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- Books: "Hurry Down Sunshine" (The New Yorker)
On July 5, 1996, my daughter was struck mad,†Greenberg writes at the start of a remarkable memoir. Sally, fifteen years old, after weeks of reading poetry and scribbling with mounting fervor, whirls through Greenwich Village possessed by a belief that people are born with genius but gradually lose it . . .
- America Back on Track... for Tuesday, July 29th - OpEdNews
OpEdNewsAmerica Back on Track... for Tuesday, July 29thOpEdNews, PA - 44 minutes agoIn addition he has published more than 1500 SetonnoteS commentaries, plus poetry and political essays in publications across the country. ...
- Poetry Slams Book Bans - WKOW-TV.com
Poetry Slams Book BansWKOW-TV.com, WI - 50 minutes agoDr. Pruitt says no book should ever be banned under any circumstance, and he hopes his poetry slam hits that idea home with students. ...
- Shopping for a nursing home It's a daunting task, but it's well worth the trouble to find just the right place (Yakima Herald-Republic)
YAKIMA  When Ben Herres needed to find a nursing home to care for his wife, Ollie, he followed his nose. He visited nursing homes all over Spokane and later the Yakima Valley in search of a safe haven for Ollie, who had multiple sclerosis.
- Q&A with composer Fred Ho (The Capital Times)
It's not easy to define the artistic endeavors of Fred Ho, the latest artist brought to campus by the UW-Madison Arts Institute. Ho, sponsored by the Asian American Studies department and the School of Music, is a composer, a performer of poetry, a jazz virtuoso on the baritone saxophone, an activist and, for the past two years, a survivor of a particularly malicious cancer. This fall, the ...
- The Week in Preview: October 6 - Nashua Telegraph
Today we celebrate the birth anniversary of a clever but dishonest book collector by the name of Thomas J. Wise. Born in 1859 in Gravesend, England, Wise was considered one of the foremost bibliographic experts of his time. This was the case, at ...
- Innocence and Experience - Atlantic Online
Innocence and ExperienceAtlantic Online - 22 minutes agoRobert Frost gets the young Truman Capote fired from his job at The New Yorker after he walks out of one of Frost’s poetry readings, 1944. ...
- Here, tell these people something they don't know about me. - Globe and Mail
Barack Obama has already referenced Jay-Z by brushing off his shoulders. Last night, I got the distinct impression that the Democratic candidate for president has been watching the Eminem movie 8 Mile . Remember the last battle scene, when Rabbit ...
- The Team Behind 'Hamlet 2' - Artistdirect.com
Artistdirect.comThe Team Behind 'Hamlet 2'Artistdirect.com, CA - 58 minutes agoAF: Written a lot of poetry. A lot of bad poetry. AF: But it was really the kind of thing where as we were prepping the movie, I said we should have more of ...
- Redhill named Griffin Poetry Prize judge (Jam! Showbiz)
TORONTO - Michael Redhill, a noted Canadian novelist, poet, and playwright and publisher, will be among the judges for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize.
- Stratford's 2009 Phèdre Is a Co-Pro With ACT; McKenna Will Star - Playbill.com
Stratford's 2009 Phèdre Is a Co-Pro With ACT; McKenna Will StarPlaybill.com, NY - 15 hours ago"Timberlake's extraordinary and fresh translation of Phèdre pays homage to the gorgeous poetry of the original while sustaining this play's explosive heat ...
- Acquire the write stuff: East of Eden conference beckons authors (The Salinas Californian)
Salinas-area residents yearning to see their writing published can meet nationally known authors and agents who can help them make it happen at the East of Eden Writing Conference, running Sept. 5 through 7.
- Michael X: A Life In Black And White, by John Williams - The Independent
Sometimes reading makes one feel old. As the fag end of the swinging Sixties merged into the sobering Seventies, John Williams was "a little white kid growing up in South Wales", seeing the Angry Brigade, the IRA and Black Power as distant spectres ...
- Rescued, man dies at PGI - Tribune
Sushil Kumar (32), who braved gushing waters for over two hours near Dhanas village, died at the PGI here late this evening. Unaware that his struggle was being telecast on national television, Sushil Kumar struggled for life at the PGI, but died ...
- Community Calendar - July 29, 2008 - Osakis Review
Community Calendar - July 29, 2008Osakis Review, MN - 13 hours agoOsakis Poetry Club meets at 7 pm at Osakis Visitor Center. Farmers Market 9 am - 1 pm Lots of good fresh eating. Located at Paul's Pump and Pantry, E. 27. ...
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