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- New Arts Festival Linking Weimar and Shiraz Planned For 2009 - Deutsche Welle
New Arts Festival Linking Weimar and Shiraz Planned For 2009Deutsche Welle, Germany - 11 minutes agoThe word "divan" has passed into several western languages meaning a collection of poetry. This was inspired by the Divan of Hafez. ...
- Legendary director, Sydney Pollack dead at 73 - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa, has died. He was 73. Pollack died of cancer Monday ...
- Poet Edward Hirsch to read at the Arts Cafe (Westerly Sun)
Hirsch’s six previous books of poems won many prestigious prizes, including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Delmore Schwarz Award, and the Lavan Younger Poets Award.
- She won't go easy - Salon
She won't go easySalon - 3 hours agoPoetry vs. fear The Obama-McCain contest will hold up a mirror to America's soul. By Gary Kamiya Clinton and Obama on Al-Jazeera The Arab network has ...
- Wilson County News July 15, 2008 (Wilson County News)
‘My toes are never still!’ FLORESVILLE — Despite her youth, Kate MacLauren Ragan is an accomplished entertainer.
- Poetry and its public - Iowa City Press Citizen
Poetry and its publicIowa City Press Citizen, IA - 2 hours agoBut last year she decided to submit a poem to the city's "Poetry in Public" project. With that decision, Buchan ensured that it wasn't enough for her poetry ...
- World Refugee Day brings cultural events and a 'celebration of trades ... - Idaho Statesman
The celebration of World Refugee Day on Saturday at Boise Centre on The Grove will remind the community of the families who are now making their home in Idaho after leaving troubled spots around the world. Large numbers of refugees from Africa and ...
- Poetry column: Sneaky tactics behind mastering mirrors - Evening Sun
In part, most poets are chroniclers. They record truthfully, though maybe not realistically, the times in which they live. They couch their stories in metaphor and allusion. They compare and refer, rather than state directly. Poets hold before us ...
- Gowdy, Lee up for Trillium prize (CBC Toronto)
Barbara Gowdy and Dennis Lee are among the finalists for this year's Trillium Book Award.
- July 4 is more than a holiday - La Crosse Tribune
Another July 4 is upon us. In addition to fireworks, flags and hot dogs on this day, each one of us should take it upon himself or herself to read the Constitution and the first 10 amendments to it — the Bill of Rights. These are precious gifts ...
- Should We Feel Guilty For Enjoying Holocaust - Jewish Press
Should We Feel Guilty For Enjoying HolocaustJewish Press, NY - 2 hours ago“I have been struck repeatedly by the fact that much prose, poetry, visual art, and architecture representing the Holocaust is beautiful, ...
- A complete list of events today in Litchfield County, Greater ... - Waterbury Republican American
A complete list of events today in Litchfield County, Greater ...Waterbury Republican American, CT - 29 minutes agoAfter the parade there will be a family picnic at noon at Settlers Park on Crook Horn Road featuring food, music and activities for all ages throughout the ...
- Legislator Enters Literary World - WGRZ-TV
Legislator Enters Literary WorldWGRZ-TV, NY - 43 minutes agoBut, for all that time and longer, she's held a private passion for poetry, which she began writing as a school girl growing up poor in a family of 16 ...
- Britain's "lyrical terrorist" wins court appeal - CNBC
LONDON - A British woman who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" and wrote a poem about beheading a hostage, won an appeal against a criminal conviction in London on Tuesday. Samina Malik, 23, had been convicted last year of possessing documents ...
- What’s On - Independent and Free Press
What’s OnIndependent and Free Press, Canada - 9 hours agoLocal folk ravers Grande Fir, Devin and the Dark Light and AlleyCar will also bring their finest sets. The festival also includes whole roasted lamb, ...
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