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- 'Tree of Smoke' author reads in Boise (The Idaho Statesman)
Acclaimed author Denis Johnson will read selections from his fiction and poetry to benefit the Court Appointed Special Advocate program. His latest book is "Tree of Smoke: A Novel" (Picador, $16), the 2007 winner of the National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. His story compilation "Jesus' Son" (Harper Perennial, $12) was made into a feature film in 1999, starring Billy Crudup. The ...
- Advertising has helped make Macy's a star (New York Daily News)
Move over, Don Draper. Another advertising juggernaut celebrates 150 years Tuesday - and could give "Mad Men's" faux-gency, Sterling Cooper, a run for their money. Macy's - specifically founder R.H. Macy - knew the way to capture a shopper was to capture their attention, in the newspaper.
- Jazz masters honoured (The West Australian)
Guitarist George Benson had a chance to reconnect with his jazz roots when he was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of its 2009 Jazz Masters. But it was another newly minted Jazz M
- Minnesota Orchestra Culminates In Future Classics Concert - HULIQ (press release)
Minnesota Orchestra Culminates In Future Classics ConcertHULIQ (press release), NC - 1 hour agoThis past summer, 2004 Institute participant Andrew Norman signed a long-term contract with Schott Music, one of Europe's largest publishing houses. ...
- The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam - guardian.co.uk
The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslamguardian.co.uk, UK - 46 minutes agoHis most apocalyptic book, The Road, had a strain of almost Yeatsian poetry, but Nadeem Aslam, dealing with situations hardly less extreme, ...
- Power of language - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Dennis Brutus is living proof that words can have power to do good in the world. Brutus, a noted South African poet and human rights activist, has used poetry as a vessel for championing social justice and spreading awareness of injustice and poverty ...
- Can a Woman Find Sanctuary in A River to Hide By -- New Book Tells ... - MarketWatch
Can a Woman Find Sanctuary in A River to Hide By -- New Book Tells ...MarketWatch - 3 hours agoMary Frances Richards has published two books of poetry, a number of short stories and articles in small magazines, and has written a column for seven years ...
- Angola: Chá De Caxinde Launches Book on Nationalist (AllAfrica.com)
The Publishing House "Chá de Caxinde" will present on Thursday in Luanda, the book entitled "Angola - Viriato da Cruz - The Man and Myth", coordinated by researchers Edmundo Rocha, Francisco Soares and Moisés Fernandes.
- DVDetective: Proletariat dignity - VUE Weekly
VUE WeeklyDVDetective: Proletariat dignityVUE Weekly, Canada - 1 hour agoThe Match Factory Girl is far bleaker than most Kaurismäki movies, but it possesses a dark poetry that’s well worth surrendering to. ...
- Sunflashes Column - Canoe.ca
Sunflashes ColumnCanoe.ca, Canada - 1 hour agoJOHANNESBURG -- A trumpet wailed and poetry soared yesterday as South Africans remembered "Mama Africa," Miriam Makeba, for her music and her commitment to ...
- Finding the poetry in every day: Donal Heffernan named state's ... - Stillwater Gazette
Finding the poetry in every day: Donal Heffernan named state's ...Stillwater Gazette, MN - 28 minutes ago... for his poem "The Fear of Stepping on Small Cars." In past years, he has helped judge the Stillwater Public Library's high school poetry contest. ...
- Great start for festival - Kidderminster Shuttle
Great start for festivalKidderminster Shuttle, UK - 14 hours agoLast Sunday night actress and festival patron, Hannah Gordon read poetry and prose from a collection called For All Occasions. TV presenter and wildlife ...
- Weekend Roundup: Broken Social Scene and the Philly Fringe - The Daily Gazette
Weekend Roundup: Broken Social Scene and the Philly FringeThe Daily Gazette, PA - 4 hours agoThe Philadelphia Fringe Festival is a sixteen day event made up of a range of performances including dance, theater, puppetry, poetry, music, ...
- Local rider takes aim at national title - Florida Today
Local rider takes aim at national titleFlorida Today, FL - 1 hour agoRoberts rides "Poetry in Motion," a 6-year-old warm-blood mare that weighs nearly 1400 pounds. It will be her first big competition, although she qualified ...
- The Presence by Daniel Abse - Independent
The Presence by Daniel AbseIndependent, UK - 11 hours agoElsewhere he finds himself unable to discuss the love poems which he wrote directly addressing Jean before she died: "Now, alas, the tense is wrong. ...
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