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- Poetry of the pavement (The Columbian)
Marilyn Moelhman was reading around midnight when she accidentally smushed a fly within the pages of her book. After killing it, a sense of dread and smallness consumed her. “I felt really...
- Twombling Free - Evening Standard
Estate, from Cy Twombly's series: Quattro Stagioni (A Painting in Four Parts) Inverno, from Cy Twombly's series: Quattro Stagioni (A Painting in Four Parts) Primavera, from Cy Twombly's series: Quattro Stagioni (A Painting in Four Parts) Crudeness ...
- Greece's Delphi retains the power to inspire (Miami Herald)
Rain fell in sheets on the broken columns and stone blocks. I stood on the ancient ground where Agamemnon, Socrates and Cicero, among others, had humbly stood, hoping to get answers to their big questions.
- Author David Wroblewski answers 7 questions (Vail Daily)
David Wroblewski, author of “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,†will visit the Bookworm of Edwards Wednesday. ‘The Story of Edgar Sawtelle’ Author: David Wroblewski. Cost: $25.95. Pages: 576.
- Writers@Jordan House Sponsoring Spring Writing Workshop - Rockbridge Weekly
Writers@Jordan House Sponsoring Spring Writing WorkshopRockbridge Weekly, VA - 13 hours agoParticipants in the workshop will work in the genres of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Critical examination of participants’ work will involve a ...
- Kenya: Barack Obama And the Graveyard of Hope (AllAfrica.com)
I am finding it very difficult to join in the jubilation about Senator Barack Obama. Not that I want to deny the man his victory, but my impulse to celebrate keeps deflating on the idea that the best thing that happened to little Barack was not growing up in Kenya.
- The Arts Column - Daily Telegraph
'Creativity" is a word much bandied about in our babble of culturespeak. Like "community", it has a warm glow around it, and we rarely give it much further thought. However, to mark the centenary of Freud's essay "Creative Writers and Day Dreaming ...
- NBCC Suggests Spring and Summer "Good Reads" - Publishers Weekly
NBCC Suggests Spring and Summer "Good Reads"Publishers Weekly, NY - 1 hour agoThe full lists in fiction, nonfiction and poetry are below. *4. JM Coetzee, DIARY OF A BAD YEAR, Viking 1. Nicholson Baker, HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNING OF ...
- 'Welcome Home Project' honors returning vets (Ashland Daily Tidings)
About 30 American veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will celebrate Memorial Day a little differently this year.
- Pearl River students compete in language, poetry contest (The Journal News)
Pearl River High School students won trophies and certificates for their participation in the 25th Annual William Paterson World Language Poetry Recitation Contest in Wayne, N.J.
- Between Yourself and Me - VUE Weekly
Between Yourself and MeVUE Weekly, Canada - 44 minutes agoShe especially nails the disconnected cadences of the beatnik’s stuttered beat poetry.) Ross is wonderfully cast as Steven. Rather than merely playing up ...
- Give Newark a (coffee) break - Bridgeton News
Starbucks built its business by recognizing that many people want more than a quick cup of coffee. Many want a coffeehouse experience, a place where they can gather to chat with friends, work on a laptop or even hear poetry. The Starbucks on Broad ...
- Tributes paid to Kannada writer Shantarasa - Frontline
Tributes paid to Kannada writer ShantarasaFrontline, India - Apr 20, 2008... than 50 books including novels, poetry, dramas, autobiography, short stories and translations." Shantarasa, who translated ghazals from Urdu to Kannada, ...
- An activist harpist moves for progress - Advertiser Adelaide
An activist harpist moves for progressAdvertiser Adelaide, Australia - 15 minutes agoMcGuire speculates that Sir Arnold Bax wrote such exquisite harp chamber music because his great love for the poetry of Yeats attracted him to Irish harp ...
- 'Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation,' by Cokie Roberts (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
She calls it history's "other half." ...
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