Rudyard Kipling

To Tag Or Not To Tag

Edward Goldman | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Gajin Fujita, Blum & Poe, Chuck Close, L.A. Louver, Rudyard Kipling, La Louver Gajin Fujita, Blum Poe Chuck Close, Kehinde Wiley, Arts News

Rudyard Kipling in one of his poems, more than a hundred years ago, famously said, "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." Hmm, I wonder what he would say if he had the chance to see the exhibition by Los Angeles artist Gajin Fujita at L.A. Louver Gallery. You want to see clash of civilizations? Here's your chance.

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Feral Children in Children's Books

Monica Edinger | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Rudyard Kipling, Children's Books, Books, Jane-Yolen, Kids' Books, Fantasy, Philip Pullman, Books News

Reading this Roger Moorhouse piece on the eighteenth century German feral child, Peter of Hanover, reminded me of Victor of Aveyron who showed up ...

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Royal Wedding Questions

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 06.30.2011

Read More: Wedding Vows, Catherine Middleton, Royal Wedding Vows, Chaucer, World War I, Jane Austen, Kids, William and Catherine, Bronte Sisters, Hats, Westminster Abbey, Rudyard Kipling, Troll, Royal Wedding, Dickens, Abbey, Style News

Well, I don't know about the rest of you but I'm weddinged out. There hasn't been this much media coverage of an event since Lindsay Lohan's last arre...

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Best London Hotels for Oh-So-British Tea

Pam Grout | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rudyard Kipling, London, Tea Guild, Prince of Wales, Langham Hotel, Brown's Hotel, Afternoon Tea, Travel News

The Brits, true to stereotype, consume more tea per capita than anywhere in the world. And their tea rooms take their mission of serving afternoon tea seriously. Here are two of my favorites:

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Poems for Mother's Day

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Rudyard Kipling, Emily Dickinson, Mother's Day, Poems, Mother's Day Poems, Poets, Mother's Day 2010, Poetry, John Lundberg, Healthy Living News

My mother likes to tell me that even if I showed up at her door and told her I'd committed a felony--murder, whatever--she would still love me. In honor of that devotion, here are some poems for Mother's Day.

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Mark Twain Centennial: Rudyard Kipling's Interview With Mark Twain

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Huckleberry Finn, Samuel Clemens, Rudyard Kipling, Library of America, Mark Twain Interview, Books, Mark Twain Centennial, Mark Twain, Mark Twain Death, Tom Sawyer, Video, Books News

This article originally appeared as a Library of America Story of the Week feature. An Interview with Mark Twain Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) From "T...

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Glenn Beck Book 'The Overton Window' Trailer: Does It Make You Want To Read The Book? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, The Overton Window, Rudyard Kipling, Glenn Beck, Books, Glenn Beck Book, Glenn Beck the Overton Window, Book Trailers, Books News

It's no shock that right wing pundit Glenn Beck would eventually try his hand at writing fiction -- there's certainly a precedent for it. Beck steps i...

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Wimbledon Appoints Its First Official Poet

The Guardian | Caroline Davies | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matt Harvey, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Poet, Poets, Poetry, Tennis, Rudyard Kipling, Books, Books News

Harvey will produce a poem a day throughout the fortnight as the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club follows Heathrow airport and Marks & Spencer...

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'Infidel Poetics' and Magic Unicorns

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harryette Mullen, Poetry, Anselm Berrigan, Rudyard Kipling, Daniel Tiffany, Adolf Hitler, Unicorns, Nada Gordon, Noelle Kocot, Infidels, Books News

The infidels are here to crush your pearls of wisdom. Sorry. This is especially bad news for readers who hope that the poets of the world know something special, and that poems exist to deliver the goods.

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Rubbernecking: An Additional Ten Reality Shows I'd Like to See

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Lindsay Hop - in which we follow La Lohan on her merry adventures tearing through Hollywood's party scene whilst destroying thousands of brain cells.

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Blagojevich's Poem A Popular Choice

NPR | Linton Weeks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blagojevich Corruption, Blagojevich If, Rod Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich Kipling Poem, Blago Poem, Rudyard Kipling, Blagojevich Poem, Blagojevich Scandal, Blagojevich Statement, Chicago News

As it turns out, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not the first to quote the popular English poet Rudyard Kipling at a time of great turmoil. At a ne...

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Kristol On Cheney: Kipling Would Admire Him

NY Times | WILLIAM KRISTOL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rudyard Kipling, Blagojevich Kipling, Rod Blagojevich, Bill Kristol, Bill Kristol New York Times, William Kristol, Dick Cheney, Politics News

You gotta love Dick Cheney. O.K., O.K. ... you don't have to. But consider this exchange with Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday": WALLACE: Did you r...

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Rachel Maddow Finishes Blagojevich's Poem (VIDEO)

HuffPost | Dan Duray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rudyard Kipling, Msnbc, Video, Rod Blagojevich, If, Rachel Maddow, Blagojevich Poem, Maddow Finishes Blagoevich Poem, Media News

As if declaring his innocence when America knows that Patrick Fitzgerald has tapes of him sounding like Tony Soprano weren't bizarre enough, Rod Blag...

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