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- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 (USA Today)
Mahmoud Darwish, the world's most recognized Palestinian poet, whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and infighting, died on Saturday in Houston, Texas. He was 67.
- Youth cultural restoration tour kicks off - Indian Country Today
LOS ANGELES - A group of music-minded Natives who grew up in urban areas of the U.S. is embarking on a nationwide tour to promote healthy living and wellness among Native youth. The endeavor, called the Awakening the Warrior Spirit Tour, is aimed at ...
- Greek court considers Lesbos vs lesbians case - Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters Life!) - A Greek court is considering a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban use of the word lesbian as a term to describe gay women, a court official said on Wednesday. Three Lesbos residents brought the case ...
- India Across the World (Aspen Daily News)
India is a seductive enigma, leaving vivid, beautiful and tearful memories to those who cross her borders.
- Francis Quamina Farrier’s play set to open Guyana Cultural ... - Stabroek News
Francis Quamina Farrier’s play set to open Guyana Cultural ...Stabroek News, Guyana - 1 hour agoA colourful blend of live Caribbean music, pageantry, dance, drama and poetry, in addition to tasty Guyanese cuisine, will end the Carifesta X Folk Festival ...
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot - Egypt Today
2006 kicks off with a major cultural controversy as Ibrahim El-Moallem, a leading Cairo publisher and chairman of the Arab Publishers’ Union, leads publishers participating in the Cairo International Book Fair into open rebellion against the ...
- 'America's poets' take their place in the Hall - Nashville Tennessean
It wasn't hard for Tom T. Hall to answer the question he kept getting about why he wasn't in the Hall of Fame. And it isn't hard for him to answer the question he's gotten lately: "Why are you in the Hall of Fame?" Same answer, according to Hall: "I ...
- Personal Histories - Nation
Anyone doubting the prominent place that Polish poetry now occupies in the American literary landscape need only examine the books published these past few springs, the time of year when publishers large and small try to indulge readers' senses ...
- Byfield adds prose to dance for show - Missisauga News Online
June 12, 2008 02:48 PM - Kareem Byfield can't wait to show people his latest performance piece. The show, I Can't Wait , takes place Saturday at the Living Arts Centre's RBC Theatre. Byfield is particularly enthused to present the show because it's a ...
- Sunflower musicians play Mozart arias tonight - Topeka Capitol-Journal
Opera without singing will be part of tonight's final chamber ensemble concert at the Sunflower Music Festival. The penultimate performance of the 22nd annual chamber music festival includes a woodwind octet playing various arias from Wolfgang ...
- Review: Pentacle Theatre presents "Betty the Yeti" - WilliametteLive.com
WilliametteLive.comReview: Pentacle Theatre presents "Betty the Yeti"WilliametteLive.com, OR - Jun 2, 2008Erika Zuelke, who can make a pair of blue jeans look like poetry, plays his wife and matches him comfortably in the churlish banter that is the main thrust ...
- Nomination period extended for state poet laureate honor - NewsOK.com (subscription)
Nomination period extended for state poet laureate honorNewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 20 hours agoNominations will be accepted from universities, poetry societies and other cultural organizations only, not from individuals. ...
- Faizan-e-Faiz Celebration Stirs Northern California Literary Circles - Pakistani Newspaper
Faiz Ahmed Faiz, according to some literati belonging to my generation, was the finest Urdu poet since Ghalib. That statement in itself shows not only admiration but some partiality from the viewpoint of the Left, but this reporter stands by it, not ...
- Poetry without motion (The New Statesman)
The paintings of Vilhelm Hammershøi were derided in his lifetime for being stark and uneventful. To the modern viewer, however, they capture a mood of existential angst
- The house where Al Purdy lived is on the block (The Globe and Mail)
You can find his widow, Eurithe, on the roof, caring for the Eastern Ontario cabin in which her husband morphed from tortured writer to poetic icon
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