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- Wit sharp as a razor from a literate Frazier (Miami Herald)
LAMENTATIONS OF THE FATHER. Ian Frazier. Farrar Straus & Giroux. 208 pages. $22. Although our era is awash in comedy, literary humor has dwindled in recent years. Comedy Central updates our taste for political satire with every turn of the 24-hour news cycle. The current generation of stand-up artists has satiated our appetite for the transgressive by taking -- unwittingly, of course -- their ...
- SL Weingart: Give education back to teachers - TCPalm
SL Weingart: Give education back to teachersTCPalm, FL - May 9, 2008Our funky Shakespeare rhythm delighted the children, yet took them into a joyful understanding of Shakespeare’s poetry. This process is called motivation, ...
- CD reviews: Flutist Baum grows as composer, arranger (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Flutist Jamie Baum's music is a little larger than it seems -- in several ways. Her septet sometimes grows in size, and her music ranges from forward-looking jazz to semi-formal explorations of thematic ideas.
- Memory Transfigured by Spontaneity (New York Times)
The new Royal Ballet production of ?Dances at a Gathering? is strong on charm, but not excessively so.
- Listen to the prize-giving at the recent Griffin gala, as well as ... - CBC.ca
CBC.caListen to the prize-giving at the recent Griffin gala, as well as ...CBC.ca, Canada - 1 hour ago(Photo credit: Lynn Davis) This week’s podcast features recordings from the Griffin Poetry Prize event. Along with the awards presentations and acceptance ...
- Tales of fathers sail on in The Boat - Kansas City Star
Tales of fathers sail on in The BoatKansas City Star, MO - 1 hour ago“There’s an incredibly rich tradition of father/son literature, in long form as well as in poetry and in short stories,” Le said in a recent interview at ...
- Freaky, flippant Friday - Register-Guard
After suggesting that the county government begin building a 32-hour work force, many people told me they’d gladly trade less pay for perpetual three-day weekends. I didn’t ask if any of them already work for the county. Whatever your opinion ...
- Eppie's tri-ku: Poetry in motion (The Sacramento Bee)
Athletes at Eppie's Great Race on July 19 racked up the miles, while our tri-ku writers racked up the poetic meter. Betsy Rogalla leaves her canoe to run for the finish line. Dennis Lloyd hands off his bike to a volunteer as he finishes the race's cycling portion. A pack of runners leads the way along the American River bike trail.
- Students' presentations improve communication skills - Delaware News
Students' presentations improve communication skillsDelaware News, OH - 5 hours ago... Desaty read works of her original poetry, including Mr. Bunny Hop. Other students showed off their dance moves as part of a skit about a dance contest. ...
- United States Art Authority creates campus-area hang-out - Austin 360 (subscription)
United States Art Authority creates campus-area hang-outAustin 360 (subscription), TX - 1 hour agoThe Happening, which combined music, poetry, visual art and video, was a smash, and the sign remained on the building for the next events, so Bejarano and ...
- DON NOBLE: Writers tackle storms in first Pebble Hill book (The Tuscaloosa News)
Frye Gaillard, after a long career in freelancing and writing for The Charlotte (N.C) Observer, is writer-in- residence at the University of South Alabama. 'In the Path of the Storms' may be the twenty-third or so book by Gaillard, but it is a debut book for a new Alabama imprint. Pebble Hill at Auburn has for years been doing superb work in...
- SF Chronicle Political Writer Enthuses Over Cosmetic JFK/Obama ... - NewsBusters
SF Chronicle Political Writer Enthuses Over Cosmetic JFK/Obama ...NewsBusters - Jul 13, 2008Both Harvard-educated men wrote inspirational books, struggled with a perceived lack of experience, and a heritage (Catholic for Kennedy, African American ...
- Guru’s ties with Jahangir - Tribune
I READ the book review “ A vivid account of Guru’s martyrdom ” (Spectrum, Nov 11). The reviewer states that in the early days of his guruship, he had cordial relations with emperor Jahangir who had even donated the land on which the city of ...
- China's junk culture (BBC News)
China is an emerging superpower, but back in the 19th Century Brits were scathing of this alien culture.
- Greenspan Rewrites Aristophanes for World Premiere, 'Old Comedy', in NYC (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
Classic Stage Company presents the Target Margin Theater world-premiere production of Old Comedy from Aristophanes' Frogs by David Greenspan, based on - as the title would suggest - Aristophanes' 405 B.C. play Frogs, May 7-31 at CSC's East Village home.
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