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- Sunny Irvine mom is also a dark poet - Orange County Register
Victoria Chang is a loving Irvine mommy who often harbors dark thoughts. On the one hand, she has a perfectly sunny, optimistic, friendly personality, and likes hanging out with other Irvine mothers. But there's a deeper, more introspective side to ...
- More to Hadrian than a wall - Daily Telegraph
Far from the Adriatic being named after Hadrian - (H)Adriatic - Publius Aelius Hadrianus (Roman emperor ad?117-38) took his personal name from the Adriatic - or rather, from Hadria, the port in the Po delta after which the sea was named. The reason ...
- Poetic Justice: A dying artist finally gets recognized for his work (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Thomas Ondrey/PD Christopher Steele at Malachi House in July. The hospice was the nicest place he'd ever lived. • Read more about "outsider art." Editor's note: Reporters usually are careful to stay out of the action. They watch, listen...
- Palestinians bid farewell to their top poet (Roundup) - Monsters and Critics.com
Palestinians bid farewell to their top poet (Roundup)Monsters and Critics.com - Aug 13, 2008He had asked to be buried at the cultural centre, having dedicated his life to poetry and literature. His tombstone, unveiled on a hill outside the building ...
- in the groove - The Statesman
in the grooveThe Statesman, India - 4 hours agoThe group offers a mix of old and new music styles and the lyrics are quite philosophical, drawing from Perian and Urdu poetry. ...
- Pacific Market Center Hosts Gift & Home Accessories Show (The Gourmet Retailer)
Pacific Market Center will host the Summer Gift & Home Accessories Show, the Pacific Northwest's premier seven-day market event, August 13-19, 2008.
- 'Goldengrove' follows grief-stricken teenager (Akron Beacon Journal)
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. Nico, the 13-year-old protagonist of Francine Prose's new novel, experiences all that through the prism of true tragedy: the death of her golden, talented older sister, Margaret.
- Move well underway to save famous poet's County home - Belleville Intelligencer
The old A-frame that housed poet Al Purdy on the shores of Roblin Lake in Ameliasburg will soon be preserved and turned into a national heritage building. Jean Baird, who is spearheading the move, said the Al Purdy A-frame Trust has been established ...
- Bostonist Book Review: Figures and Figurations (Bostonist)
Figures and Figurations is the second most recent husband/wife book published by New Directions (the other being Autonauts of the Cosmoroute by Julio Cortazar and Carol Dunlop), and it's a worthwhile read: Marie Jose Paz made Cornell-styled collages for little over a decade, and then Octavio Paz wrote poems to, about, and for them, twelve in all. The result is this book, which is coming ...
- LOCAL UPDATE - Grand Forks Herald
LOCAL UPDATEGrand Forks Herald, ND - 44 minutes agoSend a poem of 21 lines or fewer to Free Poetry Contest, 7308 Heritage Drive, Mount Vernon, IN 47620. Or, enter online at www.freecontest.com. ...
- Author opens the door to reveal her own hidden world (The Woonsocket Call)
NORTH SMITHFIELD -- It’s a riveting story, how Michal Maoz has spun her intense suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome into a major triumph. Now a 35-year-old wife and mother to two teenagers, Maoz recently fulfilled a longtime dream of becoming a published author.
- Old Globe Will Reach Out to Students with New Hip-Hop Musical Kingdom in 2009 (Playbill)
The Old Globe in San Diego will produce the new hip-hop/rock musical Kingdom, with book and lyrics by Aaron Jafferis and music by Ian Williams, directed by Ron Daniels, for 14 performances, Feb. 12–22, 2009.
- Questions answered: dressage, colourful names and war poetry - Times Online
Times OnlineQuestions answered: dressage, colourful names and war poetryTimes Online, UK - 7 hours agoDuring the First World War did the French and German troops (and others) produce war poetry? The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry, ed Jon Silkin, ...
- Kapil Syllable - Kolkata Newsline
Kapil SyllableKolkata Newsline, India - 11 hours agoNo one’s comparing his verse with Milton and Sibal seems wholly unperturbed about opinions on his poetry. “I’m not bothered about literary appreciation. ...
- Ryan Adams, the Book - Gawker
The musician/experimental blogger is already publishing a book of poetry, and today's Page Six says he's "signed with indie Brooklyn house Akashic Books." Is it the same poetry book they're referring to—or a separate one? (Our e-mail to Adams ...
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