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- Vancouver’s Poet Laureate McWhirter to lead festival workshop - BCLocalNews
BCLocalNewsVancouver’s Poet Laureate McWhirter to lead festival workshopBCLocalNews, Canada - 1 hour agoSo it seems that everyone with poetry in their hearts who registers for his Write on Bowen! literary festival workshop, 4D Word Drawing (Saturday, ...
- Equal opportunity unemployment (Salon.com)
For the first time since the women's movement began, an economic recovery has not led to a higher percentage of women in the workforce.
- Sorouh honoured to support 2008 Liwa Dates Festival (AME Info)
Organisers of the fourth Liwa Dates Festival, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and sponsored by Sorouh Real Estate PJSC, proclaimed the event a huge success today, presenting an award of appreciation to Sorouh at a special ceremony in Liwa City in the Emirates Western Region.
- Robarchek again at the forefront (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
By Matt Brunson.• The scribblings of longtime (and now retired) Charlotte Observer columnist -- and frequent Best of Charlotte CL award winner -- Doug Robarchek can be found in The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of Outfrontery. The paperback, published by the local outfit Main Street Rag, is available for $14. For a sample poem from the book, see Quote This, below right....
- Friday, June 6, 2008 (Book Reporter)
Books, book reviews, bestsellers, excerpts and author interviews. Interactive reader polls and newsletters too. A book super site dedicated to book lovers
- Doing strange things with the spoken word: Dan Le Sac and ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukDoing strange things with the spoken word: Dan Le Sac and ...Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 27 minutes ago... time since post-punk poets such as John Cooper Clark and Joolz, audiences are ready to involve themselves in dark, narrative poetry as part of a gig. ...
- The Revenger’s Tragedy at Olivier, SE1 - Times Online
The Revenger’s Tragedy at Olivier, SE1Times Online, UK - 2 hours agoThere’sa sardonic and even sadistic glee in his poetry and, as Still proves, a lot of dark, dangerous laughter to be found in the play. ...
- Q&A: The Tale Of Tale of Tales - Gamasutra
Q&A: The Tale Of Tale of TalesGamasutra, CA - 2 hours agoIt's about narrative environments and generative poetry. It's about the story that the players can make happen in the virtual environment. ...
- 50 best literary translations? Here's how I read it... - Guardian Blogs
The British Translators Association is an animal of a very different breed from its closest American counterpart, the American Literary Translators Association or ALTA . The most useful difference between the two groups, from the working American ...
- Poetry and pride top Buono's Pizzeria - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Poetry and pride top Buono's PizzeriaLong Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 1 hour ago"They're studying and they're practicing writing skills. It's lots of fun and it gets me out of the office." After the first places are determined, ...
- PAUL HAYWARD: Federer falls but he goes down with grace - This is London
PAUL HAYWARD: Federer falls but he goes down with graceThis is London, UK - 3 hours agoIt combined the poetry of brilliant shot-making with the swirling prose of resilience and courage. Clutching the hottest ticket in sport this year, ...
- The man behind the font - Sunday Star Times
Sunday Star TimesThe man behind the fontSunday Star Times, New Zealand - 1 hour ago"Sometimes I see it as like an accent - you're setting New Zealand poetry in an Italian typeface. It's sort of like speaking in an Italian accent. ...
- Laid-back Island fun comes to Parma's The Post and Beam; Little Italy ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
John Petkovic / The Plain Dealer The Post and Beam in Parma has transformed itself into a summery getaway full of Hawaiian murals, tiki knick-knacks and yummy margaritas. A Polynesian pleasure cruise or wasting away in Parmaritaville? Either way, the ...
- Quick Hits: Big Boi, Prince, Natasha Bedingfield, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Flobots, Black Light Burns (FMQB)
Outkast 's Big Boi is almost finished his solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty , which is due out later this summer. It will feature guest spots from Raekwon , Mary J. Blige and his Outkast cohort Andre 3000 . Big says it's important to note that the duo is still working together and his solo album does not spell the end of Outkast.
- Solzhenitsyn: A tortured patriot (BBC News)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn tackled the big themes of Russian literature, writes Oxford lecturer Michael Nicholson.
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