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- Quebec: A Canadian Occasion - TIME
Quebec: A Canadian OccasionTIME - 2 hours agoIf you come for the birthday party, stay for the city's charms. Within Old Quebec — a UNESCO World Heritage Site inside the walls of the city's old ...
- The Spectator Office is Decadent and Depraved - CU Columbia Spectator
The Spectator Office is Decadent and DepravedCU Columbia Spectator, NY - 16 minutes agoDone right, the stories should have poetry. And anything that can just as easily make adults cry and jump into each other’s arms deserves to be celebrated, ...
- Out of the blue - Manchester Evening News
Out of the blueManchester Evening News, UK - 16 minutes agoThe extracts comprise an eclectic mix of ideas and formats, including music, comedy, film, drama and poetry. On Thursday, award-winning Manchester-based Ben ...
- Four authors to read at Cooked and Eaten - Peterborough Examiner
Four authors to read at Cooked and EatenPeterborough Examiner, Canada - 6 hours agoShe has published two volumes of poetry: Lifeline (Guernica, 2001) and Laike and Nahum: A Poem in Two Voices (Inanna, 2007). ...
- 'A Tale of Two Brothers': Reaching Out from Beyond - Earthtimes (press release)
'A Tale of Two Brothers': Reaching Out from BeyondEarthtimes (press release), UK - 1 hour ago"Learn the true inspiration for Jim Morrison's songs and poetry that he never revealed on earth. Find out how Morrison really feels about the Doors' legacy ...
- Angelou tells grads to be courageous above all else (The Ithaca Journal)
ITHACA — The clouds over campus retreated and the sun warmed the backs of the audience Saturday as Maya Angelou reminded the Cornell University class of 2008 to be courageous as they look to the future.
- Ty: 'Hip-hop has no culture' - Independent
Ty: 'Hip-hop has no culture'Independent, UK - 1 hour ago"I'm coming to do my rap as poetry; so I'm not toning down the hip-hopness of my hip-hop experience," he says. "I'm rapping. I'm not doing spoken word in a ...
- Newly Named Poet Laureate Kay Ryan Ready To Assume Post - Post Chronicle
U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09. Ryan, a 63-year-old California native, is to begin her duties in the fall, opening the library's annual literary ...
- Browne jazzing up poetry - Stonnington Leader
Stonnington LeaderBrowne jazzing up poetryStonnington Leader, Australia - 1 hour ago"I've always been inspired by things outside of jazz, by literature and poetry," he said. "It is a brilliant French poem, written when he was about ...
- When poetry was king - Prague Post
When poetry was kingPrague Post, Czech Republic - 2 hours agoAs he wrote on the airplane that removed him from Prague in the poem “Král Majáles” (King of May), “And the Communists have nothing to offer but fat cheeks ...
- Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist - Wall Street Journal
On a sunny May morning, six plainclothes police officers, two uniformed policemen and a trio of functionaries from the state prosecutor's office closed in on a small apartment in Amsterdam. Their quarry: a skinny Dutch cartoonist with a rude sense of ...
- On issues, Obama poetry won't rhyme - Rockford Register-Star
Barack Obama is such a stand-up guy that he’ll stand up twice — once for each side of an issue. The poetry reading on change and hope is over. Now that he has to talk about real policy, there’s little rhyme in the rhythm. Take James Johnson ...
- Poetry column: Look again at 'weeds' around you - Evening Sun
The last workday of school for teachers is usually one of mixed emotions and lots of activity. The kids have all departed for their summer break the day before, and so the halls are filled with staff of all levels as the great purge begins. Projects ...
- Book Folks: Vaughn to visit G'town library (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Tennessee Poet-Laureate-for-Life Maggi Vaughn will visit the Germantown Community Library today and Monday, spreading the word about reading, writing and listening to poetry. Vaughn was named to the nonpaying, lifetime post in 1999, and since then she has traveled through the state and the country, turning a ceremonial appointment into a personal mission. As far as official duties are concerned, ...
- College program cuts eliminate appreciation of culture - Statesman Journal
College program cuts eliminate appreciation of cultureStatesman Journal, OR - 6 hours ago... Virgil's epic poetry — in Latin — to CS Lewis, who advised anyone seriously investigating Christianity to study the New Testament — in Greek — to Gen. ...
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