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- Punjab to have 3 more museums - The Post
The PostPunjab to have 3 more museumsThe Post, Pakistan - 46 minutes agoThe provincial minister said the Heer Waris Shah had been translated into Urdu language whereas the poetry of Baba Fareed had been translated into Sindhi ...
- Black & white (Deccan Herald)
For the first time ever, the revised form of Karnataka Bhagawatha is published in full. The man behind this achievement is Holalkere R Chandrasekhar, writes Krishna Vattam.
- Gary Snyder Gets the Lilly - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Gary Snyder Gets the LillySeattle Post Intelligencer - Apr 30, 2008says Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry magazine and chair of the selection committee. The $100000 award is one of the most lucrative out there and no one is ...
- LITTLE MONKEYS AND FAIRIES HAVE A WAY OF ENDURING - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphLITTLE MONKEYS AND FAIRIES HAVE A WAY OF ENDURINGCalcutta Telegraph, India - 13 hours agoThe child born in Bengal is lucky. He is given a childhood that overflows with rhyme and poetry, from Khukumonir Chhara to Abol Tabol and Shishu Bholanath, ...
- Darwish, poet of the Palestinian cause, dies after surgery (Independent)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, is to get the equivalent of a state funeral in the West Bank following his death this weekend – an honour only previously accorded to the PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
- Ahmed Faraz’s death widely condoled - The News - International
Ahmed Faraz’s death widely condoledThe News - International, Pakistan - 22 minutes agoNawaz Sharif said that Ahmad Faraz not only supported the struggle against dictatorship, issue of civic movements or movement of lawyers through his poetry ...
- 'The Romance of Astrea and Celadon': The Hopeful Romantic - New York Sun
Director Eric Rohmer, now 88 years young, has suggested that his 2007 film "The Romance of Astrea and Celadon" may be his last. If so, it's a fitting send-off. While this soaring tale of flawed eternal love is not exactly the director's most ...
- Palestinian ‘Poet of Conscience’ Dies at 67 - St.Petersburg Times.ru
Palestinian ‘Poet of Conscience’ Dies at 67St.Petersburg Times.ru, Russia - Aug 11, 2008By Diaa Hadid AP GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people’s experiences of exile, ...
- He's armed with words - Herald Tribune
Tell Henry Rollins you are a Nickelback fan and prepare to be shoved out of the passenger seat. Proclaim your homophobia and warmongering and he will intellectualize the guts out of you. Rollins does not have much patience for narrow-mindedness ...
- William McClure Brown, 54: drew inspiration from Canada's north (Toronto Star)
William McClure Brown, a prolific Canadian painter and printmaker better known in Europe, has died in Britain of congestive heart failure. He was 54.
- Après Lewis - Wall Street Journal
Après LewisWall Street Journal - 4 hours agoBy DAVID SKEEL Recently a friend assured me that a book by a well-known evangelical Christian was the new "Mere Christianity." For an evangelical this ...
- Teaching and Learning - Chicago Tribune
There's plenty of name recognition, drama and money in the three-way race for Palm Beach County School Board District 5. Just what you'd expect from the campaign for the board's "Boca seat." Mark Hansen, the incumbent, is trying to win another four ...
- Evaristo chooses a bold colour scheme - Metro
MetroEvaristo chooses a bold colour schemeMetro, UK - 5 hours agoUnfortunately, people hear the word "poetry" and want to run a mile in the other direction. Working in prose for this subject hopefully means they will be ...
- Review: Joyce Carol Oates recycles tabloid drama (The Tennessean)
Some of Joyce Carol Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. My Sister, My Love, her 37th novel, is one of the wildest.
- The six forms of music - New Scientist
In his new book, The World in Six Songs , cognitive psychologist and former record producer Daniel Levitin argues that all music, from orchestral classics to thrash metal and tribal dance, can be grouped into just six categories: friendship, joy ...
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