Ryan found herself writing a poem about a turtle. It was about as personal as a Kay Ryan poem gets. Her appointment on July 17 by Librarian of Congress James Billington as the new U.S. poet laureate caps one of the most unusual careers in American letters. Hers is "a very original poetic voice," ...
- Attacks imperil girls' education in Pakistan's scenic valley - Monsters and Critics.com
Attacks imperil girls' education in Pakistan's scenic valleyMonsters and Critics.com - May 8, 2008Spogmai, meaning moon, the symbol of light and beauty in eastern poetry, is utterly confused, like thousands others of her age, as how to harmonize the ...
- American Dance Festival (The News & Observer)
Compagnie Maguy Marin, Aydin Teker, Khadija Marcia Radin.
- Nigeria: Osundare Wins Poetry Prize (AllAfrica.com)
Professor Niyi Osundare has won this year's Tchcaya U Tamsi Award for African Poetry. The prize, debuted in 1989, is named after Tchicaya U Tam'si, one of the continent's best poets.
- Lesbian activist Del Martin dies at 87 (Arizona Daily Star)
SAN FRANCISCO — Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87.
- Knee deep in Finns: Naselle Festival celebrates culture and community (The Daily News)
When the Finns who live along the lower Columbia celebrate their heritage, they leave no fin unflapped. Every other summer for 26 years, the community has organized a weekend packed with song, dance, games, stories, food and art firmly grounded in Finnish sisu — the feisty spirit of their culture.
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