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- Poet ponders life's contrasts in "The Shadow of Sirius" - Seattle Times
It's a poet's job to keep us tuned in to what's real, to observe and distill life as it slips from present to memory. That's exactly what W.S. Merwin does once again in his latest collection "Shadow of Sirius." In his characteristic, contemplative ...
- The tower and the glory - Financial Times
The tower and the gloryFinancial Times, UK - Nov 15, 2008He adopts a God's-eye view of proceedings, looking precipitously down on the bickering workers, black and white. The perspective, as you would expect from ...
- Greenbo hosting book-signings by two prominent Ky authors - Herald-Dispatch
GREENUP, Ky. — Greenbo Lake State Resort Park will sponsor a literary reading and book signing by two prominent Kentucky writers on Saturday Dec. 13.  Stephen Michael Holt and Ron Ellis will read from their work in the lobby of the Jesse Stuart ...
- You Won, Now What? - CQPolitics.com
You Won, Now What?CQPolitics.com, DC - Nov 15, 2008"We campaign in poetry, but when we're elected, we're forced to govern in prose," former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo once said. Turning a poet into a novelist ...
- BRIGITTE FONTAINE - Artforum
BRIGITTE FONTAINEArtforum, NY - 9 hours agoDuring the course of her career, she has employed numerous musical styles, melding rock ’n’ roll, folk, jazz, spoken word poetry, and world rhythms.
- Johnny Cash - Yale Herald
otwithstanding his rep-utation as a rebel, Johnny Cash never served hard time. Why then, would he sing to the inmates at Folsom Prison about captivity? What could Cash know about jail that was unbeknownst to them? When gentiles tell Jewish jokes, I ...
- Slumdog Millionaire at Odeon, Leicester Square (Times Online)
Danny Boyle’s rags-to-riches story about an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Bombay is a closing-night gala that makes the heart pound. Jamal is just one correct answer away from winning – or losing – a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
- Lindsey Buckingham Interview Preview Pt I - antiMUSIC
(antiMusic) When you manage to snag an interview with an artist who's most popular album has sold as many copies as The Beatles biggest selling album in the U.S., and overall has sold more albums than such icons as Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Prince, Queen ...
- Shared Worlds - School Library Journal
Shouts of joy erupted from a group of teens when they were told that they were going to the local Barnes & Noble bookstore to buy Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn , the fourth book in the Twilight series (Little Brown, 2008). Were these youngsters ...
- Sonny Smith - San Francisco Examiner
To make a long story short I was at a café and I overheard two youngish dopes talking about writers and books. I’ve been slumming as a columnist on all things literary, as some of you know…I thought… this is a carton of Merits found on the ...
- Cracker Cowboy Poet to Appear at Lake Wales Library - The Ledger
Cracker Cowboy Poet to Appear at Lake Wales LibraryThe Ledger, FL - 1 hour agoMattson is the winner of the 2007 Laura Rider Award for Florida Folk Poetry. He is a working Cracker Cowboy Poet who lives in Florida and has performed at ...
- New benefits for writers - Banffshire Journal
New benefits for writersBanffshire Journal, UK - 2 hours ago'Work in Progress' is a critical assessment initiative for wordsmiths of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, stage plays and screen scripts. ...
- Unemployment Rates and Holocaust Survivor Karl Herz - KNPR
Unemployment Rates and Holocaust Survivor Karl HerzKNPR, NV - 13 hours agoAnd in our second hour we speak with Nazi death camp survivor Karl Herz. The Las Vegan has written a book of poetry about his horrific experiences as a ...
- UI Writers' Workshop members finalists for award - Iowa City Press Citizen
UI Writers' Workshop members finalists for awardIowa City Press Citizen, IA - 7 hours ago... Scibona were among five writers picked in the fiction category, while former instructor Mark Doty was among the five selected in the poetry category. ...
- NIAGARA FALLS: Freedom Trail Festival set for Saturday (Niagara Gazette)
The history of the Underground Railroad will be celebrated during the ninth-annual Freedom Trail Festival on Saturday.Art and history will join together between the hours of noon and 6 p.m. as north Main Street near Cleveland Avenue will come alive with the sights, sounds and smells of music, poetry, dramatic recreations and food vendors.
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