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- Shuffling Through Memories: B.S. Johnson's 'The Unfortunates' (The New York Sun)
Samuel Beckett is often called a terminus in Anglo-Irish literature. He took modernism's radical approach as far as it would go; it is as though Jackson Pollock was succeeded by portraitists and landscape artists. B.S. Johnson (1933-73) did not get the memo. In 1961, while shopping his first book to agents, Johnson compared it favorably to "Ulysses," and declared himself in the tradition of ...
- New book on South Asian history focuses on people’s past - Thaindian.com
New book on South Asian history focuses on people’s pastThaindian.com, Thailand - 18 hours agoThere is a significant emphasis on the history of medieval Punjab and ample usage of poetry, folk tales, folk songs and folklore in the book, ...
- BRIEFLY SIDESHOW - Register-Guard
Accidental writers can be the best kind. San Francisco Bay Area native Beth Lisick managed to get her first poem published without ever submitting it. According to her Web site, after being an active member of a group of writers who performed poems ...
- Engrossing ‘Dark Knight’ redefines genre - Aspen Times
Heath Ledger stars as The Joker, and Christian Bale plays Batman in “The Dark Knight.†Warner Bros. “Batman†isn’t a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight†is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes ...
- Author, 93, uses profits from first novel to buy massive house to ... - Daily Mail
Most writers slaving away on their first novel dream of fame, fortune and a place on the bestseller lists. But at 93, Lorna Page had a rather more altruistic ambition - she wanted to save her friends from having to live in nursing homes. She pledged ...
- A 'Shrew' made for the LA lifestyle - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesA 'Shrew' made for the LA lifestyleLos Angeles Times, CA - 4 hours agoThe cast moves around the stage in a constant state of euphoric panic, emphasizing the physicality of the play rather than the poetry -- a decision perhaps ...
- Legendary Darwish has the last word - GulfNews
GulfNewsLegendary Darwish has the last wordGulfNews, United Arab Emirates - Aug 12, 2008By Najla Al Rostamani, Associate Editor This time around, on Saturday, August 10, Mahmoud Darwish could not have a conversation with death as he did in his ...
- Popping heads pry for attention - Daily News & Analysis
Popping heads pry for attentionDaily News & Analysis, India - 1 hour agoBut here we are in the realm of poetry. The drawings are in no way portrayals of real situations. They are rather embodied frames of mind, ...
- OUT & ABOUT - Bellevue Reporter
OUT & ABOUTBellevue Reporter, WA - Jul 16, 2008SoulFood Poetry Night: 7-9:30 pm every third Thursday. Includes two featured readers and an open-mic reading. SoulFood Books Cafe, 15748 Redmond Way, ...
- Interviews of the week - Times Online
Interviews of the weekTimes Online, UK - 20 minutes ago... with American Vogue in a meeting that found him brooding about how he is perceived. He said he wished he could write poetry in the classical tradition. ...
- At Vermont writing summit, schlepping goes with scholarship (WCAX-TV Vermont)
RIPTON, Vt. -- It's billed as the oldest writers' conference in the nation, a picturesque mountaintop retreat where literary giants, book editors and up-and-coming novelists have been...
- Ann Lambton, one of the world's great Iranologists, has died. What ... - guardian.co.uk
Ann Lambton, one of the world's great Iranologists, has died. What ...guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoBut my brilliant teacher, Gabrielle van den Berg, fluent in Tajik Persian and an expert on poetry, was Dutch. I found the subject difficult and obscure at ...
- Water World - Boston Globe
Water WorldBoston Globe, United States - 15 minutes agoThe museum hosts not only art but provides performance space for theater, music, poetry readings, and a monthly visual arts exhibit. ...
- Honoring the Ancients - Boise Weekly
Boise WeeklyHonoring the AncientsBoise Weekly, USA - 6 hours agoIn music, poetry and dance, it is almost insulting to be compared with a past master, bringing into question the current artist's originality and innovation ...
- Palestinians in mourning for their national poet - euronews
euronewsPalestinians in mourning for their national poeteuronews, France - Aug 10, 2008“He represented Palestinian pain and experience since the Nakba in 1948 when he was a child, until the last breakaway in 2006 which he suffered as a pain in ...
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