NYT: New York rebel Jim Carroll, punk poet and author of “The Basketball Diaries, dead at 60NEW YORK — Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote “The Basketball Diaries,” died Friday. He was 60. Movie Review: Goldthwait pushes it in the truly twisted dark comedy ‘World’s Greatest Dad’LOS ANGELES — This is tricky: How to talk about “World’s Greatest Dad,” the latest comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, without giving away all its twists and twisted details? No politics or sex: Myanmar artists gasp for breath in junta’s stifling gripYANGON, Myanmar —Hours before the performance art show was to open to the public, the censors arrived and the grilling began. Under their watchful gaze, the nine artists performed parts of their works, aware that every movement could arouse suspicion. House where poet John Keats wrote ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ reopens after renovationLONDON — The London house where John Keats wrote some of his most famous poems is to reopen this week after a 500,000 pound ($800,000) renovation, city officials said Wednesday. Writer Langston Hughes’ boyhood home in Ohio sold in foreclosure, bank to put it on marketCLEVELAND — A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been sold in foreclosure in Cleveland. Companies building ethanol, fertilizer plants in Iowa offer corn farmers cash for cobsDES MOINES, Iowa — Two new technologies offer the promise that corn growers could turn their cobs into cash. Cooking with Twitter: Recipes free and frequent, but be prepared to decode themR Twttrd recips a gr8 new thing 4 bkg & ckng or r the dirctns 2 confusng for most peeps? Redesigned Saturday Evening Post hopes to make its hallmark art, fiction new againINDIANAPOLIS — The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America’s greatest writers, is returning to its roots to show readers the value of a quiet read in an increasingly frenetic digital age. Utah archaeologist raises doubts about supposed discovery of vagabond poet’s remainsSALT LAKE CITY — Any doubt that remains found in the Utah wilderness were those of Everett Ruess, a legendary wanderer of the 1930s, seemed to be erased by a battery of forensic and genetic tests a few months ago. New White House social secretary Desiree Rogers doesn’t plan to just stay put in WashingtonNEW YORK — Stepping out in New York City to talk about culture, Desiree Rogers made one thing clear: This White House social secretary doesn’t intend to stay closeted in her East Wing office for four years. Walcott withdraws from race for Oxford University poetry post after anonymous letter campaignLONDON — Nobel literature laureate Derek Walcott has withdrawn from the contest for a prestigious position at Oxford University after anonymous letters criticizing him were sent to professors. Obamas host night of spoken word, poetry at White House, including James Earl JonesWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama says the White House is a place where people should feel free to speak their minds. To that end, she and President Barack Obama welcomed actors, poets and writers to the East Room on Tuesday. Obama’s Day: Meets employers on health care costs, honors top officers, hosts poetry readingWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama continues the theme of affordable health care today, a day after enlisting the help of the health industry in lowering future costs over 10 years. University of Wyoming says missing poet’s family believes he died in fall on Japanese islandCHEYENNE, Wyo. — The family of a University of Wyoming professor missing on a remote Japanese island believes he fell during a hike and didn’t survive, the school said Friday. US team: Japanese rescuers will continue search for Wyo. poet missing on remote islandCHEYENNE, Wyo. — An American rescue team had no luck on its final day of searching for a Wyoming poet missing on a remote Japanese island, but a Japanese team will continue working, a rescuer said Friday. US rescue team: Search for poet who went missing on Japanese island more than week ago to endCHEYENNE, Wyo. — The search for an acclaimed poet who went missing on a small Japanese island more than 10 days ago will end Friday, an American search-and-rescue team coordinator said. Trackers find the trail of US poet who went missing on remote Japanese islandTOKYO — A team of American trackers found the footprints Wednesday of an award-winning U.S. poet who went missing on a remote Japanese island while hiking up a volcano. Search for missing US poet on remote Japan island to be scaled downTOKYO — A team of American trackers picked up the trail of an award-winning U.S. poet who went missing on a remote Japanese island while hiking up a volcano, his sister-in-law said Wednesday. Japanese authorities make final search for US poet missing on remote islandTOKYO — The weeklong search for an award-winning U.S. poet who disappeared while hiking up a volcano on a remote Japanese island has yielded no clues and will end after a final day of searching, a police official said Tuesday. Relative of poet missing on Japanese island says search will continue at least one more dayCHEYENNE, Wyo. — A week has passed since a well-regarded poet disappeared on a Japanese island and his sister-in-law says the search will go on for at least one more day. |
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