Blogs Posts in Poetry category; 6 blog posts

Book Review: Granta 112

This issue of the British literary journal is dedicated to Pakistan. There are the usual high quality stories and poems, artworks and photographs, but it is the in-depth journalism that really stands out - offering insights into Kashmir, [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Portsmouth Poetry Book Brings City's Creativity Together

There was standing room only at Groundlings Theatre on Saturday at the launch of a new book which celebrates Portsmouth in Poetry. This Island City: Portsmouth in Poetry, published by Spinnaker Press, is the culmination of three ye [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

'GMA's' Picks for Teen Summer Reading

These days television and the Internet compete with books for kids' attention, but "Good Morning America" parenting contributor Ann Pleshette Murphy has some must-reads that are sure to turn your couch potatoes into bookworms.Thes [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

A Town Called Dehra

In this delightful collection, Ruskin Bond introduces us to the Dehradun he knows intimately and loves unreservedly—the town that he had spent many years of his childhood and youth in. A town which, when he knew it, was one of pony-dr [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Three years later, poems are still putting the impact of Hur...

Poetry lends itself to all occasions, happy and sad, everyday and rare. It offers a multitude of forms -- the exquisite slenderness of a haiku, the sprawling pages of an epic, the rigor of a sonnet, the bouncing rhyme, the grace of free ver [...]

Posted On : Aug, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Writing mag's advice through the decades

Emma Gary Wallace, professional author, had more than a few notions about the business of writing. With a resume that included essays in housekeeping and cooking magazines, and a popular Christmas story, "The New Neighbor," she [...]