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- Because Elections Are Determined by the Median Voter - New York Times Blogs
The folks at the Census Bureau have just finished compiling the most recent data on income distribution. I’m betting that the following chart will get a lot of political play: Yes, median real household income was lower last year than in 2000. And ...
- G-G finds a Darling landscape worth championing - Age
THE Darling River, that unreliable and much misused serpentine chain of waterholes, may have found a friend in the highest position in the land at the very time it is in direst need of a champion. Australia's new Governor-General, Quentin Bryce ...
- Bumper crop of candidate slogans - Kansas City Star
Bumper crop of candidate slogansKansas City Star, MO - 9 hours agoA memorable slogan, and one with impact, represents the gist of the campaign and does so with poetry, rhythm, even imagery, said Bengtson, a longtime slogan ...
- Provocative Pacific prose - New Zealand Herald
When Robert Louis Stevenson died at 44 in his Samoan home, half a world away from his birthplace of Edinburgh, he left a remarkably diverse body of work. In fewer than two decades he turned out popular romantic novels (among them Kidnapped and ...
- City of Corners by John Godfrey - Bookslut
City of Corners by John GodfreyBookslut, IL - 3 hours agoAssociated with the New York School of poetry and being a long time resident of Manhattan’s East Village, Godfrey is a master of writing city poems. ...
- Photographs by André Kertész On View at the Portland Museum of Art - Art Daily
Photographs by André Kertész On View at the Portland Museum of ArtArt Daily - 18 hours agoAndré Kertész: On Reading is a collection of 104 black-and-white photographs that highlight Kertész’s signature style of visual poetry and choreography in ...
- Ted Solotaroff, 79, Mensch of Letters - Forward
ForwardTed Solotaroff, 79, Mensch of LettersForward, NY - 19 minutes agoAt the time of his death, Solotaroff was working on the third volume, which would have included his years as a literary and cultural figure. ...
- Act I puts musical spin on classic play - Lamron
Act I puts musical spin on classic playLamron, NY - 4 hours agoAlong with performances like Radi's, they may also consist of poetry readings, full-length play performances, or anything else related to the performing ...
- Siblings found a home in sports, made history in face of racism - Globe and Mail
Siblings found a home in sports, made history in face of racismGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoOther headlines read like cruel poetry: Egotist Jerome Needed Defeat, and There Were Few Tears For Jerome. One critic wrote that he had pulled a muscle - in ...
- West Texas Poetry Fest debuts at festival - Abilene Reporter-News
West Texas Poetry Fest debuts at festivalAbilene Reporter-News, TX - 1 hour ago“We hope people will come out to hear what local poets are writing these days,†said Glenn Dromgoole, who is co-chairing the festival with Abilene Christian ...
- Activists gather for European Social Forum - Earthtimes
Stockholm - Globalization, labour, women's rights and curtailing corporate power were among issues being discussed at a meeting of civil society groups that opens Wednesday in the southern Swedish city of Malmo. Organizers anticipated some 20,000 ...
- Poetry reading Tuesday at library - San Jose Mercury News
Poetry reading Tuesday at librarySan Jose Mercury News, USA - 12 hours agoFormer Alameda poets will return to the Island Wednesday for a special poetry reading at the Alameda Main Library, corner of Oak and Lincoln. ...
- Author Spotlight: Lawrence Berger of Henrietta - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Author Spotlight: Lawrence Berger of HenriettaRochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - 7 hours agoAdmission is free. (585) 260-9005. Inspiration: I read various chapbooks and poetry anthologies because it's good to know what's out there, ...
- Book Review - Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin by Herb Boyd (Blogcritics.org)
Boyd pulls at the Baldwin self-doubt scab -- born black, gay, poor and ugly, not the most auspicious start in life. James Baldwin fascinates and is fascinated with Harlem. The confluence of writer and city meet in Baldwin novels, but not in the majority of them, as most readers might expect. That is the subject of the new book by Herb Boyd. The author knows Baldwin, knows Harlem and knows ...
- Author of ‘lad lit’ kicks off festival (Oldham Chronicle)
POETRY, plays, stories and artwork will all take centre stage during the Oldham Literature Festival.
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