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- Britain's Gordon Brown Fights for His Political Life - Time
If Britons harbor doubts about their politicians — and surveys suggest they trust them only fractionally more than they trust tabloid reporters — the annual conference of the governing Labour party may have reinforced their skepticism. For the ...
- Charlotte Kohler, Quiet Influence on American Writing, Dies at 99 (New York Times)
Ms. Kohler was a longtime editor of The Virginia Quarterly Review.
- Poetry Out Loud competition open to teens - Holmdel Independent
Poetry Out Loud competition open to teensHolmdel Independent, NJ - 13 hours agoThe program encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance, which helps students master public speaking ...
- Squonk Opera plans out-of-this-world show - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Squonk Opera plans out-of-this-world showPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 3 hours ago"It's like sending poetry out into the universe instead of the Encyclopedia Brittanica." O'Hearn sees emotion, humanity, color and rhythm as having the ...
- The Atmospheric Railway, By Shena Mackay (Independent)
In Shena Mackay's lush, entrancing tales, people are never quite who they seem to be. In this collection of new and selected stories, a long-disappeared illusionist with an embroidered bolero and ornamental dagger emerges from the sea to revenge himself on the lover who betrayed him; a woman can turn into a ferocious goat to pursue the professor whose lecture she attends; a tenderly remembered ...
- Teens Flock To Open Mic Night At Auburn Library - WCSH
AUBURN (NEWS CENTER) -- Music, poetry, comedy, these means of expression have been around for generations. The latest generation takes full advantage of these forms of entertainment at the Auburn Public Library. They have a teen open mic night and it ...
- Treasure Coast weekend events: Nov. 13-16 (TCPalm.com)
It’s time to start getting in shape for the holiday season. Limber up, and take advantage of some fine fall weather, by making the scene at some of these events.
- The full effect of words (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Joelle Khoury is not a woman willing to do things by halves. "When Antoine [Boulard] originally invited me to work with his poetry, I think he had in mind a recital with some piano music in the background. I was not interested. It was too tame," she says. Last week's performance of "Electroesie" at the French Cultural Center could certainly not be called tame.
- Tulare students will celebrate Azorean culture - Visalia Times-Delta
Tulare students will celebrate Azorean cultureVisalia Times-Delta, CA - 16 minutes agoPoetry readings will be in English and Portuguese. The event is at the Tulare Community Auditorium, 755 East Tulare Ave. The event is free and the entire ...
- With Obama's election, Angelou feels a poem coming on (Winston-Salem Journal)
Upon his election as president in 1992, Bill Clinton -- affectionately referred to as the nation's first black president -- asked Maya Angelou to compose a poem and read it at his inauguration. Angelou now feels a new poem welling up inside her after Barack Obama's election, but she does not expect another command performance.
- Daily Flog: The Dow of panic; stocks and bondage; U.S. snatches gold - Village Voice
For Lisa Robertson, writing has always been a collaborative endeavor—whether real or imagined. A Canadian author now living in France, Robertson already had a steadily growing poetry-world reputation before her collection Occasional Work and Seven ...
- What's on: Tuesday December 9 - Scotsman
What's on: Tuesday December 9Scotsman, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoA joint event between the Scottish Poetry Library and the National Library of Scotland. National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 7pm, free (booking ...
- Poetry gathering honors Sasseville - Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Poetry gathering honors SassevilleFergus Falls Daily Journal, MN - 4 hours agoLater, while living near Otter Tail Lake and heading the cultural center in New York Mills, she developed a love for writing poetry. ...
- Baby daughter made it a 'Red Letter Year' for Ani DiFranco, who is set ... - MLive.com
Courtesy photo A "red-letter year" is one that is memorably happy, which makes this a fitting title for new mother Ani DiFranco's latest album. The musician will be appearing at Royal Oak Music Theatre on Tuesday. ROYAL OAK, Michigan -- As the ...
- Library calendar (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 17, 2008 at 8:53 p.m. 2 p.m. Headquarters Library, mystery and detective writing workshop. South Carolina short-story and mystery novel author Carla Damron will conduct. Call 596-3507.
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