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- Stanley Plumly's Romance With Keats - New York Sun
Poets who die young often have surprisingly lively posthumous careers. John Keats (1795-1821) provides the most celebrated example: Almost immediately after his death in Rome, at the age of 25, he entered the realm of legend. Though his poetry wasn't ...
- Go & Do - York area events (The York Weekly)
Internationally acclaimed storyteller Michael Parent will present a special collection of bug stories and songs to share with listeners of all ages at 10:30 a.m. Thursday as part of York Public Library's Family Fun series. Parent has been telling stories...
- • Thomas Disch; Sci-Fi Writer Was Part of 'New Wave' - Washington Post
Washington Post• Thomas Disch; Sci-Fi Writer Was Part of 'New Wave'Washington Post, United States - 41 minutes agoLast year, he published a book of poetry, "About the Size of It," which included many poems about being overweight. "He was writing for the first time in ...Thomas M Disch Telegraph.co.ukThomas M. Disch, 68; prolific science-fiction author Los Angeles TimesThomas M. Disch | 1940-2008 Catastrophes blamed for author's suicide Columbus DispatchEntertainment Weekly - San Francisco Chronicleall 438 news articles
- Karadzic: The butcher was also the healer - Independent
The Father Christmas beard, the knotted ponytail and the smeared glasses have gone. Radovan Karadzic, freshly clean-shaven, now sits in his cell, reading the Bible obsessively. In the past week, the two lives he kept separate for 12 years have been ...
- The Sunday Times/Faber Literary Quiz - Times Online
Send your answers on A4 paper, together with your name and address in block capitals, to The Sunday Times/Faber Literary Quiz, 3 Queen Square, London WC14 3AU. Entries must be received by 6pm, on September 26, 2008. Employees of Times Newspapers or ...
- On dimensions of ‘lyricality’ in times of war - Groundviews
On dimensions of ‘lyricality’ in times of warGroundviews, Sri Lanka - 1 hour agoWhat I see here is a loose bandying of terms, without substance, uncritical and with extrapolation that is perhaps good for poetry but irresponsible, ...
- Poets hold audience spellbound - Khaleej Times
Poets hold audience spellboundKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 3 hours agoThe annual mushaira (poetry reciting evening) that has become a welcome and eagerly-awaited feature of the cultural life of the Indian community, ...
- Events in Westchester (New York Times)
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- On This Day in History: August 1 A Giant of American Literature - Brooklyn Daily Eagle
On This Day in History: August 1 A Giant of American LiteratureBrooklyn Daily Eagle, NY - Aug 1, 2008Some poetry, a satire, and a handful of short stories were all that were left in him. His popularity dwindled until he had to publish his last works at his ...
- N.S., Toronto poets win League of Canadian Poets honours - CBC News
Poets from Antigonish, N.S., and Toronto won awards from the League of Canadian Poets this weekend. Antigonish writer Anne Simpson won the $1,000 Pat Lowther Memorial Award on Saturday for her latest collection, Quick . The award celebrates the best ...
- Fundraiser makes kids 'stars for the day' - The Courier News
Fundraiser makes kids 'stars for the day'The Courier News, IL - 5 hours agoShe loves writing poetry, short stories and plays. She plans to major in theater or creative writing and eventually transfer to Northern Illinois University ...
- Chicago's Tony haul - Chicago Sun-Times
It was an all but foregone conclusion that the 62nd annual Tony Awards ceremony from New York’s Radio City Music Hall Sunday night was going to be a grand affirmation of Chicago theater. Only two questions loomed: First, how many of the seven ...
- An Avant-Gardist?s Sparse Stories, in Film and Fragments (New York Times)
A traveling exhibit at M.I.T. offers a good opportunity to assess what Chantal Akerman, a hero of the avant-garde cinema, has been up to over the last decade.
- Neighbors roundup - Arizona Daily Star
Neighbors roundupArizona Daily Star, AZ - 1 hour agoStudents learn about the water cycle, plants and animals and incorporate those lessons into art and poetry. The contest is open to kids who have completed a ...
- Gowdy's Helpless wins Trillium Book Award (CBC)
Barbara Gowdy is one of the newest winners of Ontario's Trillium Book Awards, announced at a midday ceremony in Toronto Thursday.
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