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- Salvadoran poet to sign books this weekend - Frederick News-Post
El Salvador native Mayamerica Cortez will read some of her poetry Saturday in Gaithersburg as a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Salvadoran poetisa Mayamerica Cortez fled her native country in 1980 at the beginning of a 12-year civil war. A ...
- Great speakers: Why their words resonate (Denver Post via Yahoo! News)
Four years ago, Barack Obama jumped into the spotlight with a single speech, "The Audacity of Hope," which triggered national buzz when he delivered it at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
- US poet laureate is a fitting role for a Fairfax teacher - Marin Independent-Journal
US poet laureate is a fitting role for a Fairfax teacherMarin Independent-Journal, CA - 7 hours agoThe Marin Catholic High School graduate has become a well-respected champion for literacy and poetry. Ryan has an opportunity to do that her way - the same ...
- Berkeley Is Still a Great Bookstore Town (Berkeley Daily Planet)
The saga of Cody’s Books finally ended this year when its Fourth Street store (last survivor of a series of venues that started north of the UC Campus 50 years ago, moved to Telegraph for several decades and was briefly in San Francisco’s Union Square) moved to a smaller space on Shattuck Avenue, then closed for good.
- William Reed Huntington - Worcester Telegram
William Reed HuntingtonWorcester Telegram, MA - 44 minutes agoScores of his sermons were published and distributed widely along with his poetry and many books, about a dozen of which may have been written while he ...
- Scripts of imagination - Sunday Times.lk
Sunday Times.lkScripts of imaginationSunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka - 43 minutes agoEncompassing prison, prostitution and poetry, Yiddish humour and Yukon settings, Bloom's tale offers linguistic twists, startling imagery, sharp wit and a ...
- Labor Day Weekend Picks -- Jazz, Acrobatics, Shopping, Tennis, and Much More (About.com)
Did you know that 5.7% more New Yorkers are staying in town for Labor Day weekend this year (compared to 2007)? Become part of that "stay-cation" trend and plan an...
- What is a species? (Provo Daily Herald)
33Earthly creators of painting, literature and poetry often reveal their state of mind in their creations, so he wanted to apply that principle to understanding the deity. Studying God's creations would reveal the mind of the Creator. Apparently, he did not consider the possibility of more than one such creative personality. The idea of multiple creators had pretty well died with the ancient ...
- Soldiering on - Guardian Unlimited
In one of Tobias Wolff's early stories, a married professor has a one-night stand with a vulnerable woman helping out with the catering at an academic conference. Brooke, the professor, dislikes his colleague Riley, a Yeats scholar with an ...
- Bear books for children are great reading (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bears loom large in children's literature - teddy bears, panda bears and Goldilocks' mild-mannered victims, for example. This season, such cuddly human stand-ins reappear in three utterly charming sequels to recent favorites, all about friends. A deferential...
- Performance: Patton Oswalt (The News Journal)
Almost all of the funnyman's material was new, taking aim at everything from Sarah Palin to the Little Drummer Boy, making it feel like a sold-out show, even as he battled a wicked cold throughout the hour-long set.
- INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL MEJIAS OF WRITERS HOUSE LITERARY AGENCY - American Chronicle
INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL MEJIAS OF WRITERS HOUSE LITERARY AGENCYAmerican Chronicle, CA - 5 hours agoI want my list to be comprised primarily of Latino and African-American writers, along with some edgy literary fiction by people of all races. ...
- Local to appear at author's night Thursday (The Fort Morgan Times)
Imagine this: You are married to the most handsome and electrifying pop star on the planet.
- Romance with the past - The News Journal
Romance with the pastThe News Journal, DE - Aug 19, 2008(Washington also documented in images the first Liberian government, bringing home the reality of the experimental African nation. ...
- Of caste and Sikhs - Tribune
Jyoti Grewal’s, Betrayed by the State: The Anti-Sikh pogrom of 1984 in “Memories that haunt” , (Saturday Extra, Dec 15) by Khushwant Singh. She is grossly misinformed about castes of the Sikhs. Sikhs have a caste system similar to Hindus. Non ...
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