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- Lesbian Activist Who Was First To Wed In SF Dies (CBS 5 Bay Area)
Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples in California gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87.
- Those wild and crazy 'Saturday Night Live' gals! - Miami Herald
It's good to be Tina Fey . The bespectacled comedian is not only driving Saturday Night Live ratings with her dead-on Sarah Palin impersonations but she just won two Emmys (Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress) for 30 Rock and ...
- US voices added to poetry archive - BBC News
BBC NewsUS voices added to poetry archiveBBC News, UK - 37 minutes agoRecordings of 14 major 20th-Century American poets have been added to the free online audio Poetry Archive. Classic American poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks ...
- The Theatre (The New Yorker)
BOYS IN TIGHTS “Billy Elliot,†the long-awaited musical adaptation of the film about an unlikely aspiring young ballet dancer, which is a hit in London’s West End, has music by Elton John and a book and lyrics by Lee Hall. Stephen Daldry directs, at the Imperial (previews begin Oct . . .
- Goldberg Brings 'For Colored Girls' To Bway 9/8, India.Arie Will Star - Broadway World
Broadway WorldGoldberg Brings 'For Colored Girls' To Bway 9/8, India.Arie Will StarBroadway World, NY - Sep 8, 2008Since then, she has written a number of celebrated works, including three novels, four volumes of poetry, several screenplays, essays and numerous stage ...
- Ken's poems give comfort to carers - 24dash
Ken's poems give comfort to carers24dash, UK - 4 hours agoThe Manager of Park View Grange, Joanne Bulford, and her team of carers read Ken’s book of poetry, and thought that the poems would provide other carers and ...
- Poet Laureate got writer's block - Independent
Poet Laureate got writer's blockIndependent, UK - 31 minutes agoI remember thinking that if poetry does leave me, I will really miss it, and miss it badly, but there are always biographies and prose," he said. ...
- VA nurse pens book of poems - Stars and Stripes
VA nurse pens book of poemsStars and Stripes, DC - 1 hour agoNursing can be a frustrating life, she said, especially in VA hospitals. "We have a lot of homeless veterans here," she said. "They came back from the war, ...
- Packed week to toast Hardy - Dorset Echo
Packed week to toast HardyDorset Echo, UK - 1 hour agoTHE Thomas Hardy conference is hosting a week of activities including live music, poetry and a rare auction of paintings and memorabilia. ...
- Teacher wins Britain's prestigious poetry prize - after ... - Daily Mail
Daily MailTeacher wins Britain's prestigious poetry prize - after ...Daily Mail, UK - 2 hours agoMr Gillie, 45, who has written poetry since he was 13, described winning the prize as ‘one of the most pleasant surprises of my life’. The poem contrasts ...
- BAC requests street closure, plans improvements to property - Reno Gazette Journal
BAC requests street closure, plans improvements to propertyReno Gazette Journal, NV - 3 hours ago"This contest was a way to experience poetry in a complete way that reached beyond reading it. Those who attended were lucky enough to hear, taste and feel ...
- The Material Girl at 50 (Mail and Guardian)
It seems to be happening to everyone at the moment: Prince, Michael Jackson, Sharon Stone, Alec Baldwin and Paddington Bear are all turning 50 this year with Madonna also blowing out her birthday-cake candles next month.
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies - Ha'aretz
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish diesHa'aretz, Israel - Aug 9, 2008By Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters , By Zvi Bar'el Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, ...
- Harper as artist - Globe and Mail
Harper as artistGlobe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours agoToronto -- I was touched to learn the Prime Minister had tried his hand at poetry, the sort of art that nobody wants, but alarmed to learn that he ever ...
- Time for Media and Feminists to Penetrate Prostitution: On The ... - MarketWatch
Time for Media and Feminists to Penetrate Prostitution: On The ...MarketWatch - 41 minutes ago"Is the prostitute herself a victim of an oppressive patriarchal system, or a free agent choosing sex work as a rational career choice in difficult ...
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