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- Russell Banks: Class warrior in a club tie - The Independent
Banks hitched to Florida, hoping to join Castro in the Sierra Maestra, and got "as far as Miami. By then Castro didn?t need me, this skinny kid who didn?t speak Spanish." Spend some time with the American novelist Russell Banks, and the phrase "lived ...
- After 'August: Osage County,' a departure for Tracy Letts (International Herald Tribune)
The best news about "Superior Donuts," a valentine to both Chicago and Norman Lear, is probably its unlikeness to any of the writer's previous plays.
- Scholarship winners - Odessa American Online
Two area high school students have been named this year's recipients of the Barbara Trenchard Foundation scholarship. Wink High's Erin Whitmire and Hobbs High's Raul Aranda will each receive $10,000 as part of the scholarship. Raul is No. 21 of 425 ...
- Top 10 lyrics from the new The Hold Steady album - MLive.com
Top 10 lyrics from the new The Hold Steady albumMLive.com, MI - 4 hours agoSinger and lyricist Craig Finn's songs read like literature, like beat poetry. Maybe that's why this band hasn't quite broken through to mainstream ...
- The Pursuit of Excellence (Tooele Transcript-Bulletin)
Fourteen seniors represented Grantsville High School and the community at the Northeast Region competition held at Morgan High School on April 22. They competed against Wendover, Dugway, Rich, Uintah, Union, Duchesne, Altamont, Tabiona, Wasatch, South Summit, North Summit, Park City and Morgan.
- MUSIC (Washington Post)
The Birchmere booked Orchestra Baobab into its spacious, no-seats dance hall on Thursday night, rather than the usual stage-and-tables performing space. Good thing -- it's impossible to sit still when this Senegalese band gets moving, and it gets moving fast. Churning out a set of Afro-Cuban dance...
- Riding the Emotions of a Ratmansky Ballet - New York Times
New York TimesRiding the Emotions of a Ratmansky BalletNew York Times, United States - 2 hours agoBetter yet, it’s marked by tender pure-dance poetry. From the first it creates a world onstage, a world that keeps changing, enthrallingly, before our eyes. ...
- Lyrical terrorist wins court appeal - Christian Today
A woman who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" and wrote a poem about beheading a hostage, won an appeal against a criminal conviction in London on Tuesday. Samina Malik, 23, had been convicted last year of possessing documents useful to ...
- A Piece of the Puzzle? - American Chronicle
A Piece of the Puzzle?American Chronicle, CA - 3 hours ago... of Iowa He has written a book of poetry, had two novellas published,( both books are available on Amazon.com ), written and produced two poetry videos, ...
- Pencil this In: Thursday - LAist
LAistPencil this In: ThursdayLAist, CA - 53 minutes ago7:30 pm // Autry National Center // 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles // Free. Poet Heather McHugh reads her poetry at the “Hammer Readings“ series. ...
- Poet turned playwright relaxes the rules - goTriad.com
Poet turned playwright relaxes the rulesgoTriad.com, NC - 1 hour agoCrutchfield's entire theatrical career is something of a surprise since he began as a poet, receiving an MFA in poetry and creative writing and a Ph.D. in ...
- At the movies: Reviews of recently released flicks - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
So far this summer, I've had my brain pummeled by Robert Downey Jr. flying around in a techno-suit, Adam Sandler as an invincible (and priapic) former Mossad agent, Steve Carell as a nerdy indestructible super spy, Harrison Ford as a Teflon 60-year ...
- Prophet by name, poet by nature - Kilkenny Advertiser
Prophet by name, poet by natureKilkenny Advertiser, Ireland - 2 hours agoAnd despite all the obvious pitfalls of life on the road, Prophet acknowledges that his love affair with the live arena in which he thrives remains as ...
- Missing author - Chicago Tribune
This is in response to "Elaine Dundy: 1921-2008; Author and wife of critic Tynan; Lived, chronicled coming-of-age for Americans abroad" (News, May 10). My husband and I met Elaine Dundy close to the end of her life. We were not celebrities, only ...
- McGuinty defends Ont. tax credits for racy film; politicians are ... - The Canadian Press
McGuinty defends Ont. tax credits for racy film; politicians are ...The Canadian Press, TORONTO - 3 hours ago"I just don't think we politicians should be getting into lending a shape to building designs, what poetry is acceptable and not, and what movies are ...
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