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- Musical rules were made to be broken at An die Musik event (Baltimore Sun)
Music history is filled with composers who methodically followed the rules - this chord can't follow that chord, this type of theme must be balanced by that type of theme, this structure must be built only that way.
- Twilight zone for teens - Globe and Mail
Twilight zone for teensGlobe and Mail, Canada - 39 minutes agoZoe Whittall was born in 1976 but still dresses like a teenager. Her third poetry book, Precordial Thump, will be out in October.
- Times Gone By - Cherokee Daily Times
Sam Betts is beginning to believe that the goblins will get him if he doesn't watch out. Monday morning as recounted in the Times his house was destroyed by fire. That afternoon he moved into the Dr. R. L Cleaves tenement located a few rods west of ...
- Sarah Palin, God, guns and grit - Monsters and Critics.com
Monsters and Critics.comSarah Palin, God, guns and gritMonsters and Critics.com - 18 minutes agoHe noted in his coverage of the trip that "the whole braying-to-the-moon born-again act is as alien to McCain as an Iron Man man-poetry retreat. ...
- Surprising allure of Dylan Thomas' 'sullen art' - Times Online
The extraordinary allure of all things connected to Dylan Thomas has left a powerful cultural trace around the globe. Bob Dylan likes to deny it, but it is as near as certain that, around 1962, he changed his name from Robert Zimmerman after reading ...
- Poetry recitation at PAL - The Post
Poetry recitation at PALThe Post, Pakistan - Aug 14, 2008Dr Ehsan Akbar said Pakistani poetry was prominent in the sense that it had portrayed the conditions of current times. The poets who read their poetry were ...
- Online competition for poets - NetGuide Web
Bookhabit.com and the New Zealand Poetry Society are to host an online international poetry competition celebrating written and performance poetry. The inclusion of an audio and YouTube video section, made possible by the online nature of the ...
- The poetry of photos - Courier-Journal
Kentucky's former poet laureate, James Baker Hall of Lexington, is also a lensman. The proof, which has been seen in bits and pieces, mostly in Lexington, comes to Louisville with "Photo/Synthesis: James Baker Hall." The first long look at Hall's ...
- Out and About: Fairy busy weekend ahead (Exeter News-Letter)
There's a lot going on this weekend: Newmarket Heritage Festival; Fairy House Tours; Hootie and the Blowfish and company; Exeter Peace Day; Newfie Fun Days; the Telluride by the Sea film fest; and the fast-and-furious cyclists of the Portsmouth...
- Laureate post is 'quite a ride' (BBC News)
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion says reports he had writers block because of "bad communication" with the Queen were "patently ridiculous".
- Books for Barack (The Christian Science Monitor)
There was a piece on CNN this morning about Hollywood celebrities who support Barack Obama (Barbra Streisand, Matt Damon, plus a multitude of others) versus those who support John McCain (a shorter list, including Sylvester Stallone and James Caan.) But there was no mention of literary stars and where their votes are going.
- Joyce Carol Oates unravels murder mystery from interesting ... - Ventura County Star
Joyce Carol Oates unravels murder mystery from interesting ...Ventura County Star, CA - 6 hours agoThe way to handle broken narrators, perhaps, is to try to find poetry in their plain speech. But Oates has already done that — her "Zombie" is a brilliant ...
- Sex doctor: How to make a clean break - Independent
Sex doctor: How to make a clean breakIndependent, UK - 7 minutes agoMost of you would rather go to a poetry reading than dole out the tissues and that's why you always try the silent dump before anything else. ...
- Western Pennsylvania Road Trip: Washington and Jefferson College (US News & World Report)
You're about to spend four years of your life on a college campus; you need to make sure it feels right. So hit the road—we did! We took three typical road trips : East Coast, West Coast, and in between. By the way, college visits don't have to mean hours on the interstate.
- What's in the air - Suburban Lifestyles
What's in the airSuburban Lifestyles, MI - 3 hours agoWhen I was about 12, someone gave me a poetry anthology, and I felt like my world opened in unexpected ways. I hid the book in my room and read it late at ...
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