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- BREAKING NEWS: Man held over theft of £15m Shakespeare tome - This is North East
A MAN is being questioned by police on suspicion of stealing a collected works of Shakespeare worth £15m from Durham University. The 1623 first folio edition has been described by academics as the most important book in the English Language. It went ...
- How and Why Tony Soprano Died - Gawker
GawkerHow and Why Tony Soprano DiedGawker, NY - 2 hours agoNo, not Philip Larkin's poetry, the last frame of the last episode of the HBO mafia drama The Sopranos. Some enterprising blogger went all Warren Commission ...
- SIFF's second week features 180 film programs - Seattle Post Intelligencer
SIFF's second week features 180 film programsSeattle Post Intelligencer - 19 hours agoStill a third American film in this week's SIFF lineup likely to have a prominent place in the Hollywood summer is "American Teen," which plays the Egyptian ...
- Local restaurants to sell discounted gift certificates - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cleveland Independents, an organization of more than 80 locally owned restaurants, will hold its quarterly gift certificate sale Tuesday.Certificates worth $25 will be sold for $17.50 and $50 certificates will be available for $35. Purchases must ...
- Seattle mayor's office awards $225,000 through CityArtist program - Seattle Times
Just in from the Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs: $225,000 will be awarded to 38 Seattle film, media, literary and visual arts projects through the CityArtist program. Projects approved for 2008 include a poetry manuscript examining ...
- One sings, the other doesn't - Globe and Mail
One sings, the other doesn'tGlobe and Mail, Canada - 9 minutes agoPoetry's minority status is regrettable, but doesn't justify critical prose emptied of gusto, mischief and melody. You don't defeat indifference by boring ...
- DVD meant to help children who were flood victims (Reporter-Times)
Young children whose families lost everything in the June 7 flood might not understand the magnitude of what happened until they grow older.
- Why poetry matters, By Jay Parini - Independent
Why poetry matters, By Jay PariniIndependent, UK - 17 minutes agoIn 1989, the American poet Dana Gioia lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of the US creative-writing industry. His essay, "Can Poetry Matter? ...
- Lord's Diary: Not quite the poetry of motion but still graceful - Independent
Lord's Diary: Not quite the poetry of motion but still gracefulIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoMuch better than doggerel, though not quite poetry in the strict sense, it captivated and was bought by thousands. And his life and times have been captured ...
- English Professors Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships (Newswise)
Paul Sorrentino was awarded a Guggenheim for his work on the life of Stephen Crane. Bob Hicok, awarded the Guggenheim for poetry, has been called one of the best poets of his generation. He also garnered the 2008 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for his most recent collection, This Clumsy Living.
- Finalist's entry captured in yard - Augusta Chronicle (subscription)
Finalist's entry captured in yardAugusta Chronicle (subscription), GA - 2 hours agoBy Betsy Gilliland | Columbia County Bureau A Riverside Middle School pupil has raised the bar for Columbia County competitors in a worldwide art and poetry ...
- Imitation leads to superficial productions: vocalist Nazeri - MehrNews.com
Imitation leads to superficial productions: vocalist NazeriMehrNews.com, Iran - 6 hours agoNazeri who has been making use of ‘blank verse’ poetry in his songs, continued, “I mainly focus on poetry by Rumi, Ferdowsi as well as Persian blank verse. ...
- LPO/Jurowski at Festival Hall - Times Online
LPO/Jurowski at Festival HallTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoTo bring real illumination to Rimbaud’s poetry and prose, make rapid words sing through the orchestra, you need a voice streaked with silver. ...
- Anniversaries bring memories - Daily Oklahoman
But it didn't. It lingered throughout the day. In the late afternoon, I sat down to write my weekly column, and looked at the date. It registered. It was my wedding anniversary — 15 years ago. In the months and years following a death, it helps to ...
- Tourism in Yemen: - Converting strangers into friends - Yemen Times
Tourism in Yemen: - Converting strangers into friendsYemen Times, Yemen - 4 hours agoThe incense was prohibited in Christian churches. The other reason was the transformation of trade road from the desert to the main plateau which was ...
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