LARSON: Listening and living literature through lyrics
#“The effect the literary word can have on us as people is important,” Eddie Owen said, “and I think we should all participate in any way we can.” #Owen is certainly providing the opportunity for people to participate with two upcoming events at his …
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Wars of words: literature's most powerful portraits of the battlefield
Today is St Crispin's day and, as such, the anniversary of two battles – Agincourt and Balaclava – that took place on 25 October and in a further coincidence resulted in arguably the two most famous examples of martial writing in literature: Henry's …
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Literature and Death at West Point
On Nov. 4, West Point literature professor Elizabeth Samet's new book will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. "No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America" grapples with the ambiguous era between Sept. 11 and the present, …
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Famous names from TV, radio and media booked for literature festival in …
EACH year the Bishop's Stortford College Festival of Literature attracts a wealth of writing talent – and 2015 will be no different. Visitors to the week-long celebration of the written word will be treated to wordsmiths who have penned fiction …
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