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- Poets performing prose is the real prize (Toronto Star)
The Griffin Poetry Prize holds a big payday for a couple of fortunate versifiers. But the previous night's reading â an evening-long recital that has also become a highlight of the annual event â promises a huge payoff for everyone else.
- Haste makes waste - Vancouver Sun
Haste makes wasteVancouver Sun, Canada - 1 hour agoHis regularly exquisite writing memorably renders the poetry of the waves. But an intriguing subject and a handful of great metaphors do not a story make. ...
- Young students form an everlasting bond (Vancouver Sun)
I have witnessed an amazing journey of friendship develop between 20 eight-year-olds and 10 octo- and nonagenarians who came together this past school year thanks to the wisdom of one "newbie" Grade 3 teacher.
- Sharing stories of John: Tribute to student who drowned (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
John Erlanson loved crafting prose. âLove is the greatest power; itâs with us every hour,â he once wrote. Those lines resonated among more than 200 of Erlansonâs family members and friends who attended a nearly two-hour memorial service at Atascadero High School on Wednesday afternoon. Erlanson â a 17-year-old student at the high school â died May 7 when he drowned in the campus pool. School ...
- L.B. poetry series July 23, 30 (Atlanticville)
The Long Branch Summer Poetry Series continues Wednesday, July 23, with an appearance by one of the founders of the Language Poetry movement.
- Pencil this In: Thursday - LAist
LAistPencil this In: ThursdayLAist, CA - 53 minutes ago7:30 pm // Autry National Center // 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles // Free. Poet Heather McHugh reads her poetry at the âHammer Readingsâ series. ...
- Remembering the brave helpers (The Sentinel)
Never forget. If thereâs anything to learn, itâs never forget.
- In memory of Aharon Amir - ××××× ×××××
In memory of Aharon Amir××××× ×××××, Israel - 1 hour agoPoems that I finally collected at the end of 1975 in my first book of poetry, Hushniya, the Mosque. I knew that he had already decided that the days of his ...
- Rare performance brings a piece of old New Orleans - Springfield State Journal Register
Springfield State Journal RegisterRare performance brings a piece of old New OrleansSpringfield State Journal Register, IL - 1 hour ago... Free People of Color,â and also wrote âGumbo People,â a 1981 collection of poetry, music and essays written in Louisiana French Creole language. ...
- 3:30 p.m. - Poetry reading and book launch for Emelihter Kihleng set for May 15 (Pacific Daily News)
3:30 p.m., May 9 â The University of Guam's Women and Gender Studies program under the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences is sponsoring a book launch and poetry reading for "My Urohs" by Emelihter Kihleng.
- V V: `Divine absence` - Business Standard
We are known by the company we donât keep as much by what we do. Put it another way, we are defined by the books we donât read as much by the books we do. We all have multiple identities but it is difficult to get a fix on what we are at any ...
- Pratt: 'I like songs that have a story' - Rapid City Journal
Local singer, songwriter and comedian Gordy Pratt will be involved in this weekendâs Performers' Gallery at the Bullock Hotel in Deadwood, and plans to attend the Black Hills Songwriters workshop June 23-27.
- Rockinâ with the rhythm of the paint (Estes Park Trail Gazette)
Every national park has something about the landscape, the very air, that âcreates a really good vibe,â artist Kevin Muente, assistant professor of art at Northern Kentucky University, said, from his current home in the William Allen White cabin in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP).
- âMixed Metaphorâ at the library - Brookline TAB
âMixed Metaphorâ at the libraryBrookline TAB, MA - 19 hours agoShowstack is currently collaborating on a book of mixed media and poetry, and is participating in âDialogues,â an ongoing mixed media project. ...
- Greenspan Rewrites Aristophanes for World Premiere, Old Comedy , in NYC (Playbill)
Classic Stage Company presents the Target Margin Theater world-premiere production of Old Comedy from Aristophanes' Frogs by David Greenspan, based on â as the title would suggest â Aristophanes' 405 B.C. play Frogs, May 7-31 at CSC's East Village home.
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