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White Roses

White RosesWhile the travellers refreshed, and Mrs President struggled into her best gown, Josie ran into the garden to gather flowers for the brides. The sudden arrival of these interesting…

Abdel Wahab al-Bayati Biography

Abdel Wahab al-BayatiAge: 73 exiled Iraqi poet who helped initiate the modernist movement in Arab poetry. He was known for his innovative free-verse poetry as well as his leftist political…

Samuel Bartholomew Biography

Samuel BartholomewAge: 81 blocking back who captained Tennessee's 1939 undefeated, unscored upon football team (reg. season); won trophy for outstanding blocker in the SEC in 1938 and 1939;…

Brewer's: Chivy

A chase in the school game of “Prisoners' Base” or “Prison Bars.” Probably a gipsy word. One boy sets a chivy, by leaving his bar, when one of the opposite side chases him, and if he…

The Boys

The BoysWhile Nat takes a good long sleep, I will tell my little readers something about the boys, among whom he found himself when he woke up. To begin with our old friends. Franz was a tall…

Top 100 Works in World Literature

Source: Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002. The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54…

Robert Graves: Babylon

BabylonThe child alone a poet is: Spring and Fairyland are his. Truth and Reason show but dim, And all's poetry with him. Rhyme and music flow in plenty For the lad of one-and-twenty, But…

1986–1987 Obie Awards

Best New American PlaysRichard Foreman, The Cure and Film Is Evil, Radio Is GoodDirectionGarland Wright, On the VergePerformancesRobin Bartlett, The Early GirlRob Besserer, The Hunger…