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- Ballerina getting deeper into 'Swan Lake' - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Star-Ledger - NJ.comBallerina getting deeper into 'Swan Lake'The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 1 hour agoWhen Prince Siegfried discovers her by the lakeside and swears eternal love, Sugawa says Odette must ask herself, "'Can I take this or not? I'm not a human, ...
- Questions of Nationality - Maisonnueve
Questions of NationalityMaisonnueve, Canada - 23 minutes agoPlease note that this request has been denied by our editorial board as Ms. Bishop is considered an American poet and including her work in an all-Canadian ...
- Shady poetry contest gets religion - Ann Arbor News Blog
Another press release about a "special poetry contest" arrived in my mailbox today, this one sponsored by Golden Poets Guild of Golden, Colo. The headline announces it as a "Christian poetry contest," although contest director Audrey Mellon goes on ...
- Why poetry matters, By Jay Parini (Independent)
In 1989, the American poet Dana Gioia lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of the US creative-writing industry. His essay, "Can Poetry Matter?", spoke wittily and despairingly of "poets" graduating from courses who teach and produce fresh multitudes of versifiers, publish in the same magazines and reverently review one another's books, most written in the same chopped-up free verse that has ...
- Play review: 'Twelfth Night' at Boscobel in Garrison - Times Herald-Record
So begins Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" as Duke Orsino craves to win the lady Olivia's love. She refuses to see him on the grounds that she still mourns the death of her brother. Viola also believes that she has lost her twin brother, Sebastian, in a ...
- 'Wildfire' artist sings for Cowboy Poets (Eastern Arizona Courier)
Wonderful doesn’t begin to describe the evening Gila Valley fans shared with cowboy singer Michael Martin Murphey on April 25.
- Writers left out in the cold - Ledbury Reporter
Writers left out in the coldLedbury Reporter, UK - 1 hour agoBy Gary Bills-Geddes LEDBURY Poetry Festival plans to leave budding writers on the Malvern Hills all night, in a bid it will inspire them. ...
- California Poet Laureate Al Young's 'Blues' - NPR News
Al Young was born on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. He grew up in the rural South and in Detroit before moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1960. Courtesy Al Young Morning Edition , April 24, 2008 · Al Young took to writing poetry, as he ...
- Lake Ozark Speedway to race in honor of local teen - Lake Sun Leader (subscription)
Lake Ozark Speedway to race in honor of local teenLake Sun Leader (subscription), MO - 11 hours agoBecause of Matthew's personality and love for the races, Lake Ozark Speedway will be hosting the first annual Matthew Merrill Memorial Race on May 31. ...
- Mary Whitehouse is the real monster - Times Online
One of the least pressing problems of the 21st century is that we don’t have a postmodern Mary Whitehouse. Ann Widdecombe was almost it, but the peroxide hair ruined it. Edwina Currie showed early promise, but then kissed and told and told and told ...
- Deadly internal clashes pose biggest challenge yet to Siniora - Daily Star - Lebanon
Daily Star - LebanonDeadly internal clashes pose biggest challenge yet to SinioraDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 3 hours agoHe was a friend of the late tycoon for some 45 years, benefiting from his meteoric rise from rags to riches. Critics have blamed him for the $41-billion ...
- AIMS test may have no future in schools - Arizona Daily Star
Arizona had a precursor to the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards. Former state schools Superintendent C. Diane Bishop pushed for the Arizona Student Assessment Program, which she said boosted student achievement, while opponents contended that ...
- Put it in plain words for me - Moultrie Observer
Put it in plain words for meMoultrie Observer, GA - 37 minutes agoThat’sa problem I had in high school and college in those classes where we were supposed to interpret poetry? Some poems had some pretty words, ...
- Kate and Owen Split, the Hawaii Book and Music Festival - KGMB9
Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson have split after nearly two years of on-and-off dating. Pictures of Hudson sporting a diamond ring last week in Boston sparked rumors of an engagement, but the pair has broken up, reports People. The ring, it turns out ...
- NAACP ACT-SO - Baltimore Community Times
Baltimore Community TimesNAACP ACT-SOBaltimore Community Times, MD - 6 hours agoThe event drew almost 40 participants with entries in the visual and performing arts, original essay, poetry and other categories. ...
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