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- Immigrant Songs - Cleveland Free Times
Immigrant SongsCleveland Free Times, OH - May 6, 2008Neither are the poetry skills that give the written word its staying power, the infusion of music with images and metaphors. Rather than explore either of ...
- The $25 Haiku (Denver Post)
It's Earth Day today, so we couldn't help but ask entrants to the Denver Post $25 Haiku Contest to contemplate "recycling" in verse. Happily, Karen Magner of Castle Rock managed to close the loop:
- OUT & ABOUT - Bellevue Reporter
OUT & ABOUTBellevue Reporter, WA - 1 hour agoSoulFood Poetry Night: 7-9:30 pm every third Thursday. Includes two featured readers and an open-mic reading. SoulFood Books Cafe, 15748 Redmond Way, ...
- Text messaging is out of control - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Text messaging is out of controlRochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - 3 hours agoLost are the days of love letters and sappy poetry in homeroom. And it's not only teenagers in this uncongenial rut. Parents may not be at the forefront of ...
- TGIF Saturday (Honolulu Advertiser)
The 4 indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; the * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase. Call venue for details.
- A Thing of the Past - Forward
Objects have power. In my last column I wrote about the power of Christian right-wing trinkets as symbols of identity and values. A Torah is another powerful object; when it’s no longer usable it has to be buried, like a dead body. Then there’s ...
- A widow and mother, present at a painful creation
Boston Globe - Sohail, the elder, is the classic good boy: an obedient son, a loyal brother, a poetry-spouting pacifist who is head over heels in love with the girl next door. Maya, on the other hand, is the difficult child: politically impassioned and emotionally ...
- Mehmet Murat Somer: Prophet Murders (RainbowNetwork.com)
The Prophet Murders is the first title in Mehmet Murat Somer's Hop-Çiki-Yaya series of crime novels. Written in the first person, the stories are told from the point of view of a glamorous transvestite club-owner in Istanbul who also happens to do a little bit of amateur detective work on the side.
- Where cowboys gather, it's story time - Red Bluff Daily News
Where cowboys gather, it's story timeRed Bluff Daily News, CA - Apr 18, 2008Weidel said he writes new poems for Cowboy Poetry night each year and has been performing at the event for about a decade.
- Assessing Niagara's skills; Forum to develop future forecast (Niagara Falls Review)
Niagara needs to know where its economy stands, assess the skills of its workforce and forecast jobs of the future, says the chairman of the Regional Municipality of Niagara. That's the point of a daylong economic forum set for Friday. The event is hosted by the Niagara [...]
- Best of the University Press: The Secrets of Gardens - NHPR
Writer and voracious reader Matthew Battles joins Word of Mouth once more to share some of the best new books coming out of university presses. He's senior editor at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the author of "Library: An Unquiet History ...
- Birds in art and verse (The Facts)
A call from the dentist’s office was a little alarming since going to the dentist is not one of my favorite pastimes. I figured Jackie had arranged a plot to get me in for a check-up on my rotting molars.
- 7 Days and 7 Nights
Gay City News - Finokio's quest to become a real boy culminates in a gay wedding. Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond St. at Lafayette. ... Garces Kiley draws her inspiration from the poetry of William Blake and the lyrics of Control Machete.
- Rickman sees retirement as a whole new beginning
Augusta Chronicle - ... champion at Mount Vintage Plantation); working as a volunteer with golf organizations; helping out-of-town golf fans attend a Masters Tournament practice round; opening up his home to tournament golfers when they come to town; and writing golf poetry
- Student Spotlight - Philadelphia Inquirer
Student SpotlightPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - Apr 20, 2008Denaci is the editor of the school's literary magazine and has worked as an intern at the American Poetry Review. She earned $400 as winner of the poetry ...
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