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- Nothing new about book award winner - Hampton Roads Daily Press
NEW YORK - Judges for the National Book Award honored a comeback Wednesday night, giving the fiction award to Peter Matthiessen's "Shadow Country," a thorough revision of a trilogy of novels from the 1990s. The 81-year-old author last won a National ...
- Upcoming: Local authors read their ‘Scary Stories’ - Katu.com
PORTLAND, Ore. - Grab a warm drink and gather around Wednesday to hear several of Portland’s renowned authors welcome the fall season by reading from their own "Scary Stories." Portland authors, Rodney Koeneke , Tom Spanbauer and Lidia Yuknavitch ...
- University Theatre to Stage American Opera 'Street Scene' (Kansas City InfoZine)
With a script by Rice, lyrics by African-American poet Langston Hughes and music by the German composer Kurt Weill, "Street Scene" was a groundbreaking opera and earned Weill the first Tony Award for best original score.
- Poetry, photography and plenty of room to grow (Peninsula Gateway)
Key Peninsula Middle School eighth-grader Gina Cabiddu, 14, displays the book “Celebrate! Young Poets Speak Out,” in which she had a poem published.
- Autism forum scheduled for today in Syracuse (The Post-Standard)
State Assemblyman Will Barclay will host an Autism Awareness Forum from 10 a.m. to noon today in Syracuse. Barclay, R-Pulaski, hopes to get feedback from families impacted by autism.
- First Love, the break/s and More Set for Public's 2009 Under the Radar Festival (Playbill)
The Public Theater has announced the line-up of new works that will comprise the fifth annual Under the Radar festival, which begins Jan. 7, 2009.
- Aloof Mbeki never won over masses in South Africa - San Diego Union-Tribune
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Thabo Mbeki is fond of packing his speeches with passages from Hamlet and Macbeth, so it is perhaps fitting his downfall had the hallmarks of a Shakespearean tragedy. Mbeki devoted his life to the African National Congress ...
- All Editorials Hail Pooneryn Achievement - Sri Lanka Army
Sri Lanka ArmyAll Editorials Hail Pooneryn AchievementSri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka - Nov 16, 2008Sarath Fonseka has delivered Pooneryn to President Rajapaksa as a birthday gift. The army chief is likely to make a Savannah of Kilinochchi for the ...
- Review: 'Goldengrove' takes an unblinking look at grief (Contra Costa Times)
So much seems tragic when we're teenagers: our appeal — or rather, the lack thereof — to the opposite sex; our embarrassing parents; a spectacularly bad haircut.
- Freddie Mac and Cheese - New York Times Blogs
Freddie Mac and CheeseNew York Times Blogs, NY - 20 minutes ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Faith Is Formed Over a Lifetime - Richmond Times Dispatch
Faith Is Formed Over a LifetimeRichmond Times Dispatch, VA - 4 hours agoAuthors of poetry and prose resolve many doubts while introducing others. The voices differ. The Old Testament and the New. Augustine. Aquinas. Luther. ...
- Community Group Breathes New Life Into Old Building - WTVF
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Volunteers, organizers and community leaders are working around the clock to turn a tattered building into a new theater. As part of "National Make a Difference Day" the building will be transformed into the Amun Ra Theater. It will ...
- Penderecki concert with a taste of Lutoslawski (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Philadelphia Orchestra would seem to be evolving a tradition of cryptofestivals. Last season, the orchestra held a Leonard Bernstein celebration that was more significant for having two Jennifer Higdon premieres. Now, "Happy Birthday Penderecki&q
- Chris Watson, Book Briefs - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Cruz never ceases to surprise. Recently, Carolyn Brigit Flynn "" Santa Cruz poet, essayist and writing group facilitator "" sent me a copy of "Sisters Singing: Blessings, Prayers, Art, Songs, Poetry and Sacred Stories by Women," which she ...
- Book Talk: Author Kathleen Norris find new life in "acedia" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
When writer Kathleen Norris came across the word "acedia" used by a 4th century monk she knew she was onto something -- the "bad thought" identified by early Christian monks that lost out to more physical sins.
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