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- Thanks, Mrs. Whitten - Morning Sun
Thank you for the article in “Patrick’s People†about Barbara Whitten as grand marshall of the Weir Homecoming Parade. In it she said she had no idea why they chose her. The criteria for the Weir Civic Club to pick a grand marshall is to Honer ...
- New indie publishers speak out optimistically in the face of decline - Los Angeles Times Blogs
From some quarters, it looks like publishing is in big trouble . But that's not enough to slow down editors with vision and inspiration. At the Emerging Writers Network , Dan Wickett interviews seven new independent publishers: Ellipsis Press , Hotel ...
- The Dying of Today at the Arcola - review - Telegraph.co.uk
The Dying of Today at the Arcola - reviewTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoThe playwright has coined a phrase - "The theatre of catastrophe" - to sum up his unremitting mission to show us the dark and terrible side of human ...
- ‘Grace Land' opens at VAC - Newport News Times
‘Grace Land' opens at VACNewport News Times, OR - 9 hours agoHis photographs have appeared in various publications, including Res Magazine and Editor's Choice II, Fiction, Poetry & Art from the US Small Press. ...
- Duo creates dark beauty - Waterloo Record
Waterloo RecordDuo creates dark beautyWaterloo Record, Canada - 8 hours agoThe pair first played around with the idea of using previously published poetry, but instead decided Murrell would write new text. ...
- Jaquet Droz sport line: Is it a sport watch when it costs over $10K? - CrunchGear
Jaquet Droz sport line: Is it a sport watch when it costs over $10K?CrunchGear, NY - 57 minutes agoIts design codes are like poetry: pure yet dynamic, vested with a timeless fascination. The dial is set in a 44 mm case made of black ceramic. ...
- Dame Vera Lynn praises Armed Forces - Surrey Comet
Dame Vera Lynn has spoken of her admiration for the Armed Forces as she launched a new anthology of poetry dedicated to and written by service personnel and their families. The 'Forces Sweetheart' paid tribute to their bravery and sacrifice as she ...
- Technically Incorrect - CNET News
So has everyone been wandering around your office, puffing out their hairless chests and declaring "I'm a PC" with pride? Thought not. Visible Measures , a company that measures viral-video activity, announced this week that the Gates-Seinfeld ads ...
- Peter Schjeldahl: Joan Miró at MOMA. (The New Yorker)
I want to assassinate painting,†Joan Miró is reported to have said, in 1927. Four years later, the Catalan modern master elaborated, in an interview: “I intend to destroy, destroy everything that exists in painting. I have utter contempt for painting.†(He is quoted, along similar lines, as having put . . .
- Guelf by Mick Imlah - Guardian Unlimited
Love moves the family, but hate makes the better soldier; why would the boxer scatter his purse, sell up his soul, be Ugolino evermore, for the soft-hard piece of his rival's ear - were it not for the lovely taste of hate; if it didn't award him a ...
- Background Note: Djibouti (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 21,883 sq. km. (8,450 sq. mi.); about the size of Massachusetts. Cities: Capital --Djibouti. Other cities --Dikhil, Arta, Ali-Sabieh, Obock, Tadjoura. Terrain: Coastal desert. Climate: Torrid and dry.
- Program teaches residents how to manage money (St. Joseph News-Press)
Valerie Porlier-Smith is good with people, art and poetry. It’s the left-brain stuff she struggles with  like budgeting, prioritizing and money management.
- The Assholes of Assus: An Homage - Bookslut
The Assholes of Assus: An HomageBookslut, IL - 2 hours agoThe American practice of poetry is paid for in blood -- literally. And that’s not something people want to hear -- nor is it much under anyone’s control. ...
- Old Globe adds hip-hop play to roster and to outreach program - San Diego Union-Tribune
It's been a breakthrough year for hip-hop in theater. In June, the propulsive “In the Heights†won the Tony Award for best musical; locally, La Jolla Playhouse staged “The Seven,†a bold fusion of rap and Greek tragedy. Now, the Old Globe is ...
- Chinese creeps in on Korean language birthday (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
As South Korea celebrated on Thursday the birth of its writing system, one of the country's leading school districts said it thinks its students should spend more time learning Chinese characters.
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