Poetry news via Google, MSN, and Yahoo!
- Palestinian ‘Poet of Conscience’ Dies at 67 (St. Petersburg Times)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people’s experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston. He was 67.
- Top Writers to Appear At First Ever Literary Leicester Festival - NewsBlaze (press release)
Top Writers to Appear At First Ever Literary Leicester FestivalNewsBlaze (press release), CA - 2 hours agoAnthony Thwaite will also read a selection of his own poetry. Crime writer and Royal Literary Fund Fellow at De Montfort University Jane Adams will discuss ...
- Seamus Heaney - guardian.co.uk
Seamus Heaneyguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoHe wrote a few lines to explain his objection to inclusion in the 1982 Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry: 'Be advised, my passport's green/ No ...
- The Art of Politics - Newsweek
NewsweekThe Art of PoliticsNewsweek - 39 minutes agoSafely out of office in 1995, former president Jimmy Carter published a book of poetry on subjects ranging from childhood reminiscence ("Of Possum and ...
- Notable books to look for (The Indiana Gazette)
To mark this past week's third anniversary, Aug. 29, 2005, of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, three new books of poetry reflect the storm and its aftermath.
- Radovan Karadzic took holidays in Croatia.. the country he made war on - Glasgow Daily Record
Radovan Karadzic took holidays in Croatia.. the country he made war onGlasgow Daily Record, UK - 1 hour ago"It looked like a religious book or maybe poetry. One of them shouted at him to remove his fake beard and he looked blank and muttered something. ...
- Draft dodging in West Quebec - Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa CitizenDraft dodging in West QuebecOttawa Citizen, Canada - 9 hours agoHe was the stereotypical hippie, a Cleveland, Ohio, lad with hair halfway to his backside, a desire to "get back to the land," a calling to write poetry and ...
- Singer Eric Benet's latest work pays homage to R&B - MLive.com
In many ways, R&B singer Eric Benet's latest album, "Love & Life," is a walk down memory lane. Benet wanted to pay tribute to the various eras of R&B on his new project. "I knew that I wanted to make an album that almost felt like an homage to R&B ...
- Celebrating National Poetry Day 2008 (Peterborough Today)
Wordsmiths from Werrington and poets from Paston are being urged to pick up their pen and write their own verse for National Poetry Day. (09/10/2008)
- Beatnix closing doors today with final 'bash' - Waco Tribune-Herald
It served a good cup of coffee and welcomed artists to show or sing their creations, but Beatnix ends its run today. The funky, eclectic joint at North 19th Street and Lake Shore Drive had survived since September 2005, but a combination of economic ...
- Concert picks - St. Petersburg Times
Handout photo Well, I guess it would be nice to look back on George Michael's career and remember his talents as a pop songwriter and vocalist first and foremost. Unfortunately, he's been featured in more tabloid headlines than music news over the ...
- Poet Dannie Abse on how writing helped him through grief - Times Online
Times OnlinePoet Dannie Abse on how writing helped him through griefTimes Online, UK - 17 minutes agoNow it is the memory of Joan, an art historian and biographer, and his desire to celebrate their lives together in poetry that drive his creative energies. ...
- A G.O.P. Convention Bleg - New York Times Blogs
I am heading to Minneapolis-St. Paul tomorrow to spend a couple days at the Republican National Convention on behalf of the new public-radio show The Takeaway . Obviously the shape of the convention depends a great deal on the route of Hurricane ...
- Nirvana at the Newberry Book Fair - Chicago Tribune
The best way to spend a summer day? Glad you asked: Let us suggest the 24th annual Newberry Book Fair, held within the blessedly air-conditioned confines of one of the most austerely beautiful buildings in Chicago, the Newberry Library at 60 W ...
- Fat Man Squeeze - Birmingham News
Location Alabaster Alexander City Alpharetta Anniston Atlanta Bessemer Birmingham Brownsboro Calera Center Point Chelsea Collegeville Crestline Cullman Decatur Ensley Enterprise Fairfield Fairhope Florence Forest Park Fultondale Gadsden Gardendale ...
|
|
Mortgage Quote
Second Mortgages
Mortgage News Archives
|