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- Poet Ahmed Faraz buried in Islamabad (Guardian Unlimited)
The Pakistani poet Ahmed Faraz, who died on Monday night after kidney problems, has been buried in Islamabad.
- A Mixed Bag - San Francisco Gate
The time limit is part of the new packaging for WestWave, a festival that has long struggled to balance inclusiveness with quality control. In recent years, it's also fought for survival in the face of funding cuts, venue closures and the inevitable ...
- Upstate NY home to religious retreats - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Upstate NY home to religious retreatsPR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 3 hours agoThe woman washing dishes described herself as a Sufi Christian. That afternoon, there would be a discussion of the mystical, reverent 13th-century poetry of ...
- Cedar Rapids native reads his 'Letters from Abu Ghraib' - Daily Iowan
It sounds like the world's oldest set up to some awful joke: What's the difference between President Bush and Joshua Casteel? But the answer helped set in motion a series of events culminating in Casteel's book, Letters from Abu Ghraib, ironically ...
- Book on Iranian history published in Bulgaria - MehrNews.com
Book on Iranian history published in BulgariaMehrNews.com, Iran - 3 hours agoTEHRAN -- An anthology of Iranian poets living around the world was published by the North Atlantic Books on August 5. “Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians ...
- Sylvia Plath (Guardian Unlimited)
'Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. '
- Northwestern Holds Fourth Annual Summer Writers' Conference - Media Newswire (press release)
Northwestern Holds Fourth Annual Summer Writers' ConferenceMedia Newswire (press release), NY - 3 hours agoWorkshops include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, and writing for stage and screen. The conference has already grown into a highly anticipated event ...
- A mass of passion, a hint of madness - WalesOnline
A mass of passion, a hint of madnessWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoWhether something is lost in translation, I’m not sure, but some of our working class hero’s attempts at poetry or philosophy lose their way. ...
- Angola: Youth Literature Brigade Promotes Poetry Night (AllAfrica.com)
The Youth Literature Brigade of northern Bengo province (BJLB) held last Friday at Africampos cinema, in Caxito city, a session of reciting poems written by the late poet and first Angolan President, António Agostinho Neto, under the commemorations of the National Hero's Day, marked on September 17.
- A sad, true story that's as strong as its subject - Boston Globe
Alexandra Fuller spent her youth in Africa, and her first two books --2001's "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood" and 2004's "Scribbling the Cat: Travels With an African Soldier" -- reflect that upbringing. Fuller, having moved ...
- Nick Cave digs into the dark side - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Nick Cave digs into the dark sideSeattle Post Intelligencer - 8 hours agoCave's stark poetry summoned the late Jim Morrison of The Doors, just as his superbly crafted, tightly wound "The Mercy Seat" bore comparison with Leonard ...
- An interview with Timothy Gager: A “Dire†Reader in Somerville - Somerville News
An interview with Timothy Gager: A “Dire†Reader in SomervilleSomerville News, MA - 31 minutes agoHe has a new poetry collection out from Somerville's Cervena Barva Press: “This Is Where You Go When You Are Gone.†In 2007 alone Gager had 32 works of ...
- Theater (The Morning Call)
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- Pretty Monsters - Bookslut
Pretty MonstersBookslut, IL - 14 hours agoThis is a perfect match of author and illustrator and a great introduction to an author who will be loved by teen readers. There are several standouts for ...
- Text tattoos gaining popularity - San Francisco Chronicle
Text tattoos gaining popularitySan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 1 hour agoBefore her 18th birthday, she got her own first tattoo - the name of her favorite band, the ska band No Doubt - on her upper back. Since then, she's gotten ...
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