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- Literary post for S.J. native - San Jose Mercury News
San Jose native Kay Ryan thought she might someday be a stand-up comedian, or a funny card writer for Hallmark, but the nation's next poet laureate? Never. That is, until Monday, when Librarian of Congress James H. Billington left a message for her ...
- German Scholars Reject Claim of Goethe's Secret Romance - Deutsche Welle
Allegations of a secret love affair between a dowager duchess and Germany's greatest writer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, have been hotly rejected this week by German literary scholars. The claims were advanced in a 2003 book by literary sleuth Ettore ...
- A Van Cliburn Anniversary: From Musician to Folk Hero - RedOrbit
A Van Cliburn Anniversary: From Musician to Folk HeroRedOrbit, TX - Aug 6, 2008There's no "Banner" or poetry; in Russia, he was more a musician than an objectified folk hero and, interestingly, seems more in his element. ...
- A Separate Peace - Washington Post
Washington PostA Separate PeaceWashington Post, United States - 4 hours agoThe fictional Emily, a nurse like her biographical counterpart, marries a doctor and remains childless; Alfred, a mild and playful family man, ...
- Of Minimalism, Avant-Garde and Beethoven’s Sonatas - New York Times
Of Minimalism, Avant-Garde and Beethoven’s SonatasNew York Times, United States - 5 minutes agoIn “Transport” (2006) — a fragment from a full-evening work, “Testimony of Witnesses” — Ruth Lomon weaves poetry by Holocaust victims and survivors into a ...
- Go & Do - things to do Sunday, Monday and beyond - Portsmouth Herald News
Go & Do - things to do Sunday, Monday and beyondPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 6 hours agoWhite will also be a featured reader at the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program's Poetry Hoot at on Wednesday, June 4 at 7 pm at Cafe Espresso, ...
- Katy Guest: A Week in Books - Independent
Katy Guest: A Week in BooksIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoOthers say we're not getting enough poetry, as if poems contained vital roughage and we ought to aim for five a day. And what are these pages for, ...
- RAW Deal Looms for Taxpayers Unless Terminator and Lawmakers Act Fast (Santa Barbara Independent)
It’s nut-cutting time in Sacramento, to paraphrase famed wordsmith Dick Nixon, as California politicians face an August 1 deadline, when further dithering over the stalemated state budget will start having real-world financial consequences.
- 'A Tale of Two Brothers': Reaching Out from Beyond - Melodika.net
'A Tale of Two Brothers': Reaching Out from BeyondMelodika.net, Bulgaria - 5 hours ago"Learn the true inspiration for Jim Morrison's songs and poetry that he never revealed on earth. Find out how Morrison really feels about the Doors' legacy ...
- Too many bells and whistles? - Salt Lake Tribune
Too many bells and whistles?Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoI spend most of my waking hours in front of my Mac, writing poetry and novels that I hope to get published. Word processing beats typing, and I love the ...
- Juneteenth Revisited (Houston Press)
From the 1970s to the early '90s, Juneteenth at Miller Outdoor Theatre was the largest free blues festival in the world and one of the city's marquee live music events. Thousands of people, young and old, black, white and brown, would come to the park and drag coolers and blankets up Hippie Hill to ...
- The Longest Walk (update - Haleakala Times
The Longest Walk (updateHaleakala Times, HI - 23 minutes agoStorytelling, Poetry and Music on Tuesday, July 22, 2-8 pm Featuring: Storyteller Ann, Marie Sayers, all ages welcomed. Founders’ Day Reception and ...
- Crossword, Scholastic India launches book `For Kids By Kids` - India Infoline.com
Crossword, Scholastic India launches book `For Kids By Kids`India Infoline.com, India - 28 minutes agoMy only grouse with the competition is that it is restricted to fiction and non-fiction and does not make room for poetry! Perhaps next year?”
- Carver Author is Now Available at the Library - PR-CANADA.net (press release)
Carver Author is Now Available at the LibraryPR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 1 hour agoFour years later, Alex has self-published five novels and one book of poetry. His writing has appeared in 22 publications including Ring Magazine and Boxing ...
- Book Review - Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin by Herb Boyd (Blogcritics.org)
Boyd pulls at the Baldwin self-doubt scab -- born black, gay, poor and ugly, not the most auspicious start in life. James Baldwin fascinates and is fascinated with Harlem. The confluence of writer and city meet in Baldwin novels, but not in the majority of them, as most readers might expect. That is the subject of the new book by Herb Boyd. The author knows Baldwin, knows Harlem and knows ...
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