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- Symphony composers embark on voyage of discovery - Daily Gazette
Albany Symphony Orchestra conductor David Alan Miller wanted the 2008-2009 season, which opens today, to reflect something of the Henry Hudson Quadricentennial. “I hope it gives a sense of exploration and the sea,” Miller said. So his assignment ...
- London For Free: Plain Janes - Metro
London For Free: Plain JanesMetro, UK - 12 hours ago... graphic novel of the same name, and self-expression is the theme – thus promoters have organised a packed programme of poetry, music, theatre and film. ...
- Pakistan president resigns after pressure from rivals - WHAS 11
Pervez Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant nation into the U.S.-led war on terror—an alliance that won him plaudits in the West but fueled anger at home. While few doubted he wanted a stable, religiously moderate ...
- British Library's Ă‚ÂŁ500,000 Ted Hughes catch - Guardian Unlimited
The enormous literary archive of Ted Hughes, that includes letters, drafts of poems, journals, diaries and his innermost thoughts, has been bought by the British Library, it announced yesterday. Curators regard the Ă‚ÂŁ500,000 purchase as being of ...
- Wake of the Flood - Paste Magazine
Paste MagazineWake of the FloodPaste Magazine, GA - 30 minutes agoI was living the wistful nostalgia of "Bootstrap Poetry" and the lonesome waltz of "Dishwater Blues," trapped inside my mind at the same steaming dish pit ...
- RulerRomanceofRuler of Romance - Roanoke Times
Roanoke TimesRulerRomanceofRuler of RomanceRoanoke Times, VA - Jul 20, 2008Her mini-empire also includes 15 children's books, multiple adaptations for TV or DVD, a volume of poetry and even a perfume from Elizabeth Arden. ...
- Dave Stamey, Adrian perform at Folklife Center (Elko Daily Free Press)
ELKO - Cowboy singer and musician Dave Stamey will perform at the Western Folklife Center's G Three Bar Theater on Aug. 16.
- A novel campus - EducationGuardian.co.uk
A novel campusEducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoDue to the size of the student body, smaller tutorial classes were something of a luxury, but there was something about being taught modern poetry by a ...
- Artists put positive spin on mental illness - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
In a small studio in downtown Elgin, a community of artists and writers is painting a fresh picture of mental illness. These creative types come together every week to work on their craft and share camaraderie. Some are self-taught, and at least one ...
- Poet's rhyming riposte leaves Mrs Schofield 'gobsmacked' - guardian.co.uk
Poet's rhyming riposte leaves Mrs Schofield 'gobsmacked'guardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours agoIt's basically a poem about poetry, and why poetry matters." Contacted by the Guardian last night, Schofield said she felt "a bit gobsmacked" to have a ...
- Peter Matthiessen, Marilynne Robinson among book award finalists - Canada East
NEW YORK - Talk about second chances. Eighty-one-year old Peter Matthiessen has received a National Book Award nomination for "Shadow Country," an 890-page revision of a trilogy of novels he released in the 1990s. Others in the fiction category ...
- 'As our ancestors hide in our DNA, so do their stories' - Guardian Unlimited
Despite being the grandson of a betting man, Sebastian Barry would not have backed himself to be shortlisted for this year's Man Booker prize. His previous novel, A Long Long Way , was shortlisted in 2005 and his agent explained to him how rare it ...
- MICHAELA GIBSON MORRIS:Author part of big night in Tupelo - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
MICHAELA GIBSON MORRIS:Author part of big night in TupeloNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal, MS - 10 minutes agoGulfport native and poet Natasha Trethewey will take center stage at the Link Centre for an Evening of Poetry at 7:30 pm Sept. 16. The event benefits CATCH ...
- Omagh widower dedicates book to bombing victims - NewsLetter
A MAN who lost three generations of his family in the Omagh bombing has written a book dedicated to their memory to be published near the 10th anniversary of the bomb and what would have been his wife's 75th birthday. Beragh farmer Mick Grimes lost ...
- New in Paperback: A travel writer's spell-binding tale - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Colin Thubron spent eight months on foot and aboard bus, train, hired car and donkey cart to follow in the Shadow of the Silk Road (Harper Perennial, 344 pp., $15.95). His 7,000 miles, moving east to west, took him through some of the most remote ...
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