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- This mom fought fear with poetry (USA Today)
Frances Richey knows she is one of the fortunate ones. "I lived with the constant fear that my son would never come home," says Richey, 57, a poet in New York. "So I wrote all the time. I convinced myself if I wrote, he would come back to me."
- Local musicians make return to Friday Park Pavilion concert series - Fort Scott Tribune
Local musicians make return to Friday Park Pavilion concert seriesFort Scott Tribune, KS - 5 hours agoDon has written several poetry books and also teaches poetry classes. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas, and also studied at the Kansas City Art ...
- Mohamed El-Makhzangi - Egypt Today
The art of short story writing is, arguably, increasingly marginalized aside the more popular novel. So it came as a surprise when Mohamed El-Makhzangi’s latest book, a collection of short stories called Hayawanat Ayyamna (Animals of Our Days ...
- ESL author, poet, to receive honorary doctorate from SIUE - News-Democrat
Eugene Redmond wove letters into words, then words into phrases, then phrases into poems for decades. On Saturday night, he will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. "It validates and ...
- Mailer Remembered (Central Connecticut State University Recorder)
A panel of three writers closely tied to American icon Norman Mailer visited CCSU on Thursday to share memories and wisdom gained through their relationships with the literary hero.
- Artists to honour Tuwhare - Otago Daily Times
Artists to honour TuwhareOtago Daily Times, New Zealand - 1 hour agoGallery public programmes officer Sarah Amazinnia said the performance would be a mixture of poetry readings, music and "eclectic" poetry performances. ...
- Author to read life's poems in Jericho (The Burlington Free Press)
Lea Wood, after turning 90, decided it was time to publish the poetry she had been writing since 1943. The result is the collection "Wind & Water, Fire & Stone."
- Funny Games and the end of narrative - Spiked
Funny Games and the end of narrativeSpiked, UK - 57 minutes agoNo poetry after Auschwitz, declared Theodor Adorno. It is a sentiment to which Haneke might well agree. But, in this case, it is not the beauty of lyric ...
- Picking up the pieces after suicide - Clarksville Online
Picking up the pieces after suicideClarksville Online, TN - 5 hours agoWatch out for friends and family who seem preoccupied with death and dying such as writing songs or stories or poetry about such. ...
- What’s on in jazz - ic Wales
What’s on in jazzic Wales, United Kingdom - 20 minutes agoChapter also hosts performance poetry in Four Readings And A Funeral on Sunday (£5) and Everyman Theatre’s production of Waiting for Godot from Tuesday ...
- Nexus could dissolve in '08-'09 - Guardian
Nexus could dissolve in '08-'09Guardian, OH - 1 hour agoNexus publishes local, national and international submissions of poetry, short stories, flash fiction, novel excerpts (that can stand alone), memoirs, ...
- NH child-sex fugitive on FBI's most-wanted list is arrested (7 News Boston)
CONCORD, N.H. -- An FBI most-wanted fugitive who writes poetry, plays the piano and speaks several languages has been arrested in Mexico nine years after he allegedly molested the 5-year-old son of a couple who befriended him, authorities said Friday.
- Jazz Legend Joe Beck, Columbia Blowfish (Free Times)
The Phoenix Tongue Open Mic Poetry series ends its run at H2O tonight, though like its namesake mythical bird, we have a feeling the wildly popular poetry night will rise again. Readings begin at 8 p.m.; call 463-8297 for more information.
- More magic than realism - Guardian
More magic than realismGuardian, UK - 9 hours ago"Written in a telegraphic present tense, reminiscent of Mr Jingle and Molly Bloom at the height of their powers, The Last Cigarette is funny, sad and, ...
- Caroline Kennedy brings discretion to veep search - Seattle Times
Caroline Kennedy lives a very private life with a very public profile. It's the perfect skill set for her newest assignment. As part of Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, Kennedy must function with the utmost secrecy in what is sure to be ...
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