Ogden Nash

Mark Twain stamp is coming to post offices June 25

2011-06-23 16:35:17

<![CDATA[Mark Twain stamp is coming to post offices June 25]]>

Natalie Merchant to perform at the Getty Center

2010-03-29 21:32:57

<![CDATA[Natalie Merchant to perform at the Getty Center]]>

Natalie Merchant sings poetry. But does that make it new and improved?

2010-04-13 16:34:03

<![CDATA[Natalie Merchant sings poetry. But does that make it new and improved?]]>

The cult of 'for the children'

2007-10-04 00:00:00

In their dispute over an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, President Bush and Congress agree with Whitney Houston. They believe, that is, that children are our future. The quibbling isn't over the notion that kids...

'Poems: 1959-2009' by Frederick Seidel

2009-03-22 00:00:00

Poems 1959-2009 Frederick Seidel Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 510 pp., $40 In September 1968, a wide-ranging New York Times lifestyle piece headlined "Central Park's New Era: Fun for Everyone" took the measure of several New Yorkers, including a college...

It's Not Just the Fringes That Keep McClintock in the Fray

2003-10-02 00:00:00

Thirty-one-thousand feet above the Central Valley, sitting in a window seat on a crowded low-fare airliner, gubernatorial candidate Tom McClintock hesitantly accepted the offer from another passenger: a high-altitude laying on of hands. "I recognized you...

City Lights: The Poet Laureate of reader comments

2012-04-04 15:35:36

Last week, Times Community News got a surprise visit from a poet. No, Rita Dove or Mark Strand didn't stop by the newsroom. But our story on DrunkRescue, a new Huntington Beach business that offers rides home for out-on-the-town drunks, got an online...

A dim view of billboards, hitched to an east Allentown trip down Memory Lane

2012-01-18 16:24:26

Improve Your Workouts by Unleashing Your Inner Child

2012-02-20 16:36:10

'Every Thing on It' by Shel Silverstein

2011-10-04 19:54:37

"Every Thing on It" By Shel Silverstein HarperCollins, $19.99, ages 6-12 The late Shel Silverstein made a certain vein of poetry — with echoes of Edward Lear and Ogden Nash — a laugh-aloud family event for several generations. He provided for...

'Homeless' exhibit promotes understanding

2011-11-10 15:21:38

The multimedia exhibit "Homeless in Paradise" opened Nov. 5 at BC Space Gallery in Laguna Beach. The show was created by Laguna artists Faye Chapman and Tim Carmody, and Los Angeles Times photographer Genaro Molina in recognition of National Hunger and...

La señora de la tortuga

2011-05-27 16:39:47

A fierce pass rusher at 6 feet 7 and 265 pounds, he bullied Colts opponents for five years and helped Baltimore reach two Super Bowls.

1973-10-27 00:00:00