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- Toronto writer's The Outlander wins First Novel Award - CBC News
A debut novel about a 19-year-old widow fleeing her ruthless brothers-in-law through the Rockies in the winter of 1903 has won the $7,500 First Novel Award. The Outlander by Toronto's Gil Adamson was named best first Canadian novel on Wednesday ...
- TWV performer to bring Dickinson to life on stage - Beckley Register-Herald (subscription)
TWV performer to bring Dickinson to life on stageBeckley Register-Herald (subscription), WV - 55 minutes agoThe only way she could really voice it was through her art, in her poetry.” At 51, Chabora finally feels believable portraying Dickinson at 53. ...
- The poet who helped a forgotten showman escape from obscurity - Yorkshire Post
The poet who helped a forgotten showman escape from obscurityYorkshire Post, UK - 13 hours agoA newly published American biography of Houdini is thought to be the first to mention that, after a show in Nottingham, the star went out of his way to ...
- Cros-Lex grad reaches out to Christian gays - Port Huron Times-Herald
Justin Cannon knows a person can be both. He has devoted himself to trying to change minds on both sides of the divide. "It is very difficult because you are kind of trapped between two worlds," said Cannon, 24, and a former Lexington resident. "On ...
- Highs -- and Lows -- in the 20s (Washington Post)
A trio of area 20-somethings showing at Hillyer Art Space betrays the advantages and pitfalls of youth.
- Teacher exchange knits migrant kids to culture - The Salinas Californian
Teacher exchange knits migrant kids to cultureThe Salinas Californian, CA - 2 hours agoFamily members packed into a MCOE multi-purpose room on Tuesday to see an exposition of art, poetry and dancing produced by students and teachers in the ...
- Deepti Naval turns director, ropes in Manisha Koirala (Calcutta News)
After Nandita Das, avant-garde actress Deepti Naval has turned director. Her directorial debut has a rather poetic title - 'Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish' and she has signed on close friend Manisha Koirala as the heroine.
- Join the world literature tour to Australia - Guardian Blogs
Anyone who imagined that there wouldn't be that many stops in Hungary for the English reader on tour was in for a pleasant surprise last time we set off on our travels. Booklitstew's sense that the country's literary star has been rising ...
- Cowboy poet is retired, but he's far from retiring - HeraldNet
Cowboy poet is retired, but he's far from retiringHeraldNet, WA - Jul 21, 2008He's won awards for his work about fellers, horses and campfire embers as a Western and cowboy poet. "I write about one new poem a week and I perform quite ...
- From the editor's desk - Statesman
From the editor's deskStatesman, NY - 1 hour agoAt the same time, we hope that you will enjoy reading the Statesman for the for our stories whether its music reviews, poetry, sports, ...
- On Mustang Range, a Battle on Thinning the Herd (New York Times)
An emotional debate is raging in the West over whether to thin a captive herd of wild horses that numbers 30,000.
- Darwish -The Palestinian Icon - Middle East Times
The last time Arab masses (and Mideast watchers) were mesmerized was when they heard that Gamal Abdel Nasser , the popular Egyptian president, passed away prematurely in 1969 – an event that changed the political climate in the Middle East and ...
- National Poetry Day: Actress to recite at nature reserve (Lynn News)
ACTRESS Liza Goddard will be giving a poetry reading at Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve on Thursday. (07/10/2008)
- Flor y Canto: Celebrating Latino Poetry in San Francisco (New America Media)
Poetry is alive and well in San Francisco, home of the beat generation, and Latino poetry is thriving in its Mission District.
- Mr. Longfellow is waiting in the parlor - Chicago Tribune
S ubtract two centuries and I could've been arrested for trespassing. There I was on a recent Saturday afternoon, wandering around somebody else's house. I hadn't been invited. I just barged right in. But my intentions were good: I am a great fan of ...
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