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- From desert to cultural oasis, complete with Louvre, Guggenheim and Ferrari (Guardian Unlimited)
When it comes to cultural icons, few would mention Manchester City in the same breath as the Louvre. But to Abu Dhabi's royal family the football club is the latest in a string of multibillion-dollar acquisitions designed to rebrand the nation as a oasis of western culture in the Gulf.
- Jordanian writers protest indictment of poet on religious grounds - Earthtimes
Amman - The Jordanian Writers Association (JWA) on Wednesday blasted the indictment of Jordanian poet Islam Samhan for allegedly insulting Islam after using verses from the holy Koran in his love poetry, and called for his release. Similar calls were ...
- Struggling pop stars find they can hang with twang - Chicago Sun-Times
Do you have a middling pop-music career? Are you a mortgage payment away from schlepping the RibFest beat? Do you wish people would stop calling you ‘‘Hootie’’? Then maybe it’s time to consider a career in country. After all, crossing over ...
- Changing Perspectives - Journal Live
Changing PerspectivesJournal Live, UK - 3 hours agoThey included studying archive documents at Durham University relating to the slave trade, and their Streams of the Soul anthology of poetry and prose ...
- Translating cultures through poetry - Saudi Gazette
Translating cultures through poetrySaudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia - 2 minutes agoThe young Londoners, most of them black, injected the poems with fresh energy. The readings were followed by a performance by Palestinian singer and ...
- Englishman leads kids into Ologies (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
NEW YORK -- "Are dragons kind?" 7-year-old Noah Pellettieri asks Dr. Ernest Drake, the esteemed naturalist and adventurer."Animals are neither good nor bad," Dr ...
- Festival of Books Kicks off this Weekend (KSFY Sioux Falls)
The 6th Annual Festival of Books is going on this weekend in Sioux Falls.
- Morrison Library Revives Graphic Arts Loan Program - Art Daily
Morrison Library Revives Graphic Arts Loan ProgramArt Daily - 2 hours agoSchaefer called the removal of some prints from circulation "sad but inevitable." During the program's hiatus, Warren said Internet and computer programming ...
- Raman Thediya Seethai: sheer poetry on celluloid (Calcutta News)
'Raman Thediya Seethai' (Ram's quest for Sita) is one movie whose review needs a Ramayana of trivia and praise. The film is a slick, simple, splendid entertainer sans sex and sleaze.
- The boy less likely - Sydney Morning Herald
The boy less likelySydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour agoAt the age of nine, he won a poetry competition; and in 1997, at 25, he came away with the best script prize from the Metfest short film competition. ...
- Workshop for poets - Henley Standard
Workshop for poetsHenley Standard, UK - 14 minutes agoIF YOU enjoy writing and discussing poetry, the Free Range Poets of Barn Galleries are inviting you to join them at their monthly workshops. ...
- Thumbs up to film and literary festivals (Portsmouth Herald)
Thumbs up to the New Hampshire Film Festival and Portsmouth Literary Festival, which should make the next two weekends entertaining, enlightening and beneficial for the city.
- Turns Out, No Amount of Controversy Can Sell a Book - Gawker
GawkerTurns Out, No Amount of Controversy Can Sell a BookGawker, NY - 3 hours agoOn a wretchedly rainy night, only 10 people showed up to the reading area by the poetry section. That still left 25 empty seats. ...
- Natural Poet - Weekly Standard
In a land where few poets can make more than a pittance off their verse, Mary Oliver stands as a commercially successful outlier. Although it will never show up in supermarket checkout lines, her work always tops the modern poetry bestseller lists at ...
- Poetry please at new festival (ic CheshireOnline)
THE latest addition to Nantwich’s festival repertoire has hooked up with the town’s library to celebrate National Poetry Day.
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