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City Opera’s VOX Introduces New Works April 30 and May 1
April 21, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
The 11th season of City Opera’s VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab will present 10 new works by up and coming American composers and librettists- offering experimental pieces and works based on everything from classic literature to vintage B-movie horror.
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City Opera’s VOX Introduces New Works April 30 and May 1
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Four days of literature with the Beirut 39
April 21, 2010 by publisher · Leave a Comment
BEIRUT: “The reader touches, feels, hears, tastes and sees the Middle East and North Africa as it really is,” claims Hanan al-Shaykh in her preface to the Beirut39 anthology. “Beirut 39: New Writing from the Arab World” was published this month, in both English and in Arabic, as the Arab literature festival draws to a close. Celebrating Beirut’s
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Censorship and checkpoints (The New Statesman)
September 1, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The organisers of the Hay Festival have announced Beirut39 , a literary festival that promises to “take a fresh look at Arab literature”, promoting 39 regional authors at a four day celebration in 2010. Beirut (Book Capital of the Year 2009) follows Cartagena and Segovia in hosting global Hay festivals, but the literary celebrations in the Middle East aren’t without their pitfalls.
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Censorship and checkpoints (The New Statesman)