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- 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Awarded - Forbes
LOS ANGELES, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Times (http://latimes.com) tonight honored 2007's most accomplished authors at its 28th annual Book Prizes (http://latimesbookprizes.com) ceremony at UCLA's Royce Hall, held on the eve of the Los ...
- Young South Florida poets compete for national spoken word title - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Through their poetry, the 10 teens standing in the auditorium of the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center have learned to transfer their rage from the page to the stage. They rant about the war in Iraq and the response to Hurricane ...
- "Xiang embroidery" becomes aa college major - CCTV
CCTV"Xiang embroidery" becomes aa college majorCCTV, China - 7 hours agoThe curriculum covers poetry, prose readings and all categories of fine arts. With pure silk, hard satin, soft satin and nylon as its materials, ...
- 'Piano Lesson' hits all the right keys
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Bellamy, who acted in McClinton's production, marries Wilson's vernacular poetry to a lyrical acting style to make this drama compelling and humorous, even at three hours plus.
- Muses and miracles - The Gazette (Montreal)
Muses and miraclesThe Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 35 minutes agoThis poem sequence is as much documentary and fiction as it is poetry. Geddes draws on research and first-hand interviews for his material (he includes ...
- About the contest (The News & Observer)
C.G. Thompson of Greenville is the winner of the 2008 N.C. State Poetry Contest for her poem "Post Card to Ravinna."
- Search this site - Redpepper.org
Search this siteRedpepper.org, UK - 4 hours agoA leading Futurist poet, his poetry used street slang, popular songs, puns and various neologisms that horrifed the Russian intelligentsia. ...
- Arts Fest colors BC's campus (The Heights)
The 10th annual Boston College Arts Fest begins this afternoon in O'Neill Plaza. This year's festival marks its 10th anniversary, complete with free birthday cake. The main tent will be larger than in past years, and the planners are expecting a larger crowd draw than in the past.
- Poet explores brutal emotions women seldom declare (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Jan Beatty's new book, "Red Sugar," uses the magical life force -- simply, blood -- that courses through the body as an entry point for poems that seek the interior.
- French black identity poet Aime Cesaire dies at 94 (AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
French poet Aime Cesaire, a leading voice of black cultural identity whose struggle against colonialism resonated in Africa and the United States, died Thursday in Martinique.
- Things to do this weekend
Orange County Register - Family - Campfire Program - Join park rangers for a one hour program that includes slide shows, live animals, poetry, singing ... Concert - Strung Out Benefit - The punk band is joined by DI, Death by Stereo, I Am Ghost and Pour Habit at 7 p.m.
- Tunisia: Jazzman William Parker Gives Dazzling Performance in Carthage (AllAfrica.com)
After Gilberto Gil and Liz Mac Comb, it was the turn of William Parker one of the world's greatest jazz figures and the worthy heir of Charlie Mingus, to enlighten the "Jazz in Carthage" scene with a dazzling performance of free jazz.
- Dornac: Unmasking a photographer of Parisian society (International Herald Tribune)
A man anxious to remain anonymous contacted a Paris auctioneer of the PIASA group, Delphine de Courtry. He had 179 photographs signed Dornac, and wanted to part with them. Here was, perhaps, a chance to find out more about the mystery photographer.
- At art workshops, creativity flourishes on vacation - USA Today
At art workshops, creativity flourishes on vacationUSA Today - 1 hour agoThe class starts off experimenting with brushes, sponges and steel wool on small pieces of paper, working in black and white so as not to have to make ...
- Perfect ways to chill out... - Halesowen News
Perfect ways to chill out...Halesowen News, UK - 49 minutes agoThere will also be morris dancing from Bedcote Morris, readings by members of Poetry Wednesbury and brass band music by Langley Band. ...
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