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- World writers decry censorship at Swedish literary meet - Straits Times
STOCKHOLM - BANGLADESHI novelist-in-hiding Taslima Nasreen joined international writers gathered at a literary conference in Stockholm on Tuesday to deplore how censorship and persecution affect their work. 'By writing books, I wanted to do something ...
- Writing a haiku in German - often a tight squeeze - Feature - Earthtimes
Cologne,Germany - The ladies who meet regularly in a museum cafe in Cologne skip the gossip and get straight down to haiku, an ultra-brief poetry style that has spread from Japan around the globe. Cologne's haiku workshop, held at the Museum of East ...
- Answers: rebel with a cause - Daily Northwestern
Answers: rebel with a causeDaily Northwestern, IL - 1 hour agoI used to enter poetry contests and stuff like that. I got into rap because a friend of mine was so impressed by some of the rappers back in 1987 that I ...
- Thinking outside the box - Bangkok Post
Thinking outside the boxBangkok Post, Thailand - 49 minutes ago... a script reading (modelled after poetry readings); something called Seatless Cinema; a live punk band performing during the screening of a silent movie ...
- The Art of Travel - Filmjerk.com
Filmjerk.comThe Art of TravelFilmjerk.com, CA - 3 hours agoThe direction by Thomas Whelan reaches for poetry and achieves an even flow of culture shock humor and gentle Zen-like absorptions of experiences. ...
- Book Review: God of Speed by Luke Davies (Blogcritics.org)
A remarkable fusion of prose and poetry, well worth reading regardless of whether or not the subject matter is of interest to you. Luke Davies is the sort of writer that skips past the surface of his subjects, moving deeper into that underlying subconscious place of pain and fear. His latest novel takes on the over-wrought subject of Howard Hughes. In his heyday, Hughes was America’s biggest ...
- INLS award to International Nepali Literary Forum - Nepalnews.com
INLS award to International Nepali Literary ForumNepalnews.com, Nepal - 28 minutes agoINLS will organise poetry festival along with the convention. The forum runs various web portals on Nepali literature encouraging its promotion among ...
- Agenda Lead| - Philadelphia citypaper.net
Agenda Lead|Philadelphia citypaper.net, PA - 8 hours agoI'd taken classes in language poetry. It felt like it offered a "fuck you, I'm 22" freedom. I was so new to songwriting and was under the impression I could ...
- Henry: It's sad/ world's not glad/ we are bad - Milford Daily News
Being a patriotic fellow, I am always saddened to learn that the good ol' USA isn't No. 1 in all fields. That was my reaction last week when I read an Associated Press story from Edinburgh, Scotland, that said a collector had paid $12,840 for 35 ...
- Jeanette (Yox) Helmbrecht - Jamestown Post Journal
Jeanette (Yox) HelmbrechtJamestown Post Journal, NY - 10 hours agoShe was a distinguished poet and member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and the Illinois State Poetry Society. She considered herself a social activist ...
- Key figure in promoting American Indian literature dies - Miami Herald
In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of American Indian literature, Paula Gunn Allen embarked on a career that proved them wrong -- and altered the required reading lists of literature classes on U.S. college campuses. Allen ...
- MC professor to present paper at Oxford University - My West Texas
To mark her 25th year at Midland College, English professor Pam Howell wanted to do something special and she found it. This summer, she will present a paper at the 20th Oxford Round Table in England in July. Her paper is titled “No More Heroes ...
- Jamaica: On the AIDS frontline - MiamiHerald.com
Jamaica: On the AIDS frontlineMiamiHerald.com, FL - 2 hours agoAnnesha believes that the Ministry of Health didn't want to upset donors, most of them American, who supply antiretroviral medications only if the ...
- Posted 4 hours ago - Northumberland Today
Posted 4 hours agoNorthumberland Today, Canada - 9 hours agoThe Cobourg Poetry Workshop welcomes Cobourg high-school students to their 7 pm event at Meet at 66 King East - Bruce Courtin, Katelyn Lambert, ...
- Making History Less Dull with a Doll. - Slate
A group of females: Girls can choose one to identify with, and it could be Samantha. In the light of the new movie, is it all about the story or all about the outfits? Is it empowering to women or does it teach them the wrong lesson? Does the ...
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