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- Poetry (The Columbus Dispatch)
POETRY • Bees, Snails & Peacock Tails: Patterns and Shapes -- Naturally by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Steven Jenkins (Margaret K. McElderry, $16.99, ages 4 to 8) -- Geometry meets nature and poetry in a beautiful book that explores hidden shapes and patterns in the animal kingdom.
- Skating into his 81st year - Abington Mariner
He ice skates. He composes songs. He writes short stories. He babysits for three grandchildren. He tends to his vegetable garden. He delivers Meals on Wheels. He is an usher and greeter at Sacred Heart Church. Sept. 22 was his 80th birthday. He ...
- High noon at Bennelong Point (The Star)
Joern Utzon had it all: global fame, a huge cult following, an eponymous foundation and one of the world's most glorious buildings indelibly attached to his name.
- Gulf Coast Reading Series (Houston Press)
Nothing says “back to school†like witnessing the results of a good edumacation. The Gulf Coast Reading Series starts out the school year with a trio of talent from the University of Houston’s nationally acclaimed Creative Writing Program. Hayan Charara, the editor of Inclined to Spea ...
- Poetry Reading at Green Oaks (Knox College)
GALESBURG -- Gina Franco, assistant professor of English at Knox College, will read from her poetry at Green Oaks, the College's field biology research area, at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 22. The event is free and open to the public.
- Paintings by Renaissance master going on display at Athens museum - Canada East
ATHENS, Greece - More than 20 paintings by Renaissance master Titian and his contemporaries go on display in Athens this week on the occasion of an official visit to Greece by Italy's president. The three-month exhibition at the Museum of Cycladic ...
- Authors in the area (The Charlotte Observer)
Renowned poet Galway Kinnell, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, speaks at Hickory's Lenoir-Rhyne University, 8 p.m. Thursday in the Belk Centrum. Kinnell's 2006 poetry collection, “Strong Is Your Hold,†includes his celebrated long poem about the collapse of the World Trade Center, “When the Towers Fell.†His talk is free and open to the public.
- Essayists examine Obama's victory - Charleston Post Courier
Essayists examine Obama's victoryCharleston Post Courier, SC - 12 hours ago... moment in the American story!" Those are the words of the Rev. Steve Wood, senior pastor of St. Andrew's Church in Mount Pleasant, who cited the poetry ...
- Balance regained - Financial Times
John Milton: A Biography By Neil Forsyth Lion £10.99, 476 pages FT Bookshop price: £8.79 John Milton: Life, Work and Thought By Gordon Campbell and Thomas N Corns Oxford University Press £25, 256 pages FT Bookshop price: £20 Milton’s first ...
- LitFuse poetry workshop focuses on the dead (Yakima Herald-Republic)
Some of the greatest poems written have been eulogies, says Lorna Dee Cervantes, an award-winning Chicana writer from California.
- Folk Tale-Inspired Black Rider, by Waits, Wilson and Burroughs ... - Playbill.com
Folk Tale-Inspired Black Rider, by Waits, Wilson and Burroughs ...Playbill.com, NY - Oct 7, 2008The play "evokes the atmosphere of a gothic circus, where poetry, music, and dance fuse together to convey a seductive and menacing story. ...
- Library of Congress's National Book Festival Attracts More Than 120,000 Book Lovers to the National Mall (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
"The National Book Festival is a joyous celebration of reading and an inspiration for new generations of creativity," said Dr. James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress.
- Sights and sounds should suit all tastes (Tavistock Times Gazette)
RISING Tavistock rock stars The Rumble Strips will be one of the big attractions at this year’s Tavistock Sings festival. The Tavistock music and arts festival will feature music ranging from opera, classical, jazz and choral to rock.
- Regina Marler on Ted Hughes’ Letters - Truthdig
Regina Marler on Ted Hughes’ LettersTruthdig, United States - 2 hours agoHis name was repeatedly chipped off of Plath’s gravestone in Yorkshire; his poetry readings and public appearances marred by feminist protesters chanting ...
- Whitefish: Chicken in any yard costs $990 - Missoulian
WHITEFISH - Chicken champions ran afoul of city bureaucrats this week, when the Whitefish planning board balked at allowing household hens. “The board had some concerns,†said planning director Dave Taylor, including noise, smell and fence ...
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