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- Arrested American woman felt the tug of Iran (Los Angeles Times)
Esha Momeni was playing with fire when she returned to Tehran from Southern California to work on a project about women's rights. She escaped an unhappy marriage and the restraints of a traditional society, finding solace in poetry and a calling in women's rights activism in the West.
- Letters to the Editor: (Berkeley Daily Planet)
I was clearly misquoted by your reporter in the article about the dispute around the Thai Temple’s permits. Part of what you printed is not what I said, does not reflect my opinions and I want to distance myself from this very clearly.
- Author embraces the hectic life (The News & Observer)
Julianna Baggott's home office is, by her own description, "a disaster area." She confesses to being "a horrible mess."
- Young word-wizards weave their magic - East Anglian Daily Times
The Aldeburgh Poetry Festival started, as is traditional, with prize-giving for the Suffolk Young Poets Competition. Steven Russell was there to enjoy the work of a talented bunch Anyone who thinks poetry is airy-fairy and has no relevance to the ...
- National Endowment for the Arts Presents Sixth Annual Poetry ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
National Endowment for the Arts Presents Sixth Annual Poetry ...7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY - 45 minutes agoWashington, DC -- The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will host the sixth annual Poetry Pavilion from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the National Book ...
- No furor at local reading of controversial "Medina" - Seattle Times
Spokane author Sherry Jones held a reading and discussion at the University Bookstore in Seattle Thursday evening. Back in August, first-time author Sherry Jones, of Spokane, made worldwide headlines with her controversial book because some feared it ...
- We have 50 words for ‘love’ – and we risk losing them all - The National
We have 50 words for ‘love’ – and we risk losing them allThe National, United Arab Emirates - 45 minutes agoFor centuries, Arabic poetry was the most respected form of communication in the Arab world and beyond. For this reason it is not uncommon in the UAE to ...
- Ryan Adams Announces Cardinology LP, Adds Dates (Pitchfork)
Cardinology is the silly title of the forthcoming LP from Ryan Adams and the Cardinals , due October 28 on Lost Highway . The new disc, described by people who would like you to buy it as "a concise and focused collection of twelve unadorned gems," will be preceded by a single for "Fix It" on September 23. Closing track "Stop", meanwhile, will appear in a September 30 episode of the ...
- Religion Calendar: 11/15/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Religion Calendar is published weekly by the Traverse City Record-Eagle. Information may be mailed to Record-Eagle, P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685; fax to 946-8632; e-mail gmurray@record-eagle.com . Items should be sent at least two weeks in advance.
- 'Doctor Atomic' set to explode across the big screen - Anchorage Daily News (registration)
'Doctor Atomic' set to explode across the big screenAnchorage Daily News (registration), AK - Nov 13, 2008Peter Sellers, who wrote the script, has filled it with pre-existing poetry, like John Donne's sonnets. This gives Adams the chance to let the soloists have ...
- Fresh awards for young writers - Berwick News
Fresh awards for young writersBerwick News, Australia - 3 hours agoThe three categories included creative writing, poetry and lyrics and English as a second language. The competition attracted more than 70 entries from ...
- Surrealist, critic and charming pessimist - The Australian
Surrealist, critic and charming pessimistThe Australian, Australia - Oct 20, 2008JAMES Gleeson, who has died a month before his 93rd birthday, was one of Australia's most important and respected artists and our leading exponent of ...
- A novel that revisits ‘the awful past' of the Okanagan - Globe and Mail
Globe and MailA novel that revisits ‘the awful past' of the OkanaganGlobe and Mail, Canada - 3 hours ago“I'd circled it with poetry for 40 years and a book of short stories,†he continues. “But the memoir jarred the larger story loose in me, and it was time to ...
- Top talent line up at Irish women's group - Irish World News
IRISH journalist and feminist, Nell McCafferty, will visit the London Irish Women’s Centre (LIWC) at Toynbee Hall in east London on Saturday October 25 to help celebrate its 25th anniversary. McCafferty, renowned for her outspoken approach, will ...
- Sound Authors Radio Show Releases Interview With Amiri Baraka on ... - The Open Press (press release)
Sound Authors Radio Show Releases Interview With Amiri Baraka on ...The Open Press (press release) - 1 hour agoThe movement and his published and performance work, such as the signature study on African-American music, Blues People (1963) and the play Dutchman (1963) ...
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