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- Stories for Life showcases enduring art at its finest (The Post and Courier)
In "The Meaning of Shakespeare," Harold Goddard writes that the destiny of the world is determined less by "the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in." Political winds blow themselves out in time; humanity's great stories endure. So will storytelling, even in the electronic age.
- For Chris Hedges on the Fourth of July - OpEdNews.com
I came across an article by well respected, supposedly left-leaning journalist, Mr. Chris Hedges, on common dreams.org , a "progressive" news site which I sometimes visit though I hate that label, and I felt compelled to respond to his hysterical ...
- Hinterland Who's Who - National Post
Hinterland Who's WhoNational Post, Canada - 18 minutes agoA new hope Few birds are held in higher esteem than the bluebird. In poetry and prose, the bluebird is always a symbol of love, happiness and renewed hope.
- Women’s Torah commentary a milestone publication - Canadian Jewish News
A 1,350-page scholarly tome released by URJ Press in December and now in its second printing, the book is a Chumash featuring commentary by more than 100 women rabbis and academics including Torontonians Rabbi Elyse Goldstein, rabbinic director of ...
- Axe victim escaped 'rage' of Sydney (Grenfell Record)
The policewoman whose young children were killed in an axe murder in Cowra yesterday was glad to have escaped the "rage" of Sydney, and dreamt of writing plays and poems and playing the saxophone.
- Pakistani music band enthralls fans in India's portion of Kashmir for ... - International Herald Tribune
SRINAGAR, India : A Pakistani band performed in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Sunday, a rare event for thousands of Kashmiris who screamed and joined in singing popular numbers. Salman Ahmad, the lead singer of Junoon, said he had been trying to ...
- Obama venturing onto Clinton territory - International Herald Tribune
Here are two web sites that Barack Hussein Obama, Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan don’t want you to see. Keep them for future reference and share them so everyone knows who Obama really is. I understand why you wrote this. I am an American and ...
- Leap of faith onto the international stage - Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, June 10 -- Three Chinese dancers spearhead California's Ballet San Jose tour of China this month and the young men are jumping for joy. "I am very excited about being back in China to perform with an American dance company for a Chinese ...
- Parma's Jigsaw Saloon marks 30 eclectic years - Cleveland Plain Dealer
PLAIN DEALER FILES THE WALLS HAVE MORE THAN EARS: The Jigsaw Saloon is a puzzle of unlikely things that add up to homey bar. Friday, the Parma bar celebrated 30 years of eclectic additions -- all kinds, to the walls, bar, menu and music -- with a ...
- A high-speed read (Guardian Unlimited)
Liberties can be taken, and sometimes have to be. One of the liberties that poetry takes, and that prose can't, is temporarily to break up or interrupt a sentence with a line ending.
- Carlin was as good as his words (Boston Globe)
It's 1972 in a bedroom somewhere in the endless flatness of suburbia. A phonograph needle drops on the last track of a much-played vinyl album, and a teenage boy cranes his ears once more, waiting for the voice to come through the crackle:
- Capital garden becomes focus for a celebration of poetry (The Scotsman)
ST ANDREW Square is to become a focus for poetry in the Capital as part of new initiatives put forward by the city council.
- Poetry and music outside of the box - Tonight South Africa
If you think Afrikaans music is way out there on the edge, think Afrikaans poetry set to music and know that performer Laurinda Hofmeyr had to make very specific choices. She knew from a young age that with such beautiful poetry around, she didn't ...
- Local wordsmith heads off to Vegas for poet of the year competition - The Herald Eastern Cape
Local wordsmith heads off to Vegas for poet of the year competitionThe Herald Eastern Cape, South Africa - 1 hour agoHe started writing poems in the mid-80s. “My poems are influenced by what is happening in society and the message I want to put across,” he said. ...
- Nightlife Calendar: 05/09/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Nightlife Calendar: 05/09/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 59 minutes ago... Poetry 7 pm third Mon., (Sept.-May), followed by open mic, bring poems to read and share, writing exercises available, bring eight copies of a poem to ...
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