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- Tripping To and Fro, Happily Skewering Poetry (New York Times)
In a new collection of poems, Billy Collins reiterates many of his usual themes with a healthy dose of his usual panache and performs one of his best-enjoyed feats: skewering poetry.
- Day trip: Vincent van Gogh & colors of the night - Poughkeepsie Journal
Day trip: Vincent van Gogh & colors of the nightPoughkeepsie Journal, NY - 10 hours agoThe problem for a painter whose work was based on observation of the natural world was how to paint landscapes at night, in the dark. ...
- Bits and Pieces Brought Together: Ashbery and Naves (The New York Sun)
Collage is inextricably linked in historic consciousness with poetry, in no small part because of the intimacy of its artistic inventors with poets. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, the inventors of the medium, were championed and inspired by poets such as Blaise Cendrars, Pierre Reverdy, and Guillaume Apollinaire, the last of whose verbal experiments invariably entailed play with typography — ...
- Appreciations: Pat Kavanagh - Guardian Unlimited
Emma Brockes writes: A few months ago Pat rang me to ask me a question. "Now then," she said, as she always did when she meant business, "I'm going to ask you something and I want you to reply honestly. Don't spare my feelings. Have you ever been ...
- Tots & Tales (The Capital)
The National Aquarium in Baltimore is hosting children-oriented events through September and October and we want to offer you a special discounted admission.
- Something for everyone today in Palm Beach County - Examiner.com
Examiner.comSomething for everyone today in Palm Beach CountyExaminer.com - 27 minutes agoIf you are even the slightest bit into Japanese culture, poetry, art or literature make sure you visit the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens - 4000 ...
- 11-17-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb)
WANDA SYKES GOT MARRIED UNDER PROP 8: Comedian says recent overturn led her to finally speak publically about being gay.
- Chadbourne and Hasouri read at d'Alzon Poetry Series - Le Provacteur (subscription)
Chadbourne and Hasouri read at d'Alzon Poetry SeriesLe Provacteur (subscription), MA - Oct 2, 2008The d'Alzon Arts series kicked off its first poetry reading of the academic year on Friday, September 19. The event was open to local Worcester area ...
- Page Turner: Sailing to Byzantium with Sir Bob (Independent)
I've been having a Yeatsian week. First off, I went to the British Library for Josephine Hart's Poetry Hour. The novelist has been promoting poetry since 2004, charming the likes of Jeremy Irons, Juliet Stevenson and Ralph Fiennes into performing for free. Hart introduced key themes from W B Yeats's work and life, and Harriet Walter, Dominic West and Sir Bob Geldof read a generous selection of ...
- Ode to Short Dialog: Reconsidering the Sound Bite - Gamasutra
Ode to Short Dialog: Reconsidering the Sound BiteGamasutra, CA - 1 hour agoEzra Pound famously wrote a poem titled "In a Station of the Metro," that began as 30 lines of verse. He rewrote it at half the length, then further ...
- An Affair with English—Danton Remoto - ABS CBN News
An Affair with English—Danton RemotoABS CBN News, Philippines - 4 minutes agoOur textbooks included the Philippine Prose and Poetry Series, published in the 1950s and constantly reprinted. It collected the brightest and the best ...
- Heritage Minister keen to succeed - WalesOnline
Heritage Minister keen to succeedWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 8 hours ago... up in a home full of books and music. His mother, a teacher, played the piano and conducted choirs, while his father, a minister, read and wrote poetry. ...
- INTERVIEW: Patricia Hodge talks about her latest role - Worthing Today
INTERVIEW: Patricia Hodge talks about her latest roleWorthing Today, UK - 43 minutes ago"Harold Pinter's script was exquisite, a piece of poetry," she recalls. "I was working with two wonderful actors (Kingsley had just completed Gandhi) and a ...
- Blog Digest - Siliconrepublic.com
Siliconrepublic.comBlog DigestSiliconrepublic.com, Ireland - 18 minutes ago... of office life. They conjure up images of missed phone calls and impending deadlines. What about turning post-it notes into an art form? Poetry even? ...
- Ohio Study Shows School Choice Successful - The Bulletin
School-choice opponents always argue allowing it would adversely affect the public school system, claiming alternative schools would siphon off the best students. Consequently, only the poorest and most disadvantaged students would remain. Just as ...
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