Sep 26 Graham Nash looks back on his music career in his new memoir, ‘Wild Tales’ Graham Nash, famed rocker and music activist, has released a new memoir titled "Wild Tales." In the early to mid-1960's, Nash had numerious number one pop hits with the British band, "The Hollies" and eventually helped found the eponymous… Continue reading
Sep 26 Barilla pasta boycotted for chairman’s offensive remarks Flickr user kugel Chairman for Barilla pasta manufacturer Guido Barilla told Italy's Radio 24 Wednesday that his company would never feature gay people in its advertising. Continue reading
Sep 26 Artist fills Boston streets with pianos .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Boston sidewalks are littered with… Continue reading
Sep 26 Lowly Worm goes on one more adventure Book cover by HarperCollins Children's Books Fifty years after the first edition of Richard Scarry's classic 'Best Word Book Ever' hit bookshelves, the author is back with a posthumously published title about fan-favorite Lowly Worm. Continue reading
Sep 25 Death of Kofi Awoonor in Nairobi Attack Is ‘Great Loss’ for Ghana and Poetry By Tom LeGro Kofi Awoonor, a Ghanaian poet, diplomat and academic, was among the victims murdered in a terrorist attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi. Awoonor's nephew Kwame Dawes, another renowned poet, was traveling with his uncle to attend a literary festival… Continue reading
Sep 25 Poet Kwame Dawes Remembers Kofi Awoonor With Reading of ‘The Weaver Bird’ Wednesday on the PBS NewsHour, poet Kwame Dawes remembers his uncle, Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor, who was killed in the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Dawes read one of his uncle's most famous works, "The Weaver… Continue reading
Sep 25 Kwame Dawes Reads ‘The Weaver Bird’ by Kofi Awoonor Poet Kwame Dawes' uncle, the Ghanaian poet Kofi Awoonor, was killed in the terrorist attack at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Dawes read one of his uncle's most famous works, "The Weaver Bird."… Continue reading
Sep 23 Grace Schulman Reads ‘Without a Claim’ In "Without a Claim," poet Grace Schulman is inspired by the things she loves. Raised in New York City, "like a houseplant in a windowsill, Schulman describes the majesty of the American landscape. In this instance it's Montauk, at the… Continue reading
Sep 23 Grace Schulman Reads ‘Without a Claim’ By News Desk In "Without a Claim," poet Grace Schulman is inspired by the things she loves. Raised in New York City, "like a houseplant in a windowsill, Schulman describes the majesty of the American landscape. In this instance it's Montauk, at the… Continue reading
Sep 22 If your bedroom is also your kitchen, you might live in a micro-apartment As more people across the country are living alone, the costs of rent and real estate are soaring in many urban areas. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; }… Continue reading