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- Jeff Biggers: Iran: Reading Tehran With Lolita (Time to Publish Iranian Writers) (HuffingtonPost)
While Azar Nafisi's bestselling Reading Lolita in Tehran, chronicled her efforts to teach forbidden Western literature, most Americans would be hard pressed to recall a single novel from Nafisi's native country.
- 9/11 was defining moment for this year's graduates - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
9/11 was defining moment for this year's graduatesPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 11 hours agoThe call was terminated and soon the world saw why -- including sixth-graders around the Alle-Kiski Valley, many of whom were torn from reading poetry and ...
- Library Lines - Livingston Daily
Library LinesLivingston Daily, MI - 8 hours agoCatch the Reading Bug: Poetry, puppetry, music, and more takes place at 10 am Thursday. Advance registration is required. Metroparks Planetarium: Learn ...
- Pakistan's firebrand music video - NDTV.com
Pakistan's firebrand music videoNDTV.com, India - 40 minutes agoPTI A poem opposing the policies of Pakistan's military ruler in the 1950s has been shaped into a snappy music video by two leftist activists, ...
- Understanding father (Minnesota Public Radio)
Poet Honor Moore created waves with her memoir that in part talks about the double life of her father Paul Moore, an Episcopal bishop. Paul Moore's bisexuality was an open secret in his large family and among some in his parish. In the process of writing and researching, Honor Moore found her feelings toward her father changed.
- Byfield adds prose to dance for show - Missisauga News Online
June 12, 2008 02:48 PM - Kareem Byfield can't wait to show people his latest performance piece. The show, I Can't Wait , takes place Saturday at the Living Arts Centre's RBC Theatre. Byfield is particularly enthused to present the show because it's a ...
- Book club confidential - City Pulse
City PulseBook club confidentialCity Pulse, MI - 45 minutes agoHe prefers experiential writing, and he believes that MFA programs amount to the industrialization of poetry and writing. “They should come with a product ...
- A pilgrim's progress - Haaretz.com
Ilana Blumberg must have felt a moment of bittersweet satisfaction when her autobiographical "Houses of Study" was shortlisted for the prestigious Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish literature earlier this year. Bittersweet, because although the nomination ...
- Support Veterans Memorial Ride - La Crosse Tribune
As you know, American veterans have selflessly protected and defended us throughout the years. Without them, we would not be able to enjoy the freedoms we have today. To honor our veterans, we are sponsoring a fundraiser in La Crosse on June 7 called ...
- Local People - Staunton News Leader
Local PeopleStaunton News Leader, VA - Jun 4, 2008She attends James Madison University’s annual Furious Flower poetry camp. She is the daughter of Linwood Bundy Jr. and Fontella Bundy and the granddaughter ...
- 4 Iowans among 34 sentenced for protests - Des Moines Register
Four Iowans were among 34 activists sentenced Friday for protesting the United States government’s treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The 34 individuals were sentenced in a Washington, D.C., courtroom on May 30 for their involvement in a ...
- When Poetry Got Difficult (Arts Journal)
"One has to wonder if poetry has any place in the 21st century, when music videos and satellite television offer daunting competition for poems, which demand a good deal of attention and considerable analytic skills, as well as some knowledge of the traditions of poetry.
- Connecticut Opera Presents Mozart's "Abduction From The Seraglio" - Hartford Courant
Far-off lands have long fascinated and inspired scholars, artists and the public — perhaps none so much as the "exotic Orient." From the 17th century on, the region — which included what we now call the Middle East — and its customs inspired ...
- Oe, Pamuk discuss influences of West - The Daily Yomiuri
Oe, Pamuk discuss influences of WestThe Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 1 hour agoPamuk: I'm excited about my friendship and solidarity with such a splendid novelist. In addition, being with Mr. Oe makes me realize that I shoulder a large ...
- THE DEVIL DANCES ON STAGE - Sydney Star Observer
Sydney Star ObserverTHE DEVIL DANCES ON STAGESydney Star Observer, Australia - 19 minutes agoI’d been performing solo in the performance poetry scene in London, which is a very peculiar little scene that takes place in about four pubs, ...
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