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- Time to consider Riel the poet (CBC Manitoba)
The myth surrounding Louis Riel is so powerful that it's difficult to consider him as a man or as a poet, says a writer who has translated the work of the Métis leader.
- Legendary Actor Paul Newman dies at 83 (Zap2It)
The blue-eyed star of 'The Hustler,' 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' was at home after a long battle with cancer Paul Newman, the legendary movie star and irreverent cultural icon who created a model philanthropy fueled by profits from a salad dressing that became nearly as famous as he was, has died. He was 83.
- Fallbrook Writers Read features new anthology on war - North County Times
Fallbrook Writers Read features new anthology on warNorth County Times, CA - 9 minutes agoThe featured reading will be following by an open-mic session for anyone eager to share his or her original short fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. ...
- 'Rock star' poet packs Library Auditorium - College of New Jersey Signal
'Rock star' poet packs Library AuditoriumCollege of New Jersey Signal, NJ - 1 hour agoThe poems presented a series of somber, yet humorous impressions, characterized by themes of love, sex, lust and urban life. The fragmentary lines, though ...
- Jay-Z and Wyclef rock the vote for Obama - The South Florida Times
Jay-Z and Wyclef rock the vote for ObamaThe South Florida Times, FL - 2 hours agoAmong them are the national economic crisis and a desire to support Obama because he is the first African-American Democratic presidential nominee. ...
- POETRY: Finding A Better Use - Brooklyn Rail
Brooklyn RailPOETRY: Finding A Better UseBrooklyn Rail, NY - 1 hour agoMany purely intellectual writers have produced lively sequences in which each poem uses lines and thoughts from the previous poem in a playful, ...
- Share-The-Love.net - All You Need Is Love - Killer Startups
Killer StartupsShare-The-Love.net - All You Need Is LoveKiller Startups, FL - 19 hours agoA site that bears an appropriate name, ShareTheLove is an online resource that collects expressions of love and poems from users spanning the whole world. ...
- Translator, poet champions medieval Persian verse (Stanford Report)
Dick Davis, perhaps the preeminent translator of Persian poetry ever, has completed "four very happy years" translating the Persian epic 'Vis & Ramin'. The book, 500 pages of rhymed couplets, was published earlier this year.
- Director Stone selling five Chinese paintings (Miami Herald)
Besides a keen interest in Vietnam, Oliver Stone is also a collector of Chinese art. The Oscar-winning American director, whose George W. Bush biopic W. hits theaters Friday, has commissioned Christie's in Hong Kong to sell five of his modern Chinese paintings, the auction house said in a statement.
- An under-rated giant - CricInfo.com
CricInfo.comAn under-rated giantCricInfo.com, UK - 13 minutes agoIt is more blessed to make a stirring 30 full of poetry-provoking strokes than to make a dogged half-century that might lead to a victory. ...
- SOU offers master's degree in teaching Spanish - Ashland Daily Tidings
Southern Oregon University will offer a master's degree in Spanish teaching, created for regional high school, middle school and community college teachers who may earn it in three summers spent studying language and culture in Ashland's sister city ...
- Film as a Human Song - Packet Online
Film as a Human SongPacket Online, NJ - 1 hour agoThe first is a form of theater and the latter is a form of poetry.†In Mr. Dorsky’s films, a thing often appears as an abstract shape or pattern before ...
- Scandal poet drinks champagne at his first outing this year - Herald.ie
Scandal poet drinks champagne at his first outing this yearHerald.ie, Ireland - 6 hours agoThe writer was in Donegal last week for the launch of a poetry festival sponsored by Failte Ireland. O'Searcaigh showed up unannounced at the annual Samhain ...
- Kimberley tale wins Premier’s fiction prize - The West Australian
Kimberley tale wins Premier’s fiction prizeThe West Australian, Australia - 6 hours agoOther winners included Hal Colebatch’s poetry collection The Light River, University of WA academic Antonio Buti’s biography Sir Ronald Wilson: A Matter of ...
- An Ecuadorean modernist whose paintings scratch the heart - MiamiHerald.com
An Ecuadorean modernist whose paintings scratch the heartMiamiHerald.com, FL - 12 hours agoFAU has also scheduled lectures, concerts and poetry readings and a film series to place GuayasamÃÂn's work within the broader context of contemporary ...
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