Poetry Prize Sets Off Resignations at Society
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The cloistered community of American poetry has, in recent months, become a little less like Yeatsâs Land of Faery, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue, and a little more like Allen Ginsbergâs âHowl.â
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Many young people are throwing off their generationâs reputation for slovenly language, and taking up the gauntlet for good grammar.
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Bitter infighting over embattled British Prime Minister Tony Blair's succession was raging on, despite his pledge to resign within a year in a bid to calm a crisis threatening his government.
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The leader of Britain's opposition   Conservatives has fallen victim to "cybersquatters," and some   people trying to access his Internet blog have found themselves   entering the world of a little-known Australian poet.
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One of the world's most lauded - and most divisive - literary grandees is awarded a knighthood for services to literature.
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One of Africa's most prominent literary icons, Chinua Achebe, has rejected a national honors award from his government in Nigeria in protest at the "dangerous" state of the country, newspapers reported on Sunday.
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Art aficionados hope that the new post may revive the fortunes of literacy by spreading the power of poetry.
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THE bunsen burners that inspired thousands of young Scots to become scientists are in danger of being snuffed out.
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The Irish writer Anne Enright, who won the 2007 Booker Prize last month, faces criticism over a recent essay in The London Review of Books.
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The judges for this year&#39;s Â£50,000 Man Booker Prize declared their shortlist of six novels on Tuesday and promptly decried some entries for the most valued literary prize in the world as &quot;drivel&quot; and &quot;rubbish&quot;.
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Plans to restrict free English classes must be dropped in the interests of community cohesion, a union warns.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Hamas-run Education Ministry has ordered an anthology of Palestinian folk tales pulled from school libraries, reportedly over mild sexual innuendo, the most direct attempt by the Islamic militants to impose their beliefs on Palestinian society.
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The civil war raging within the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) is set to become even more bitter following the resignation of three executive board members in protest at the 'no confidence' vote which forced the exit of chairman David Mackay.
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Michael Longley and broadcaster Tom Paulin are on the shortlist for the Â£10,000 TS Eliot Poetry Prize.
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Who says people don&#39;t care about books? For the second year in a row, controversy has swirled around the National Book Awards.
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Bee Columnist. Sean Harrigan and his acolytes are spinning a melodramatic tale about his ouster from the governing board of the huge California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System - that he
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The Turner Prize, the United Kingdom's prestigious modern art award, has always been controversial for unexpected winners.