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- Former Va. poet laureate George Garrett dies (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
BY JEREMY SLAYTON Times-Dispatch Staff Writer George Palmer Garrett Jr. cast a wide net throughout the literary world. His talent with the written word encompassed poetry, essays, short stories and novels. He even co-wrote the screenplay for the 1965 horror flick "Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster." "His topics and styles have ranged from the most somber to the most comic. He has excelled for ...
- Will you still love me and my songs when I'm 64 and even older? - Irish Independent
Will you still love me and my songs when I'm 64 and even older?Irish Independent, Ireland - 11 hours agoInfluenced by WB Yeats, he'd published several volumes of poetry and two novels before starting a recording career which yielded So Long Marianne, ...
- Barack Obama rally draws 75,000 in Portland, Oregon - News.com.au
BARACK Obama has drawn a record 75,000-strong campaign crowd as he begins the week that should deliver him the Democratic presidential nomination. He faced an adoring sea of faces at a riverside park in Portland, Oregon. People waited for hours under ...
- ‘Carpetbagger’s Children’ is storytelling at its best (Cleveland Jewish News)
If you like a good story, you’ll enjoy “The Carpetbagger’s Children.†Written in 2002 by master playwright Horton Foote when he was 86, the drama revolves around three sisters who relive their family’s history in an era spanning post-Civil War Reconstruction to the present.
- Day Camp for Peace on tap - Orillia Packet & Times
Day Camp for Peace on tapOrillia Packet & Times, Canada - 6 hours agoA family evening will take place Thursday, July 10, from 6 to 8 pm, with a barbecue and creative fun for everyone. The cost is a suggested donation of $3 to ...
- THEATER REVIEW | 'MACBETH: 2008' - New York Times
New York TimesTHEATER REVIEW | 'MACBETH: 2008'New York Times, United States - 31 minutes agoIt’s “Macbeth†made over as a contemporary action movie, a “Macbeth†for those who think Shakespeare gummed up a great yarn with all that poetry when he ...
- John Hardin student publishes poetry book - Elizabethtown News Enterprise
John Hardin student publishes poetry bookElizabethtown News Enterprise, KY - 2 hours agoGrowing up in a military family, Foster has moved around to many parts of the world, and began writing poetry when he was in the eighth grade. ...
- You Write The Reviews: Leonard Cohen, Opera House, Manchester (Independent)
This was never going to be just a concert. Communion with the man whose emotional and spiritual quests have provided the GPS mapping for more than one generation is, in fact, more of an act of worship.
- Poetry night to benefit at-risk children (Anderson Independent-Mail)
Local non-profit group MIRACLES is having a poetry night on Friday.
- Other events during Newburyport Literary Festival - Newburyport Current
Other events during Newburyport Literary FestivalNewburyport Current, MA - 11 hours ago... the Favorite Poem Project, which invited Americans to share their favorite poems with the public at large. The Record Magazine staff and Poetry Soup at ...Catching the literary fever The Daily News of Newburyportall 4 news articles
- And you, too, Mr. Rawlings?! - Modern Ghana
And you, too, Mr. Rawlings?!Modern Ghana, Ghana - 14 hours ago... on Love,†“Romantic Explorations†and “Abena Anin’waa: Letters to My Daughter†(Atumpan Publications/lulu.com, 2008), his most recent volumes of poetry. ...
- Documentary opens summer poetry series - Asbury Park Press
Documentary opens summer poetry seriesAsbury Park Press, NJ - 4 hours agoTonight's program is dedicated to the life and legacy of the mid-century American poet Charles Olson (1910-1970), who came into his own in the decades ...
- Paul nets £3500 literary prize win - News Guardian
Paul nets £3500 literary prize winNews Guardian, UK - 1 hour agoAwards were judged by Karolina Sutton, literary agent for ICM Books and executive director of the Poetry Society of American Poetry and former editor of the ...
- Alex Boyd, Anne Simpson win $1000 national poetry prizes - The Canadian Press
Alex Boyd, Anne Simpson win $1000 national poetry prizesThe Canadian Press, N.L. - 44 minutes agoJOHN'S, NL — Toronto-born Alex Boyd and Anne Simpson of Antigonish, NS, have won national poetry prizes. The winners of the 2008 Pat Lowther and Gerald ...
- Country Music: Chesney Sees 'Complete Disrespect' in Web Voting - Voice of America
Country Music: Chesney Sees 'Complete Disrespect' in Web VotingVoice of America - 1 hour agoBarbara Klein tells about the man and his poetry. Charles Simic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in nineteen thirty-eight. He says he spent his early years ...
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