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- Definitive Gonzo - Louisville Courier-Journal
Definitive GonzoLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 1 hour agoFrederick Smock chairs the English department at Bellarmine University. His forthcoming book is Craft-talk: On Writing Poetry.
- A stunted Af(fair) (Mail and Guardian)
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. It is crunch time for the Cape Town Book Fair. While this year drew 50 494 visitors, passing last year's 49 000, figures tell only a small part of the story.
- Ralph Steadman Answers Your Questions - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsRalph Steadman Answers Your QuestionsNew York Times Blogs, NY - 1 hour agoBy Stephen J. Dubner He graciously fielded your questions about his friendship with the late Hunter Thompson (a “partnership and provocation,†he called it) ...
- Kate Kellaway: Radio reviews (Guardian Unlimited)
Nick Clarke's widow explores bereavement, while the Afternoon Play is let loose on the menopause
- London to host Russian poetry and arts festival in June (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - The sixth international festival of Russian poetry and arts "Pushkin in Britain" will be held in London on June 5-10, the organizers said.
- Ashraf Talaat/Egypt Today - Egypt Today
A JUNIOR GERMAN diplomat was reported to have committed suicide last month, jumping from his balcony after leaving a simple note bequeathing all of his belongings to his parents. The statement released by the German embassy shed little light on the ...
- Albee's at it again - Houston Chronicle
Albee's at it againHouston Chronicle, United States - 2 hours ago"I tried poetry when I was a kid," he recalled. "I tried novels in my teens. I was really bad at both. There wasn't much left, so at 28 I tried plays. ...
- Did Bush ask Scott McClellan to lie -- or didn't he? - Salon
Former press secretary Scott McClellan says someone in the Bush administration made him spread "false information" about Plame-gate to the press. Time for Congress to ask tough questions. Editor's note: This article has been updated since it was ...
- Carla Bruni sings about 'junk', 'drugs' on third pop album - News.com.au
FRENCH first lady Carla Bruni is to release a third pop album in July featuring 14 songs, most of which were written before she met President Nicolas Sarkozy, her agent said today. The yet-untitled album includes a vintage Bob Dylan tune, an Italian ...
- A Latino institution struggles to stay open (Los Angeles Times)
Ruebén Martinez's Libreria Martinez has become a cultural focal point in Santa Ana and a magnet for famous authors. But dwindling customers and landlord pressure may put him out of business. When Ruebén Martinez set up his bookshop in an old Santa Ana furniture store a decade ago, he bargained the landlord down to half-price rent, saying he sold books, not diamonds. ...
- Poetry Notebook 7-6-08 - indy.com
Poetry Notebook 7-6-08indy.com, IN - 58 minutes ago(added June 30) AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID SHUMATE: One blogger discusses prose poetry with the Marian College professor: http://erc2008.wordpress.com/ (added ...
- Kay Goldstein: Putting Life On Pause: 3 Mini-Meditations For People Who Don't Have Time To Meditate (HuffingtonPost)
Life is certainly not simple now, but we humans have gotten in the habit of making it more complicated. "Do more" is the message from...
- The longtime teacher who wrote poetry was her church’s historian (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By AMAN BATHEJA Ruby Peters starting writing poetry as a teenager. It was a practice she would continue throughout her life. At her funeral Friday, mourners received copies of some of Ms. Peters’ poems, including some of her earliest, a reminder of her imagination as well as her meticulousness. "She just kept lots of different kinds of journals," said Norma Burns of Arlington, Ms. Peters’ ...
- Alienation in Paranoid Park and The Kite - Creative Loafing Sarasota
Alienation in Paranoid Park and The KiteCreative Loafing Sarasota, FL - 2 hours agoOne of the kite-flyers is our young heroine, Lamia (Flavia Bechara), who at 16 isn't really a kid anymore but not quite a woman either. ...
- Reader's Corner: July 7, 2008 - The Union of Grass Valley
Reader's Corner: July 7, 2008The Union of Grass Valley, CA - 17 minutes agoAre you planning to enter your paintings, photographs, quilts, poetry, jam, pie or anything else in this year's Nevada County Fair? ...
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