A Reading Series for the Neighborhood
Richard Jeffrey Newman is the author of The Silence of Men and has translated from the Persian, The Teller of Tales: Stories from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. His poetry and essays have been published in...
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French novelist Patrick Modiano of Paris has won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. read more
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During the 2012 Nelson Arts Festival in New Zealand, artist Klaasz Breukel turned his van into a mobile projector to share poetry. In this video filmed by Daniel Allen, animated poems are projected...
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dooley_thomas_110.jpgWriter Photo Credit: Noah Barker “The balled up, impossible-to-unkink tangle of pain and joy that is family fuels a great deal of my writing. The great Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz...
View ArticleA Reading Series for the Neighborhood
Richard Jeffrey Newman is the author of The Silence of Men and has translated from the Persian, The Teller of Tales: Stories from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. His poetry and essays have been published in...
View ArticleThe Politics of the Lyric Poem, the World’s Weirdest Bookshops, and More
Staff Rushdie shares PEN Pinter Award with imprisoned Syrian activist; Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano and his work; little-known punctuation marks; and other news.Page 1This is all the info...
View ArticleFlannery O’Connor Archive Sold to Emory, Nobel Judge Condemns Western...
Staff A growing market for children’s nonfiction; a hefty new compilation of Bob Dylan’s lyrics; J. K. Rowling’s Twitter riddle solved; and other news.Page 1This is all the info relevant to page 1 of...
View ArticleFrench Novelist Patrick Modiano Wins Nobel Prize
French novelist Patrick Modiano of Paris has won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. read more
View ArticlePoetry Projection
During the 2012 Nelson Arts Festival in New Zealand, artist Klaasz Breukel turned his van into a mobile projector to share poetry. In this video filmed by Daniel Allen, animated poems are projected...
View ArticleLost Truman Capote Stories, Chinese Poet Wang Zang Detained by Police, and More
Staff French novelist Patrick Modiano wins 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature; Billy Collins on poetry and leadership; Twin Cities–based bookstore to close; and other news.Page 1This is all the info...
View ArticleThomas Dooley
dooley_thomas_110.jpgWriter Photo Credit: Noah Barker “The balled up, impossible-to-unkink tangle of pain and joy that is family fuels a great deal of my writing. The great Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz...
View ArticleA Reading Series for the Neighborhood
Richard Jeffrey Newman is the author of The Silence of Men and has translated from the Persian, The Teller of Tales: Stories from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. His poetry and essays have been published in...
View ArticleThe Politics of the Lyric Poem, the World’s Weirdest Bookshops, and More
Staff Rushdie shares PEN Pinter Award with imprisoned Syrian activist; Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano and his work; little-known punctuation marks; and other news.Page 1This is all the info...
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