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- Talking with Kapil Sibal (Hindustan Times)
The last gent in public affairs showing a flair for poetry (not counting the Bhojpuri aphorismsspouting Lalu Prasad Yadav) was Atal Bihari Vajpayee. So what a pleasant irony that in his debut collection of poems, I Witness: Partial Observations (IndiaInk, Rs 295), Congressman and Minister Kapil Sibal has chosen Vajpayee as a subject for a poem.
- Al Clark: On Father's Day, this group takes mothering far from home (The Daily Reflector)
As far east as Istanbul, as distant in time as yesterday or tomorrow, the small, seemingly overlooked country of Moldova lies hidden between Ukraine and Romania. Where the Russian author Pushkin, in exile, wrote some of his greatest poetry, it has been called the unhappiest place on earth.
- Key dates in Radovan Karadzic's life - Salon
— June 19, 1945: Born in Savnik, Yugoslavia, in what is now the Republic of Montenegro. — July 12, 1990: A founding member of the Serbian Democratic Party in Bosnia-Herzegovina. — March 27, 1992: Becomes president of Serbia's National Security ...
- New season of me and thee - Abington Mariner
Every September there’s a new blast of musical energy and excitement on Mugford Street in Marblehead. The me & thee coffeehouse, which has offered the best in national and international acoustic music since the early 1970s, begins yet another ...
- Vilhelm Hammershøi at the Royal Academy: the poetry of silence (14 pictures) (Guardian Unlimited)
Vilhelm Hammershøi, Portrait of a Young Girl, 1885 (oil on canvas).
- Ian Frazier's 'Lamentations of the Father' collects humorous essays by a longtime staff writer of the New Yorker. (The Virginia Gazette)
Though our era is awash in comedy, literary humor has dwindled in recent years. Comedy Central now updates our taste for political satire with every turn of the 24-hour news cycle.
- Shouting poetry from the rooftops (The New Zealand Herald)
From dance parties on the shores of the Thames to a temporary boating lake atop the Hayward Gallery, the South Bank - London's premiere cultural strip and home to the Tate Modern, the National Theatre and the British Film Institute - boasts some striking and unusual attractions.
- Renowned Children's Author to Visit all 11 Newark Public Library ... - Bridgeton News
Children's author Daniel Kirk is bringing his world in which "Dogs Rule!" cats have power and there's a book-writing mouse that lives in a library to the Newark Public Library in August. The author-illustrator will spend five days in Newark, visiting ...
- Va. native writes about our local version of Route 66 - Daily Press
Va. native writes about our local version of Route 66Daily Press, VA - 1 hour agoHampton resident Alfreada Brown-Kelly has recently released a poetry book of heartfelt inspirations called "Transformation of the Mind, Body and Soul" ...
- "Fugitive Pieces": a thoughtful, emotional — and haunting — ghost story (Seattle Times)
"To live with ghosts requires solitude," says Jakob Beer (Stephen Dillane), a writer and scholar haunted by his past. Jeremy Podeswa's thoughtful drama...
- The Latest Headlines... - Cleveland Leader
Tribe Creeps in to 9.5 Behind in the AL Central With Victory Over White Sox Video and Transcript: President George Bush Speaks at the 2008 RNC Video: 2008 Republican National Committee Tribute To Ronald Reagan Marko Perkovic, who performs under the ...
- Mercer Island's Rachel Van Gelder, 12, starts her own newspaper - PNW Local News
Mercer Island's Rachel Van Gelder, 12, starts her own newspaperPNW Local News, WA - 1 hour agoComic strips and poetry, Van Gelder said, are popular topics. “The next edition will feature of all Mercer Island’s parks and beaches,” Van Gelder revealed. ...
- The video art exhibit at JayJay offers a rare gallery experience - Sacramento Bee
The video art exhibit at JayJay offers a rare gallery experienceSacramento Bee, USA - 1 hour ago(Examples of performance art, a portmanteau term, range from the works of Laurie Anderson or the Blue Man Group to poetry readings, musical performances or ...
- Mahmoud Darwish Dies in Houston - Houstonist
HoustonistMahmoud Darwish Dies in HoustonHoustonist, USA - 4 hours agoDarwish, known for his political activism as well as his poetry, became a symbol of life in exile living in the Soviet Union, Israel, Lebanon, Tunisia, ...
- Festival on Brink of further success - ChronicleLive
Festival on Brink of further successChronicleLive, UK - 8 hours agoDaniela’s programme will include Schumann’s song cycle, Frauenliebe und-leben based on poems about love, marriage, birth and death, as well as a selection ...
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