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- Gulf Coast residents making lemonade from lemons (Montgomery Advertiser)
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. -- I am always struck by the light on the Gulf Coast, by its peculiar quali ty and strength. Blues are bluer. Whites dreamier. Shadows are denser somehow. Makes sense that so many great artists eddy up on these shores.
- Fitting the Art In: Farah Marklevits Opens the “River Readings at ... - River Cities Reader
Fitting the Art In: Farah Marklevits Opens the “River Readings at ...River Cities Reader, IA - 13 minutes ago"I didn't really get interested in poetry until I got here," explains author and Augustana College alumna Farah Marklevits, during a recent interview on the ...
- Landscape, language of Appalachia shape Ron Rash's lyrical fiction (The Tennessean)
Ron Rash's stories may be steeped in the Appalachian Mountains that his family has called home for more than two centuries. His fiction also abounds with violence, dark secrets, vivid characters and Southern vernacular, but don't call it Gothic.
- Voting virtually redefined - Queen's Journal
Queen's JournalVoting virtually redefinedQueen's Journal, Canada - 1 hour ago“Even if you think they’re all scumbags, it will affect your life,” he said. “It’s in your own interest to weigh in there no matter what. ...VOX POPULI: Get your vote on McGill Tribune (subscription)all 2 news articles
- YE-SHE-VA - Combined Jewish Philantropies
YE-SHE-VACombined Jewish Philantropies, MA - 6 hours agoLess than two weeks after the university gave the celebrated poetry and literature professor tenure, she told them that she was transgender and in the ...
- On the scene: Lemon’s music tickles funny bones (The State)
GETTING IT RIGHT: Ed Lemon spins tales using loquacious wit, walking the line between serious and downright outrageous. It’s similar in style to the stand-up comedy of dry humorist Mitch Hedberg . Lemon will release his debut CD, “The Devil’s Beatin’ His Wife,” at 10 p.m. Thursday at 5 Points Pub. “The main thing I wanted to do with my music is portray characters,” he said. “I wanted to ...
- What's cheap in the city: your guide to living on less - Edinburgh News
There's no doubt times are hard – and the warnings say they are going to get even harder. There might not be much any of us can do about rising fuel prices, utility bills and soaring supermarket prices, but don't be too depressed. For Edinburgh is ...
- Aaron Eckhart Tried To Portray Controversial 'Towelhead' Character ... - MTV News
Aaron Eckhart Tried To Portray Controversial 'Towelhead' Character ...MTV News, Canada - Sep 12, 2008MTV: The sex scenes in this movie are quite powerful but not erotic - how did you navigate that line? Eckhart: Those were difficult times for me. ...
- Crossroads opens 30th anniversary season with satire on race - Scarlet Scuttlebutt
Crossroads opens 30th anniversary season with satire on raceScarlet Scuttlebutt, NJ - 1 hour ago... crackling humor and poetry laced with barbs that are meant to pierce — and implicate people on every part of the color spectrum, whether we are black, ...
- Bulletin Board: Oct. 29 (The Norwich Bulletin)
Bulletin Board: Oct. 29.
- National honors for UI Writers’ Workshop - Iowa City Press-Citizen
Three writers connected to the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop have been named finalists for the National Book Award. Workshop instructor Marilynne Robinson and alumnus Salvatore Scibona were among five writers picked in the fiction category ...
- Running Rain Taxi - Publishers Weekly
Running Rain TaxiPublishers Weekly, NY - 2 hours agoIt comes out quarterly in print and in online editions with different content, and is one part of a nonprofit organization that also hosts the Twin Cities ...
- How do dogs inspire anything but exhaustion? - Coast News
How do dogs inspire anything but exhaustion?Coast News, CA - 3 hours agoGee, shaving all the hair off her backside was pure poetry, topped only by having to rub antibiotic salve all over it twice a day. ...
- School briefs - Minneapolis Star Tribune
The East Carver County School District is moving from a four-period block schedule to a seven-period block, which has raised questions among students and parents who are concerned about this year's sophomores and juniors graduating on time. To deal ...
- Special Council workshop focuses on housing - The Salinas Californian
Special Council workshop focuses on housingThe Salinas Californian, CA - 4 hours agoDaily tickets are $50 by Jan. 15, $80 after; practice round ticket (good for Monday through Wednesday) is $50, $80 after Jan. 15; and season badge (good for ...
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