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- Illinois' laureate pushes poetry power - Wilmette Life
Illinois' laureate pushes poetry powerWilmette Life, IL - 3 hours ago"His poetry is very down-to-earth, very accessible," she says. "You don't have to sort out the meaning of every poem." As a poet, Stein's a generalist. ...
- A 'slam' dunk for poetry (The Equinox)
The first annual Poetry Slam at Keene State College started late due to a "tardy" arriving crowd. At 7:07 p.m., Katherine St. Martin, the president of Sigma Tau Delta, stepped up to the microphone to announce the first poet of nine finalists, and the night began.
- BOOKS: 14 words a day - McGill Tribune (subscription)
BOOKS: 14 words a dayMcGill Tribune (subscription), Canada - 8 hours agoA Dream of Birds, a slim new volume of poetry, is the result of a casual collaboration between University of Ottawa professor and Can-Lit provocateur ...
- Book sale benefits League causes - Amherst Bulletin
Book sale benefits League causesAmherst Bulletin, MA - 58 minutes ago"The poetry books go fast. The table empties quickly. Cookbooks tend to go as well," said Cashdan, who is a retired social worker. ...
- Busy conductor ready to bring youth voices together - Paducah Sun
Dr. Bradley Almquist knows about mad dashes. As director of choral activities at Murray State University, Almquist directs chorus rehearsals until late afternoon each Thursday before driving to Paducah to conduct practices for the Paducah Symphony ...
- Holzmair's Solemn Remembrance (Washington Post)
Familiar as it is, the tale remains poignant. The Nazis created the "model camp" of Theresienstadt in the present-day Czech Republic in 1941; to it, they deported the elderly and the cultural elite, and at one point built stage sets of stores and cafes to help show the Red Cross how well they were...
- Black colleges' choirs have preserved the tradition - The News Journal
Black colleges' choirs have preserved the traditionThe News Journal, DE - 22 hours ago"There is a wealth of beautiful poetry and music that is going by the wayside. Young people need to hear it because it shows what we really went through. ...
- James Fenton on the creation of canons - guardian.co.uk
James Fenton on the creation of canonsguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoI'm relying now on a new account by Thomas F Bonnell of the publishing of the classics of English poetry, The Most Disreputable Trade (Oxford). ...
- World Record: Amserdam (The Heights)
Never in a million years would I have thought that I would climb to the top of a windmill one day. Climbing up a series of ever narrowing ladders inside a dark, dusty, and still operating windmill is not exactly a popular addition to people's lists of things to do before they die.
- Bright stitches of family history
Ottawa Citizen - ... States, Jamaica and Canada and now teaches at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, has published 11 collections of poetry ... itself unfolds: nudged forward by impersonal events and personal choices, defined by pivotal scenes but couched in the daily ...
- Lansing students review book award nominees - Leavenworth Times
Lansing students review book award nomineesLeavenworth Times, KS - 2 hours ago“We’re not doing original poetry, but patrons can sign up to perform anything from our collection. If they don’t want to perform, they can participate in ...
- Hip-hop has new jump off in Revere - The Daily Item of Lynn
Hip-hop has new jump off in RevereThe Daily Item of Lynn, MA - 5 hours agoIn addition to creating new poetry, Sousa plans to promote United Front in publications. “I just wanted to collect people to help me move (the business) ...
- Coimbra's Fado Haunts - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalCoimbra's Fado HauntsWall Street Journal - 2 hours agoIf in Lisbon the lyrics are comparable to a short story, in Coimbra they are more like poetry. Both styles are performed by a lone singer accompanied by two ...
- Slam Poetry comes to Paly - Paly Voice
Paly VoiceSlam Poetry comes to PalyPaly Voice, CA - 3 minutes ago"Anyone who is interested or even just wants to listen to poetry can join. It is really for anyone and everyone who likes writing, hearing, enjoying, ...
- Breaking the Mold: Heavyweight Dub’s A.P.O.S.T.L.E. takes Longfellow over Snoop (The Source Weekly)
Hip-hop artist, educator and social activist A.P.O.S.T.L.E’s first live performance was a reading of “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He was in the second grade. “I instinctively put rhythm to it in order to better memorize it,” he said of the reading. “I started writing my own poetry a few years later.” Now, some 25 years after his first “live performance,” A.P.O.S.T.L.E ...
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