Literature

Feminist writer dies in Ireland (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

13 May 2008

Nuala O'Faolain, a journalist and feminist who gained international fame with a 1996 memoir, died in Dublin of lung cancer, weeks after revealing her illness on state radio. She was 68. O'Faolain was a University College Dublin lecturer in literature before becoming one of Ireland's best-known journalists. She worked as a television producer and reporter for the BBC, and gained a national ...

STUDY: 2-DRINK LIMIT PRETTY HIP (New York Post)

13 May 2008

A drink or two a day may make for stronger bones, according to a new review of literature on the issue - but more than two may lead to a broken hip. People who drank between one half and one alcoholic beverage a day were 20 percent less likely than...

Honorary doctorate for noted poet (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)

13 May 2008

Poet and artist Cilla McQueen will receive an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from the University of Otago this weekend.