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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Movie Review Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:01AMWatch ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA to fall in love with zindagi (life) all over again!...
An agonizing fall and every single detail of it Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:12AMThe narrator of True Things About Me is on a downward spiral, and she's moving fast. Her harrowing story begins at her dreary job, where she sits at a window processing some kind of claims. She tells us each small thing she does with such hard-eyed accuracy that when she has sex with a man in the parking garage a few minutes after meeting him (and just a few pages into the book) it's shocking ...
Poetry Northwest journal revived at Everett Community College Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:06PMPoetry journal founded by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carolyn Kizer is back in the Northwest, where it belongs.
Join Julia’s jaunt Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:53PMI CAN’T believe it’s been two years since Anthony Browne was appointed Britain’s Children’s Laureate. A month ago, Julia Donaldson took over from Browne and she will spend the next two years championing libraries, and promoting music and drama.
Cultural revolution: How artists have been inspired by the Arab Spring Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:51AMWe are all unchained Arabs now, it seems, or are eager to hug them or bottle their courage, or viscerally experience the emancipatory winds blowing across many of their sandy lands. Now it's cool to be an Egyptian, totally awesome to be a Tunisian, Syrian, Libyan, Bahraini or Yemeni dissident and to be an artist from these places is, well, very heaven. Longstanding stereotypes of Arabs as ...
Brian McGackin: Bro-etry: What Happens When A Bro Writes Poetry Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:28AMWhy are so many guys afraid of poetry? Is it because they don't think they'll get it? Is it too mushy and emotional and girly for their manliness to handle? Screw that.
Poetry Chronicle Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:30PMPoetry by Michael Dickman, Ross Gay, C. Dale Young and Chris Martin.
Slam poetry strikes with compassion Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:14PMGREAT BARRINGTON -- Since the 1990s, slam poet Taylor Mali has carved out a niche by crafting witty, thought-provoking and funny messages in a way that leaves audiences wanting more -- even if they don't know what to expect before he takes the stage.
Dean Rader: It's Still Summer! Books by Bay Area Authors You'll Be Glad You Read Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:42PMSan Franciscans are lucky to live in The City of Writing. I've prepared a little menu for you to carry along next time you visit your favorite independent bookstore. Let them serve you up a heaping helping of bookish Bay Area goodness.
Death with Dignity Act may face amendment Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:07AMWestern psychology professor Ethan Remmel lived with incurable cancer for more than a year. He underwent 10 months of chemotherapy, which caused fatigue and sickness that were hard to bear. He rarely felt like himself. Whenever he stopped treatment, he faced unyielding pain, said Grace Wang, Remmel’s partner and associate professor of environmental studies at Huxley College of the Environment ...
A touching moment at Times Square Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:48PMShailesh Lodha, the the well known poet-actor aka Taarak Mehta of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma was recently invited to New York as a guest of honour by an International Association of Doctors.
Poetry workshop: Names Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:28AMColette Bryce admires a lively and rich selection of responses to her exercise Due to work on the guardian.co.uk/books redesign, which began around last September when Colette Bryce's workshop originally ran, the workshop itself was allowed to slide. Huge apologies to everyone who took part - as well as to Colette herself, who was entirely blameless. The shortlisted poems, and her comments, are ...
Storytime shocker Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:07PMFormer Playschool host Noni Hazlehurst turns bedtime blue with expletive-ridden telling of Go The F--- to Sleep.
Bedtime turns blue Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:53PMFormer Playschool host Noni Hazlehurst lends voice to expletive-ridden 'children's' book Go The F... to Sleep . .
Noni Hazlehurst reads expletive-ridden children's book Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:27PMPlayschool alumni Noni Hazlehurst and Samuel Jackson read colourful children's book Go The F... to Sleep.
Review: Terri Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:10PMSubtle, sweet, and eccentric Credit indie director Azazel Jacobs for building a case for Terri, so that — without manipulation or sentimentality — we begin to appreciate the clumsy lad at the same time that he starts to shed his self-loathing.
How We Met: Patrick Wolf & Patti Smith Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 6:18PMAn English singer-songwriter, Wolf combines classical instruments with electronic sampling. He lives in London with his partner I was at a funny time in my life when I met Patti three years ago. I'd recently broken up with my now fiancé and I was in a bit of a mess.
Your child, the modernist Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:40AMGertrude Stein’s long-lost kids’ book is bizarre-and a great reflection of how children think
Get foxy! Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 12:00AMFleet Foxes singer Robin Pecknold has made no secret of his struggles to overcome the dreaded “sophomore slump.”After the folkie Seattle combo reached critical acclaim with their self-titled debut in 2008, it seemed that topping that effort would be difficult. But with Helplessness Blues, it seems they have topped themselves. The songs are confident, richly acoustic and full of the energetic ...
Chill between chapters Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:46PMSummer is the season of leisure reading and this one is serving up a scorcher. Get the scoop on the latest, greatest and under-the-radar reads from our book-loving faculty, staff and student contributors.
A conversation with Brian Eno: 'We are all singing. We call it speech, but we're singing to each other' Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:27PMEno recently discussed numerous fascinating topics, many of which didn't make it into The Times' Tuesday's story. Eno recently discussed numerous fascinating topics, many of which didn't make it into The Times' Tuesday's story.
Survivor back for brother's effects Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 1:05PMAmy Cooney has made an emotional return to the site where she lost her brother - and almost her own life in the February earthquake - to retrieve a treasure trove of precious memories.Ms Cooney was allowed back on Friday into...
Worn-out words Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 12:37AMLast year Ledbury poetry festival asked poets to name their most hated words . For this year's festival – running from 1 to 10 July – they've asked for the expressions that have become such cliches that they have lost all meaning. Here are their responses: please add your own Adam Horovitz Word or phrase: "Thinking outside the box" Why? This phrase came and bit me whilst I was considering a ...
The Emperor of Lies, By Steve Sem-Sandberg, trans. Sarah Death Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 6:38PMThe obscenity of the past" (Hilary Mantel's phrase) is a non-negotiable part of history, but some pasts are worse than others. The extreme awfulness of Nazi-dominated Mitteleuropa during the 1930s and 1940s is now brought back to life in The Emperor of Lies, a book that confronts us with the extinct world of cruelty that was the Jewish ghetto in Lodz. Steve Sem-Sandberg recreates the ghetto with ...
Amesbury Days seeks donations for July 4 fireworks Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 2:49AMAMESBURY — The town's annual celebration is ready to start tomorrow, and organizers say they need donations to help fund popular events like the July 4 fireworks display. Amesbury Days is a 10-day festival featuring a wide variety of events, and this year it will offer several new entries. A complete schedule is available at amesburydays.org.
Life during wartime Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 8:43AMOn Memorial Day, National Public Radio reminded us that we’ve just concluded a 10-year war, as bracketed by 9/11/01, the day of the Twin Tower attacks, and 5/1/11, the day Osama bin Laden was caught and assassinated.
Two poems Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:19AMBy Jose Jason L. Chancoco Magsaysay Soiree (After Huntahan) It did not take so much time, after taking much of the beverage and shawarma, when discourse started dripping from our tongues, mouths, chins, then down to our chests and shoulders. We did not even notice, but it crystallized like ice on that cold December night [...]
Alma man gets award Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 10:17AMA daughter's essay helped an Alma man get named Father of the Year during their church service Sunday.
Write stuff: The workshop that shapes American literature Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 9:25AMFor Sena Jeter, it was a photo – one of a poet running a program at the University of Iowa called The Writers' Workshop.
Letters from the edge: Rajib Mitra cried out in despair before dying in Dane County jail Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 12:14AMThe first letter to Fundamental Pete's Ass-Jammery arrived in late September, but sat in the WSUM studio's mailbox for several weeks before the show's host, Pete Hnilicka, got around to opening it. It was a response to a choose-your-own-adventure bit that the college radio talk show had recently aired. The adventure left off with Hnilicka and a co-host in their old dorm room with two dead hookers.
£4m bill to defend a serial killer: Cowardly Bellfield doesn't even turn up for his second whole life sentence Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:02PMLevi Bellfield’s arrogant refusal to accept his guilt is likely to have cost the taxpayer up to £4million in legal aid.
English in the time of Filipino Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 6:44AMGraphic Main Story By Joel Pablo Salud
'Cars 2': The sequel is out of gas Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 6:35AMPixar is famous for a tough-love in-house creative committee that makes harsh criticisms and drastic revisions, hewing to a ruthless goal of perfection.
Emotional scenes as Levi Bellfield is convicted of Milly's murder Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 1:48AMOne of the most scrutinised murder mysteries of the past decade came to an end yesterday as Levi Bellfield was found guilty of murdering schoolgirl Milly Dowler. Emotional scenes gripped the Old Bailey as the 13-year-old's mother and sister collapsed in hysterics following the verdict, wailing and shouting, "guilty".
Toronto International Film Fest announces 2010 lineup Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 7:30PMCarey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield star in Never Let Me Go.
How to teach ... Wrong Trousers Day Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 5:13PMThis week on the Guardian Teacher Network you can find resources for Wrong Trousers Day, which raises money for the Wallace and Gromit Children's Foundation It's Wrong Trousers Day on Friday – the charity fundraising day that invites children (and adults) to pay £1 for the right to look "wrong" in a pair of wacky or weird trousers. All the money goes to the Wallace and Gromit Children's ...
Cherokee stories Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 10:22AMFrom the time Sequoyah invented the Cherokee syllabary, Cherokees have put pen and printing press to paper.
Shawn Amos: PLAY SKIP: This Week's New Music Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 10:15AMRaise your lighter for Jill Scott, Bon Iver, and Jim Lauderdale -- three unlucky musical traveling companions who play well together. As for "Weird Al" and Night Ranger? Aren't you suffering enough?
Drawing on experience: poetry and motion Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 10:07AMHow easy is it to combine poetry and illustration into a cohesive live performance? The charity Poet in the City answered this question at an enormously successful event last night that showed how fertile communication between words and pictures can be.
N.Y. Teacher Takes Students on a Virtual Trip to Learn Realities of Refugee Life Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 7:34PMListen to the Audio JEFFREY BROWN: Now, bringing the realities of war and life as a refugee to the classroom. Our story comes from special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters Television, which produces reports on education for the NewsHour. LAUREN FARDIG, Banana Kelly High School: Everyone, your eyes and your attention, please. JOHN TULENKO: Banana Kelly High School in the Bronx, N.Y ...
Edinburgh book festival highlights Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 1:36PMFrom fiction to poetry to children's illustrators, here is the pick of the events at the festival this year Fiction A new novel from Alan Hollinghurst , the first since his 2004 Booker-winning The Line of Beauty , and the final instalment of Edward St Aubyn 's blistering Melrose series have already made this a strong year for fiction. So the chance to hear these authors (both fairly elusive ...
Sibling ribaldry: What next for Britart's notorious duo, Jake and Dinos Chapman? Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 6:43PMJake and Dinos Chapman are on a break. They haven't seen or spoken to each other for months. They haven't had a falling out; they just decided to live and work apart for a year and see what art emerged. According to their minders at the White Cube gallery in east London, neither has a clue what the other has been working on; it will be a surprise for them both – and for a sceptical art-critical ...
Community news, east county: June 26 festival is all about dogs Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 6:02PM"Nuts for Mutts — the Walk & Dog Show" will be held June 26 at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road.
Duluth poet has a very subtle moment in the sun Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:09PMActor Mark Rylance recites a Louis Jenkins poem at the Tony Awards.
Alma man gets award Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:48AMA daughter's essay helped an Alma man get named Father of the Year during their church service Sunday.
A Series Of Subtitles Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:14AMAlas, the 2011 NBA Playoffs are over. It’s been an enchanting two-month ride full of surprises. We’ve witnessed the rise of new blood and the fall of old mainstays. We watched as myths were ripped to pieces, as new myths emerged in their stead. And while only one series reached seven games, this postseason hosted [...]
Summer activities at the Walpole library Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 4:23PMThis summer the Walpole Public Library is taking part in the statewide reading program: One World, Many Stories . All children, birth to eighth grade, whether they are reading independently or being read to by an adult, are eligible to participate in the reading program. Go to http://www.walpolelibrary.org to register.
Financial Advisor and Author Lynn Torre Publishes Dance of the Leaf Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 5:51PMGLEN ELLYN, IL--(Marketwire - Jun 13, 2011) - Do you know your net worth? Financial advisor and first-time author Lynn Torre says that this question has nothing to do with money. In fact, Torre maintains that her book of 52 inspirational poems called Dance of the Leaf goes hand in hand with her full-time job as owner of Financial Transitions Ltd. in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. "Women in particular are ...
F-word in children's book makes for a hit Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 4:29AMIt's a four letter word starting with f and ending with k that, no matter how brazen, could ever invade the cover of a children's book.
WRITERS WRITE: Remembering days on dad’s farm Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:51PMHaving grown up on a farm, I recall the words, "How do you keep them down on the farm?" Along with the siblings, where we lived we had animals to deal with and care for.