Ann Lauterbach's poetry is of ravishing presence pressured and fired by memory, desire, myth, and dream. To read Lauterbach's poetry is to immerse oneself in the rich textures of language as well as to participate in the re-visioning of the modernist lyr...

HUM "Downward Is Heavenward" RCA SWERVEDRIVER "99th Dream" Zero Hour Named in honor of an amplifier noise that was once considered a flaw, Hum has the expected grimy guitar sound. Like most post-Husker Du indie-rock bands, however, this Illinois quartet also has folkie tendencies....

VENOUS HUM Suzette Mayr Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004 In her inimitable style, Calgary-based writer Suzette Mayr has followed up the success of her 1995 novel, Moon Honey, with another apiarian-inspired title: Venous Hum. Moon Honey ranks among the sharpest of fiction...

Major pharmaceutical companies turned in mostly bland third-quarter results Thursday, but there was at least one bright spot, with Eli Lilly and Co. beating analysts' expectations, raising its earnings forecast and announcing a promising collaboration.At the other extreme, Pfizer Inc. reported a 77 percent plunge...

Just inside the door to the Buffalo Sabres' locker room hangs a portrait of the Stanley Cup, a reminder of the team's sole objective this season.Players pass the black-and-white picture every time they hit the ice. That's why there was little fanfare after practice Wednesday,...