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- Cameroon: Remembering That Mandela Night (AllAfrica.com)
Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations on July 18 turned out to be a great day in Buea, Southwest Province.
- Beauty in the air (Albany Times Union)
Fragile balloons offer poetry in motion, but wind remains ever an uncertainty GLENS FALLS -- On a good day, a balloon is nothing short of inspirational. Held aloft by nothing but silk-thin fabric and hot air, it rises at first with a roar of propane jet, and then only silence as it climbs to the sky. But on a windy evening, plans can be, shall we say, deflated.So it was on Thursday night, when ...
- Kidnap suspect calls days with daughter 'glorious' - FOX News
BOSTON — 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 ...
- Creative writing conference covers 'mirror of words' - Spectrum
CEDAR CITY — High school teachers have the opportunity to explore teaching various genres of English to students at “The Mirror of Words: A Mosaic of Self-Portraits†creative writing conference, which continues today, sponsored by the Southern ...
- Dickinson's poetry will come to life on the Montalvo stage (San Jose Mercury News)
The Montalvo Arts Center is putting on a one-time performance that takes the words of Emily Dickinson's poetry and uses them as a commentary on life.
- Why do erudite people boast of blissful ignorance of maths? - Irish Times
Why do erudite people boast of blissful ignorance of maths?Irish Times, Ireland - 2 hours agoLike the Irish language and romantic poetry, maths is, surely, worth studying for its own sake. The pool from which media fulminators are drawn is ...
- Punjab’s nod for PU’s central status - Tribune
In a significant move, the Punjab government has decided to recommend the central status for Panjab University to the Union government. “The Punjab government will write to the Centre in this regard,†said the Punjab chief secretary Ramesh Inder ...
- Romesh Gunesekera's top 10 island books - guardian.co.uk
Romesh Gunesekera's top 10 island booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoHis books of poetry and prose are extraordinarily free and witty: full of invention, autobiography and the real world of Montserrat, England and France. ...
- Events calendar: Starting Aug. 29 - Salem Gazette
Events calendar: Starting Aug. 29Salem Gazette, USA - 35 minutes ago13, authors, readers, writers of prose and poetry and word devotees of all stripes will gather for a celebration which will include author readings, ...
- The Poetics Of Professional Tweeting (WebProNews)
Let’s assume we’re on the same page that says Twitter is good for something. Now let’s romanticize it and equate to a modern limerick; let’s make it vulgar and call it Limerick 2.0. (The number of characters bars it from Haiku status—keep all that meaning under 30 characters and that’s serious art.) What should your little poem—the professional tweeter’s poem—say to the world? read more ...
- Take part in cultural arts events - Spectrum
Featured in this column during the next few weeks will be highlights of some of the events celebrating Cultural Arts Month in Southern Utah. With more than 1,400 artists participating in more than 145 events just in Washington County - and with ...
- CD Reviews (winnipegsun.com)
...Earth to The Dandy Warhols... The Dandys have always lived in their own little world.
- A Van Cliburn anniversary: From musician to folk hero (The Star)
If cultural gods tell us more about us than about themselves, Van Cliburn holds a particularly warped and smoky mirror up to the classical-music world he intermittently dominated over the last half-century - one that shows much about the strange price of being a folk hero.
- Nguyen to speak at library - News Dispatch
Nguyen to speak at libraryNews Dispatch, IN - 1 hour ago... including "Dream Me Home Safely: Writers on Growing up in America," "The Presence of Others" and "Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose. ...
- Hungry minds tuck into classics at poetry workshops - Halifax Evening Courier
Hungry minds tuck into classics at poetry workshopsHalifax Evening Courier, UK - 11 hours agoThe Hebden Bridge workshops, attended by amateur and published poets, saw a variety of writing and reading practices based on characters and conversations. ...
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