Poetry

NEW YORK - Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," died Friday.

LOS ANGELES - This is tricky: How to talk about "World's Greatest Dad," the latest comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, without giving away all its twists and twisted details? It's extremely dark and daring and definitely not for everyone, but it shows that with his third film as writer and director, Goldthwait is honing a unique and fearless voice, and that's exciting to see.

YANGON, Myanmar -Hours before the performance art show was to open to the public, the censors arrived and the grilling began.

LONDON - The London house where John Keats wrote some of his most famous poems is to reopen this week after a 500,000 pound ($800,000) renovation, city officials said Wednesday.

CLEVELAND - A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been sold in foreclosure in Cleveland.