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- Bare facts on Slasher in new book (Express and Star)
The first book on the Tipton slasher for 30 years has been produced in Sandwell. West Bromwich-based author Robert Davies, 54, has for his latest literary effort penned a 48-page book about the bare-fisted fighter and his work on the canals in the region.
- Palestinians bury poet in emotional funeral - International Herald Tribune
RAMALLAH, West Bank : Palestinians gave their national poet Mahmoud Darwish what amounted to a state funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, mourning a man who articulated their sense of loss, exile and defiance. Around 10,000 people ...
- Nudity's back - Guardian Unlimited
Detail from the album artwork in question. Full (NSFW) version at the link below... Earlier this week, hirsute folkster Devendra Banhart showed the world his wares on the artwork for Surfing, the debut album from his new side project Megapuss. Of ...
- The green thumb of Jack Blue - Augusta Chronicle
The green thumb of Jack BlueAugusta Chronicle, GA - 12 minutes agoHe enjoys writing poetry, and for 12 years, he designed custom Christmas cards, complete with a poem on the back. In December 1994, he wrote a poem called A ...
- WOMAN DROWNS IN SORROW OF MAN'S DRINKING BINGES - Yahoo News
DEAR ABBY: My ex and I have been dating since our divorce in 2000, trying to put things back together. But every six months or so, he comes to my house drunk and raises Cain in front of the kids. He never says he's sorry for anything he does or says ...
- Haiku contest returns — think ozone (The Kansas City Star)
Mowers be alert Until evening ozone haunts Keep your engines still The Mid-America Regional Council’s annual haiku poetry contest is back, and it’s all about reducing ozone.
- Godmother of Punk, Celebrator of Life - New York Times
Godmother of Punk, Celebrator of LifeNew York Times, United States - 22 minutes agoMs. Smith was born (in 1946), wrote poetry, made rock ’n’ roll history, changed the world, part of it anyway. “Dream of Life” tells some of that story, ...
- Sherman Alexie & Ballard - seattlepi.com Buzzworthy
seattlepi.com BuzzworthySherman Alexie & Ballardseattlepi.com Buzzworthy - 11 hours agoAlexie writes poetry and short stories in addition to his fiction and essays. He's working on the screenplay for "Absolutely True Diary" and revealed that ...
- Reining champion (The Standard-Times)
A 20-year-old horse with a history of a broken leg and metabolic disorders is unlikely to make it into a show ring, but Stephanie Miranda, 17, saw a winner in the old Morgan named Alex.
- Master of sex and sensibility - Age
Andrew Davies revels in revealing the racy underside of respectability, writes Stephanie Bunbury. ''I DON'T OBJECT TO THAT sort of slightly cartoonish description of me as 'the man who sexed up the classics'," says Andrew Davies blithely. We sit ...
- How should the Republican Convention be reacting to Hurricane Gustav? - Town Hall
We recall the words of the old popular song, "What a Difference a Day Makes; 24 Little Hours." In this political year, it was actually 38 hours, but the poetry is the same.
- A whale of a time in Berlin - New Zealand Herald
A whale of a time in BerlinNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 1 hour agoSo, in the midst of everything else that was going on in his musical life at the time, Benson came up with a song about whales and emailed it away to the ...
- A one-word response to Engdahl (Guardian Unlimited)
Giles Foden: Since its beginnings, American writing has been in dialogue with other literatures
- James Crumley; Inspired Generation of Crime Writers - Washington Post
Washington PostJames Crumley; Inspired Generation of Crime WritersWashington Post, United States - 13 minutes ago"You read him for his outlaw attitude, his rough poetry and his scenes, paragraphs, sentences, moments. You read him for the lawyer with 'a smile as ...
- Relaxing with a coffee, a book, and a pile - The Island (subscription)
The Island (subscription)Relaxing with a coffee, a book, and a pileThe Island (subscription), Sri Lanka - 13 hours agoDay 18: Walking along a road reading a novel of a rural community deeply riven by dark secrets, I walk into a lamppost and end up with a forehead deeply ...
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