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Telling a story in 140 characters or less »
AFP American Edition | 2009-06-19 13:00:21
Arjun Basu writes short stories. Very short stories. "I'm doing 140-character stories on Twitter," said Basu, one of scores of authors, poets and other creative types who are downsizing their literary talents to the limited format of the hot micro-blogging service. "I call them Twisters because everything on Twitter has a stupid name," the 42-year-old Basu told AFP at the 140 Characters Conference, a two-day talkfest devoted to all things Twitter held in New York this week. "Each story has a beginning, a middle and an end," said Basu ...
Poet Ruth Padel at Hay Festival, Wales UK »
From Splash News | 2009-05-27 16:49:56
BRITAIN POETRY PROFESSOR »
From AP News | 2009-05-26 20:46:39
Ugly fight for Oxford's top poetry post splits UK »
AP News | 2009-05-26 20:46:36
LONDON — A fight over who gets to be Oxford University's top poet has set Britain's pens racing — and weakened the careers of two well-known wordsmiths. St. Lucia-born Derek Walcott pulled out of the race for Oxford's Professor of Poetry after letters were distributed highlighting sexual harassment allegations made against him at Harvard and Boston Universities in the 1980s and 1990s. His rival, Ruth Padel, resigned from the prestigious post Monday after ...
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