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- Art: A single vowel sung rises above political rhetoric (Denver Post)
As the United States prepares to elect the next president and chart a new political course, people of all kinds are seeking a voice in the process, and artists are no exception.
- Potential catastrophe all around (New Hampshire Union Leader)
His name was George F. Babbitt. He was 46 years old now, in April 1920, and he made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.
- Morton woman's life lived learning (The Pekin Daily Times)
Times correspondent MORTON - All of her life Ruthie Roth knew she wanted to become a teacher. She remembers telling her mother at a young age what she wanted to do with her life. And that is exactly what she has done for the last 51 years.
- Dayton award nominees: Abani, Alarcón, DÃaz and more - Los Angeles Times
Dayton award nominees: Abani, Alarcón, DÃaz and moreLos Angeles Times, CA - 31 minutes agoDaniel Alarcón's "Lost City Radio," focusing on the disappeared in a nameless South American country emerging from civil war, was an LA Times best book of ...
- About 250 authors slated for Decatur Book Festival (Macon Telegraph)
Book lovers of all ages and tastes are sure to find something to please them at a book festival that will transform downtown Decatur into a street fair over Labor Day weekend.
- Kilcher games keep homesteading skills alive, fund museum (Homer News)
[Think you've got what it takes to be a self-reliant, tough-as-nails Alaska homesteader? Put it to the test at the Kilcher Family Homestead Games from noon- 8 p.m. Aug. 2.
- Mark Ravenhill on Andrew Motion and the post of poet laureate (Guardian Unlimited)
Mark Ravenhill: Truly, of all the rusty chalices that clatter around in public life, there is none more thoroughly poisoned than the post of poet laureate
- Binh Dinh all set for mega festival (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - With just a week to go before the Binh Dinh festival kicks off on August 1, the hometown of the legendary Emperor Quang Trung is agog.
- What's Dudley Clendinen reading? - Tampabay.com
Tampabay.comWhat's Dudley Clendinen reading?Tampabay.com, FL - 1 hour agoI also am reading two poetry books, Mary Jo Salter's collection A Phone Call to the Future and Elizabeth Spires' Wave-Maker. Yes, I love poetry. ...
- Both parties inject drama into the race - MiamiHerald.com
Both parties inject drama into the raceMiamiHerald.com, FL - 7 minutes agoObama's acceptance speech Thursday was more prose than poetry, but the backdrop provided plenty of emotion: the first black presidential nominee of a major ...
- An Honest Conversation About Alcohol - Inside Higher Ed
Two months after he finished up as president of Middlebury College in 2004, John M. McCardell Jr. wrote a column for The New York Times called “What Your College President Didn’t Tell You.†In the piece, he discussed how he was “as guilty as ...
- Book marks (The Florida Times-Union)
'Hit and Run' review
- Mireya Perez-Bustillo, Ph.D., Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who ... - 24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
Mireya Perez-Bustillo, Ph.D., Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who ...24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - 1 hour agoHer professional affiliations include the American Poetry Association, the Museum of Modern Art, the Poet's Circle, La Revista del Hada, One Spirit Learning ...
- Ask a poet: Philip Pardi (The UTD Mercury)
Philip Pardi Director of College Writing at Bard College, will read his work and sign copies of his first book, "Meditations on Rising and Falling," at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in the McDermott Suite. "Meditations" was a winner of the 2008 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. For more answers from Pardi, go to www.utdmercury.com.
- Deep melancholy meets youthful zest - Globe and Mail
Deep melancholy meets youthful zestGlobe and Mail, Canada - 38 minutes agoJudging from the occasional requests shouted to the stage, many in the audience understood enough of the language to appreciate the poetry of these songs ...
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