Frame?s poems make shortlist (Otago Daily Times)
OTAGO?S most loved author, Janet Frame, has been shortlisted for New Zealand?s premier book awards more than three years after her death. A collection of Frame?s poems, The Goose Bath, was announced yesterday as a final ist in the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards....more...Children?s Books (New York Times)
With twenty short poems paired with paintings on double-page spreads, Douglas Florian creates an interstellar journey....more... Poetry eases pain for woman who suffered from health afflictions (Leavenworth Times)
When Helen Nowak found herself struggling with health problems, she turned to poetry to ease her pain. Nowak, who works at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Lansing, said she can?t pinpoint a moment when she began writing poems....more... Silver screen in her future? (Community Press & Recorder)
Whether writing a screenplay or a book of poems, senior Valerie Hsiung is aiming for the stars....more... Student's love of horses inspires book of poetry (Norwich Bulletin)
BOZRAH -- Fields Memorial student Carrie Varney-Bibeau can't see more than 6 feet out of her good eye, but it didn't stop her from writing a book of 18 poems about horses....more... Local poet wins high accolade: The Guggenheim (finally) goes to ... (Santa Maria Times)
Accomplished poet Christopher Buckley of Lompoc?s Vandenberg Village received validation of his success in writing earlier this month when he was notified that he will receive a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship award. ...more... Review: The Life of Kingsley Amis (International Herald Tribune)
A. O. Scott is a film critic for The Times. He is writing a book about the American novel since World War II. ...more... Sunday, June 3, 2007 (Deccan Herald)
As a teenager, Stalin had a surprising talent for romantic poetry. Simon Sebag Montefiore wonders how the youthful scribbler became such a ruthless tyrant....more... Tough sell for writers at NY literary "speed-dating" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
If you think speed-dating is tough, try selling your book to an editor in three minutes....more... |