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- Abu Dhabi culture projected in Shawati magazine (AME Info)
The fourth issue of the Shawati magazine, which specialises in Abu Dhabi culture, was released featuring the Arabic and English editions in one print.
- The Erotic, the Political, and the Personal (The New York Sun)
The Surrealist writer André Breton once declared that beauty would have to become convulsive, otherwise it would cease to be. As if in late vindication of this injunction, the paintings of Dawn Mellor set off a strange chain reaction of anger and lyricism. She is an artist driven by both sociopolitical protest and ambiguous, personal longings, linking her to Surrealism. Her paintings are at the ...
- Teaching ‘poetry slam’ (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Workshop will meld contemporary poetry with modern energy
- Iraq: The Love Stories Are Gone - Antiwar.com
Iraq: The Love Stories Are GoneAntiwar.com, CA - 4 hours ago... is no longer good for love," Maki al-Nazzal, political analyst and poet, told IPS. "All Iraqi poetry under occupation is now about death and separation. ...
- Karadzic arrested - ScienceBlogs
BBC NewsKaradzic arrestedScienceBlogs - 9 hours agoHe had been indicted by the UN tribunal for war crimes and genocide over the 1995 massacre at Srebrenica. Perhaps his poetry will get better once he starts ...Video: War crimes suspect Karadzic arrested in Serbia RussiaTodayall 2,093 news articles
- Dot McDonald - a rising star - Madison Times
Dot McDonald - a rising starMadison Times, WI - 51 minutes ago“What I love about acting is that you get to be what you’re afraid to be in real life,†Dot says. “If someone says something to me that hurts my feelings, ...
- On Poetry: Rhythm washes up in waves (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Here's a question for summer: When the tide goes in and out, when the waves wash up in rhythm, why is it that most contemporary poetry doesn't have a regular rhythm, doesn't rhyme and often doesn't tell a story? What's the pleasure in that? I've been asked this question a lot.
- As Courant Reporter, She Covered 1944 Circus Fire - Hartford Courant
As Courant Reporter, She Covered 1944 Circus FireHartford Courant, United States - 58 minutes agoA direct descendant of a 19th-century Hartford Courant printer and publisher, she reported on the 1944 Hartford circus fire, and was involved with local ...
- Trevor Pinnock and the European Brandenburg Ensemble - Washington Post
Twenty-five years ago, Trevor Pinnock made a landmark recording of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with the English Concert, the period-instrument ensemble that the English conductor and harpsichordist would go on to lead for decades more. Archiv, the ...
- First Night: Grace Jones, Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall ... - Independent
First Night: Grace Jones, Meltdown Festival, Royal Festival Hall ...Independent, UK - 2 hours agoHer face melts and stretches like the liquid metal cyborg from Terminator 2, as thumping tribal bass backs her android poetry. It’s an apt opening for one ...
- Outfront and center: Bad poetry returns! (The Charlotte Observer)
When the Observer's Doug Robarchek retired in 2005, the humor columnist known as the Outfront Guy single-handedly caused a citywide shortage of cheesy jokes that make you laugh in spite of yourself. For readers who've been jonesing for an Outfront fix ever since, great news: A new book, “The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of OutFrontery,†($14, Main Street Rag). Most of ...
- Sarah Slean back from the - Jam! Showbiz
Sarah Slean back from theJam! Showbiz, Canada - 8 hours agoAnd that, needless to add, is what keeps this sensitive artist going, expressing herself not only through music but also through poetry. ...
- Phoebe Snow to record live album at Bearsville Theater July 30 and 31 - Times Herald-Record
On the heels of Todd Rundgren’s July 28 performance, jazz/scat singer Phoebe Snow will record a live album at Bearsville Theater on July 30 and 31. Known for her 1975 hit “Poetry Man,†Snow’s previous appearance at the theater was last year ...
- Flying through life's regrets - San Jose Mercury News
Flying through life's regretsSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 13 minutes agoAfter Ford's daughter is born, his wife, also a poet, pushes him to give up poetry. " 'You're a father,' " she said, as if drawing an impenetrable line ...
- On the Shelf: Photos, prose pay homage (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Three recent coffee table books relating to northern Michigan are impressive in their scope.
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