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- Alexander Solzhenitsyn: 1918-2008 - San Francisco Gate
Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the reclusive icon of the Russian intelligentsia and chronicler of communist repression, died Sunday. He was 89. His son, Stephan Solzhenitsyn, told the Associated Press that his father died of heart failure in ...
- The last man in the world to believe in newspapers - The Australian
The last man in the world to believe in newspapersThe Australian, Australia - 14 minutes agoToo often, what our literary prize panels confuse with proper writing is just overwriting, and the problem is exacerbated by a salon of smug, sanctimonious, ...
- Melvin Dale Hawley (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
Mel passed away peacefully in the middle of the night on September 6, 2008, after a long battle with COPD. He was born in Newbury on April 11, 1935, and raised on a farm in the Sullivan area. Mel was the son of the late Mr. Arthur Hawley; his mother, Hattie Hawley, 95, lives in [...]
- Tom Stoppard's 'Rock 'n' Roll' at ACT (San Francisco Chronicle)
"This whole Czech thing about me has gotten wildly out of hand," Tom Stoppard said in a Paris Review interview 20 years ago, at a time when his work on behalf of Czech dissident writers was generating some press attention. "I wasn't 2 years old when I left...
- Every School Every Thursday -- Urbandale & Johnston - Des Moines Register
The Jensen students and staff, along with their families, enjoyed an evening at Pump It Up on Sept. 25. Pump It Up is a facility that features giant inflatables, which means a lot of jumping and a lot of fun. Students, parents, and even a couple of ...
- Minister's gift of poem keeps giving 32 years later - Knoxville News Sentinel
Minister's gift of poem keeps giving 32 years laterKnoxville News Sentinel, TN - 8 minutes agoHave love, have joy, have peace. Wiley I. Rutledge 7/16/76." "… Reading your column," the e-mail continued, "I see that all the dates and places match up ...
- OnMilwaukee.com Weekend Preview: July 25-27 (OnMilwaukee.com)
This weekend, it's Brewers, Bradford Beach Jam, Gallery Night and Day, The Police, German Fest, Armenian Fest, Brady Street Festival, the Great Downer Avenue Bike Race, Washington County Fair and more.
- Closing time at IV Lounge - Quill & Quire
Closing time at IV LoungeQuill & Quire, Canada - 9 hours agoFeaturing poetry and fiction from established and emerging writers, the IV Lounge series was launched by author Paul Vermeersch in 1998. ...
- Author's memory was overlooked - Morning Call
I was disappointed on July 22 that there was no mention in the paper that it was the 110th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent Benét, who was born in Fountain Hill on that date in 1898. Benét wrote classics such as ''The Devil ...
- Diversions for August 7, 2008 - Evansville Courier & Press
Diversions for August 7, 2008Evansville Courier & Press, IN - 1 hour agoOPEN POETRY NIGHT — featuring Jean Ann Kizer & Friends, 8 pm, Penny Lane Coffeehouse, 600 SE Second St. EVANSVILLE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY STAR WATCH — 8 pm, ...
- A Superhero and Adam Lives Set for NAMT Showcase; Festival Casting Complete (Playbill)
Casting is now complete for the industry-only 2008 NAMT Festival of New Musicals that will be presented at New World Stages Oct. 20-21 in New York City.
- Poster showcases Hispanic Heritage - NYSUT.org
NYSUT.orgPoster showcases Hispanic HeritageNYSUT.org, NY - 8 hours ago"I encourage everyone to learn more about the inspiring poetry of Julia de Burgos," said NYSUT Vice President Maria Neira. "She is a literary legend in the ...Caught on Camera NYSUT.orgall 2 news articles
- Independent book store enters final chapter - Daily Trojan Online
Independent book store enters final chapterDaily Trojan Online, CA - 8 minutes agoAnd of course, there's always that fat, grumpy cat sulking at the edge of the poetry section. "I always feel a bond with the other people inside of these ...
- Chris Matthews, former supervisor and owner of Poet and Patriot pub ... - Santa Cruz Sentinel
SANTA CRUZ - Chris Matthews, a former county supervisor for Pajaro Valley who founded the landmark Poet and Patriot Irish Pub, died Saturday after a bout with lung cancer. He was 61. Historian Geoffrey Dunn, Matthews' longtime friend and a fellow ...
- Truth-telling Solzhenitsyn remained great to the end (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
'Live Not By Lies!" thundered Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died Sunday at 89, in the uncannily wise, noble and thrilling statement he addressed to fellow Russians on Feb. 13, 1974.
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