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- Giller Prize shortlist: Emma Donoghue's historical heart - Xtra.ca
Giller Prize shortlist: Emma Donoghue's historical heartXtra.ca, Canada - 2 hours agoInspired by the diary of Anne Frank, she began writing poetry at age seven and by her teens it had become a get-it-down-now kind of compulsion. ...
- Farewell Mahmoud Darwish (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Very few poets become the voice of their nation and even fewer succeed in transcending that to become much more. Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was that rare bird who crossed many skies and horizons.
- A look at the best books for fall (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
List of upcoming fiction books is both broad and deep
- 'Veiled' meanings: MFA exhibit showcases Iranian traditions - U-Wire.com
Twenty-three haunting, large-scale paintings in muted tones are displayed prominently in the Fine Arts Center Gallery. The somber collection, titled "Veiled Presence," is the first featured collection of the master of fine arts thesis exhibitions ...
- Classy back-to-school books for kids - ScrippsNews
-- In "Off to First Grade" (McElderry/Simon & Schuster, $16.99), author Louise Borden uses poetry to capture the joy and nerves of heading into a new school year. Borden's free-verse poems are wonderfully readable, offering just the right touch of ...
- Beginner takes poetry prize - Times Online - Auckland
Times Online - AucklandBeginner takes poetry prizeTimes Online - Auckland, New Zealand - 43 minutes agoThe competition attracted 70 poems from 33 poets and was sponsored by the Gadd family. It continues Bernard Gadd’s support of poetry in the city. ...
- Rose bush to honor 106-year-old - Valdosta Daily Times
VALDOSTA  The Valdosta Timbuktu Biannual Celebration will honor 106-year-old Essie Allen Spruel at 10:30 a.m. today by planting a rose bush in the circle of John W. Saunders Park on River Street, says Grady Whitfield, Timbuktu executive ...
- Euripides Uncut: 7 Reasons to Read Grief Lessons: Four Plays by ... - Bookslut
Euripides Uncut: 7 Reasons to Read Grief Lessons: Four Plays by ...Bookslut, IL - 10 hours agoBecause you want to unravel the question of free will and determinism, once and for all. (“Euripides,†writes Carson, “seems inclined to lead us into the ...
- Bernard Haykel: Osama bin Laden gets poetic to draw in the faithful (Guardian Unlimited)
Bernard Haykel: In the battle to win Muslim hearts and minds al Qaida's leader is turning to poetry
- Jimmy Mallo and Poetic License (Hot Boxing News.com)
(SEPT 29) You rarely hear from the boxer who comes in second. If they talk at all it's generally to ask for a rematch. The winner is the one who does the interviews, has the good lines and, occasionally, throws in a back-flip for style points. The managers are another story.
- ‘Prize winner’ is a prize to read - Columbus Telegram
‘Prize winner’ is a prize to readColumbus Telegram, NE - 2 hours agoShe was the author of two books of poetry, and the writing half of TO Sylvester, a long-running cartoon in the San Francisco Chronicle. ...
- Behold The Patriot! - LeadershipNigeria
Behold The Patriot!LeadershipNigeria, Nigeria - 53 minutes agoThe Iyasele of Esanland added a streak of logic and poetry to his homily when he stated that - "In many ways, the fate of our president is tied to the fate ...
- Mick Imlah: master of versification - Times Online
Mick Imlah: master of versificationTimes Online, UK - 4 hours agoIf, as verse, Imlah’s writing has panache, as poetry it frequently has power to provoke or move. “Braveheart†tells of the adventure-cum-pilgrimage ...
- Pres. Lee Expresses His Agony to Inner Circle - Donga.com
President Lee Myung-bak has reportedly confessed his agony to his inner circle, as mass protests against American beef forced him to fire all of his presidential secretaries and back off from his key policies. A key confidante who wished to remain ...
- Words and lyrics by... Billy Steinberg - Mydesert.com
In the pantheon of great pop-rock songwriters, Billy Steinberg was a fortunate son. Growing up in Palm Springs in the late-1950s and '60s, Steinberg played Scrabble with Lucille Ball. Frank Sinatra showed him his train set. Steinberg's late father ...
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