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- 'Mad Men' recap: Poolside review (Entertainment Weekly)
By Karen Valby Don blows off his work trip in favor of a young temptress, while Peggy changes her look thanks to the new man in her life
- Where words matter - Dailyrecord.com
Where words matterDailyrecord.com, NJ - 1 hour ago... Jersey High School Poetry Contest. "She got up in the big tent along with 20 other high school students and read her poem to this huge crowd," she said. ...
- U.S. Musicians Put Their Own Twist on Popular Persian Songs (Payvand Iran News)
An operatic voice sings of love lost and love found in a language unfamiliar to many in the audience and even to some members of the band. Monika Jalili and her group NoorSaaz are Americans who sing their own interpretations of Persian folk songs and popular music from the 1940s through the 1970s. -Esther Agbaje, America.gov
- Is it harder to write a great sonnet than a great hip-hop verse? - Atlantic Online
Is it harder to write a great sonnet than a great hip-hop verse?Atlantic Online - 4 hours agoBut I loved words, and I turned to poetry armed with the exact same logic that lucretius offers here--I thought it would be freer, because I didn't have to ...
- Pumpkins and more (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
LOWELL | The Second Annual Pumpkin Fest at Evergreen Park is just around the pumpkin patch. Join the GFWC/IFC Lowell Woman’s Club from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the park, East Commercial Avenue and Joe Martin Road for a fall festival. Spend a relaxing Saturday visiting with friends, browsing the 12 crafts vendors, shopping for bargains at the garage sale, and munching on a hot dog or pulled ...
- Poetry publisher has a storied past (The Record)
CavanKerry Press Ltd. of Fort Lee, the only publishing house that gets funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, specializes in poetry, not drama.
- Pulse contributors for July 22: - Herald-Mail
Lisa McManus is 18 and attends adult education classes at the Washington County Family Center. She has been writing poetry since she was 13. She is Mormon and enjoys writing poetry about her spirituality.
- Community Calendar (Everett Herald)
Pawsitive Alliance Dog Days of Summer adoption event, noon to 3 p.m. today, Academy of Canine Behavior, 4705 240th St. SE, Bothell. The Lynnwood Convention Center hosts an artist reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at 3711 196th St., SW, Lynnwood.
- Performer returns to Salisbury Grange (The Observer-Dispatch)
With a 22-foot-high ceiling, a balcony and stage, the Salisbury Grange No. 624 anticipates a full house when contemporary folk musician and lyricist Marshall Stewart performs at 7 p.m. Saturday.
- Poetry invites introspection (The Leader Times)
The American writer William Carlos Williams wrote in his poem "Asphodel, that Greeny Flower": "It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there."
- Festival Celebrates Words - UNM Today
UNM TodayFestival Celebrates WordsUNM Today, NM - 6 minutes ago13, features a poetry picnic, book fair and workshops at the Harwood Art Center. UNM Professor Joy Harjo and her band Arrow Dynamics headline the festival ...
- El Paso doctor adds essays to poetry in 2nd collection - El Paso Times
El Paso doctor adds essays to poetry in 2nd collectionEl Paso Times, TX - 45 minutes ago... specialist and self-taught writer who first exposed his private thoughts in "The Forgotten Garden," a self-published bilingual collection of poetry. ...
- Performance artist Coco Gordon ‘reconfigures’ thought and sound ... - Estes Park Trail Gazette
If artists and poets are the conscience of the culture, SuperSkyWoman (aka Coco Go or Coco Gordon of Lyons, Colo., and New York, NY) has her work cut out for her. In her sky-blue top with the Superman symbol emblazoned on it, she seems up to the task ...
- The poetry of memories (Prairie Public Broadcasting)
It's inevitable to repeat yourself when you write as much – and as personally – as Donald Hall.
- Guest column: Lesson for teachers: To care and not to care - Des Moines Register
One morning last fall I found a line from T. S. Eliot's poem "Ash Wednesday" swirled in purple marker across the front whiteboard of my classroom: "Teach us to care and not to care." The elegant penmanship told me it was Trudy, my friend and fellow ...
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