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- My Point of View - Powhatan Today
My Point of ViewPowhatan Today, VA - 13 hours agoThe preparations for the joint prayer bespoke of the heritage of these grounds, both African-American and Native American, as the women stood side by side. ...
- This week a calendar for the bibliophile - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.comThis week a calendar for the bibliophileThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - 2 hours agoThe Greater New Orleans Fleur de Lis Chapter of the Louisiana State Poetry Society meets Saturday, 2-4 pm, at the Metairie Library, 2350 Metairie Road. ...
- 1,000 people forced to flee wildfire in Texas (The Washington Times)
A wildfire is burning in Killeen, Texas, and authorities evacuated an elementary school and about 100 homes.
- Can Barack Obama Make the Withering American Democracy Bloom Again? - Media For Freedom
Can Barack Obama Make the Withering American Democracy Bloom Again?Media For Freedom, Nepal - 12 hours agoDr Ergas is the author of five books, of which two are novels; he also wrote a large number of academic articles on African development, two dozen or so ...
- Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for 46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town for the chance to rub literary shoulders with British dramatist Tom Stoppard and other famous writers.
- indieWIRE INTERVIEW | "Mister Lonely" Director Harmony Korine (indieWIRE)
Much time has passed since Larry Clark discovered Harmony Korine skateboarding in Washington Square Park and hired him to write " Kids ." In its wake, Korine exploded into the mainstream as a radical artist with a bad boy streak.
- Elderly poet is well-versed in humor (Leader-Telegram)
Norma Desprez doesn't hide her age. She embraces it. The 88-year-old Eau Claire grandmother writes about her golden years in the new poetry book "Silhouettes of Aging: An Octogenarian's Retort."
- Writing Workshop Changes Students (Washington Post)
"Georgetown Day School, eight poems. . . . National Cathedral has two." Nancy Schwalb listed the schools and poems in the Parkmont Poetry Festival's 2007 25th anniversary book. "Edmund Burke has four," she said. "The Parkmont School has eight."
- The Politics of Heaven: America in Fearful Times - The Christian Century
The Politics of Heaven: America in Fearful TimesThe Christian Century - 1 hour agoIndeed, in the face of spectral fear, poetry may be exactly what we need. Yet even poets should convey compassion and connection. When Shorris denounces the ...
- Poets performing prose is the real prize - Toronto Star
Poets performing prose is the real prizeToronto Star, Canada - 19 minutes agoThe Griffin Poetry Prize holds a big payday for a couple of fortunate versifiers. But the previous night's reading – an evening-long recital that has also ...
- Interview: Sherman Alexie (Guardian Unlimited)
Sherman Alexie grew up on an Indian reservation and went on to become a bestselling novelist, comic and screenwriter. He hopes to produce 'the great American Indian novel'
- Workshops at Stockton target teachers willing to learn - Press of Atlantic City
Workshops at Stockton target teachers willing to learnPress of Atlantic City, NJ - 1 hour agoOther topics include poetry, pragmatism, mindfulness, social justice, birds and the Indian epic Baghavad Gita. Harvey Kesselman, new Dean of Education at ...
- Making beautiful music together - Edmonton Sun
Making beautiful music togetherEdmonton Sun, Canada - 2 hours agoHis romantic affiliation with another skilled songsmith, Colleen Brown, only made this effort more interesting. Suddenly there was something to bounce it ...
- Latitude festival under way - Eastern Daily Press
The purple sheep calmly munched the grass, and the strains of British Sea Power mingled with the voice of poet Carol Ann Duffy and the jokes of Simon Evans. It could only be the Latitude festival, back at Henham Park, near Southwold, for the third ...
- Portsmouth to revisit plan for nightclub in Old Towne - HamptonRoads.com
The city's planning commission split this week over whether to allow a venue with late-night entertainment to open in Olde Towne. Restaurateurs and club owners Terry Webb and Kelli Davis said they envision young professionals sampling tapas and ...
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