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- Desire: A dangerous flame - Independent
Desire: A dangerous flameIndependent, UK - 3 hours agoYet most things in life have a prosaic meaning and a poetic meaning, and there are times when only poetry will answer. For me, when I have trusted my desire ...
- Election fever fires up U.S. retirees in Mexico - Reuters
AJIJIC, Mexico (Reuters) - In a cobblestone Mexican town a world away from Washington, election fever is tearing American retirees away from quilt-making and bridge games as they scramble to mail home presidential ballots. Thousands of retired U.S ...
- Giving verse a voice (The News Journal)
On a Saturday night in October, the street sounds of downtown Wilmington reverberate beyond the walls of Genelle's Cafe on Market Street, while the restaurant's back room plays host to lush and provocative words, spoken by some of the area's most...
- Wisdom: The wonders of water - Marconews
Wisdom: The wonders of waterMarconews, FL - 1 hour agoIt is a major constituent of all living matter and is often used as a symbol of both life and spirit in poetry. Being odorless, colorless and tasteless, ...
- Black Nativity'' opens throughout Triad - Carolina Peacemaker
God’s love is absolute and unconditional, so the nativity story is meant for all of humanity. Nonetheless, a universal truth can be given new pointed relevance and urgency when it is made culturally specific, while it doesn’t lose any of its ...
- I thought I'd found new love after my beloved husband's death ... - Mail on Sunday
I thought I'd found new love after my beloved husband's death ...Mail on Sunday, UK - Sep 20, 2008It was a Brazilian-themed evening so I wore a green and gold raw silk frock coat, a dress from the inspirational Beatrice von Tresckow and a specially made ...
- Author cancels tour, including UR appearance - Inrich.com
Australian writer John Kinsella has cancelled a book tour of North America, including an Oct. 6 appearance at the University of Richmond, according to a news release from UR. Kinsella -- who has published more than 40 books of poetry, fiction ...
- Searching for ghosts of Grandpa's Berlin - Toronto Star
Searching for ghosts of Grandpa's BerlinToronto Star, Canada - 3 hours agoThey lived together, reading poetry and talking politics. When Hitler came to power, the Berlin Grandpa knew died. Books were burned, artists who could, ...
- Allied Arts Awards 19 Arts Build Communities Grants Recipient Organizations Offer Diversity of Activities (The Chattanoogan)
The Choral Arts Society of Chattanooga will present a concert paying tribute to the works of Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn, and the Scottish Society of Chattanooga presents an evening of Scottish heritage and entertainment to celebrate the 250th birthday of poet Robert Burns in just two of the 19 projects awarded $23,001 in grant funds through Allied Arts and the Arts Build Communities program.
- Poetry Foundation names children's laureate, humor winner - Seattle Times
Poetry Foundation names children's laureate, humor winnerSeattle Times, United States - 3 hours agoGoldbarth, 60, Chicago-born but now living in Kansas, has written 25 poetry collections and twice won a National Book Critics Circle Award. ...
- Obama’s win in US echoes Kennedy campaign, novel - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Obama’s win in US echoes Kennedy campaign, novelTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 14 minutes agoThe parallels with African-American Obama seemed clear, and so I forecast a narrow victory for him, but one propelled by youth and minorities. ...
- Q&Q’s Books of the Year - LIVE! - Quill & Quire
Q&Q’s Books of the Year - LIVE!Quill & Quire, Canada - 22 hours agoThere’s hope for the Canadian poetry scene yet. Squabbling... Bobby: My son is a huge Potter fan and he is the one that got me interested in the Rowling ...Depressed economy not all bad news for publishers Quill & Quireall 6 news articles
- Not-Quite-Flying Nuns, and Other Salvaged Skits (New York Times)
Long before he became an unlikely movie star, Dudley Moore made his mark teaming up with the comedian Peter Cook in a BBC series called ?Not Only ... but Also.?
- Antresol cafe, a downtown hangout for intellectuals and book fans - Kyiv Post
Antresol cafe, a downtown hangout for intellectuals and book fansKyiv Post, Ukraine - 21 hours ago... more book cafes in the nearest future, offering not only an impressive selection of books, but also writers presentations and poetry readings there. ...
- Off the shelf: Bookslut talks to Miriam Toews, meet Al Gore's ... - National Post
Off the shelf: Bookslut talks to Miriam Toews, meet Al Gore's ...National Post, Canada - 1 hour agoPoetry's not dead, apparently it just went online. The UK-based Poetry Archive, which hosts recordings of poets reading their work online, is apparently ...
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