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- Dammit, Scarlett Johansson's Album Might Be Good - New York Magazine
New York MagazineDammit, Scarlett Johansson's Album Might Be GoodNew York Magazine, USA - 2 hours agoTo legitimate sophisticates like us — owners of one Tom Waits album and zero books of poetry — it was an idea worthy of scorn. But now it turns out that not ...
- Melting Pots - Pune Newsline
Melting PotsPune Newsline, India - 2 hours agoOn the occasion of Sant Tukaram's birth centenary, Dr Salil Late, singer and composer, presented Dev Majha Tukaram, a programme of Sant Tukaram's poetry, ...
- Speech and Debate Team talks its way to Nationals - Berkeley Beacon (subscription)
Speech and Debate Team talks its way to NationalsBerkeley Beacon (subscription), MA - 17 hours agoEach of the speakers specializes in one or more of the different categories, which include debate, poetry, impromptu and persuasive speaking. ...
- Four honorary degrees to be awarded - Inside BU
Four honorary degrees to be awardedInside BU, NY - 13 minutes agoKooser wrote poetry each day before heading for the office, publishing 11 full-length collections of poetry while rising to the position of vice president ...
- Bridging the gap between art and activism (Michigan Daily)
What do you think of when you think of gender? Female and male? Skirts and slacks? Uggs and Axe? Common conception draws a solid line between the "feminine" and the "masculine." But what happens when you don't fit into either category? The poem "Cocky" by writer, poetry slam champion, trans activist and trans woman Julia Serano, puts it best: "When a man is defined as … not female / And a woman ...
- Goddess in the Details
New York Times - ... as well as the use of uncut lengths of fabric, and others who chose instead to pursue the science of tailoring. “The dark ... Still, despite the convoluted syntax, her text retains its poetry. And where Mears, with her subtitle, appears to have passed ...
- A fish tale you can believe - Danbury News Times
A fish tale you can believeDanbury News Times, CT - 17 minutes agoHe writes poetry, cooks a mean meal and will share a recipe or two. He also greets you with a warm smile, while selling some very fresh fish. ...
- Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo concert tomorrow
Portsmouth Herald - Karen Nelson, Pat Parnell, and Portsmouth Herald Tea for Two columnist Tammi Truax will share their poetry published in the anthology "Alternatives to Surrender" at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 9 at RiverRun Bookstore in downtown Portsmouth.
- As the Telegraph joins forces with the £5000 Arvon Poetry ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukAs the Telegraph joins forces with the £5000 Arvon Poetry ...Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours agoBig, abstract concepts like love and death may be the stuff of poetry, but you must find your own way into them. "Tell all the Truth but tell it slant", ...
- Stallion wins poetry contest
Madera Tribune - OAKHURST - Amanda Valdez, 17, has taken first place in the Poetry Out Loud county competition and will advance to the state ... To read the rest of the story... you'll have to have an online subscription to The Madera Tribune.
- Talk of the Times: Farmers Market seeks new manager (Gloucester Daily Times)
As warm weather approaches, the Cape Ann Farmers Market is preparing for a vibrant 2008 season at Gloucester's Harbor Loop and mdash; and seeking help from energetic people who want to take part in the market.
- Former beat movement member Gary Snyder wins $100000 poetry prize - The Canadian Press
Former beat movement member Gary Snyder wins $100000 poetry prizeThe Canadian Press, NEW YORK - Apr 29, 2008"Gary Snyder is in essence a contemporary devotional poet, though he is not devoted to any one god or way of being so much as to Being itself," Christian ...
- Gig, by Simon Armitage (Independent)
'When you told people in Huddersfield you were a poet didn't you get your head kicked in?" This question, punted at Simon Armitage, by a character called Spaz, occurred at a book signing in New Zealand. Spaz hails from Burnley, which adds a little more side-swipe to the cultural collision. However, life on the road for a performing poet like Armitage, more often than not, leads to ...
- Saddam Feared US Would Give Him HIV - Sky.com
The Iraqi tyrant, who was hanged in 2006, kept a diary following his capture by US troops three years earlier. In extracts published by the London-based Arab daily Al Hayat, he reveals that he feared catching a sexually transmitted disease from his ...
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Florida Times-Union - Billy Collins has an onstage interview at 1:30 p.m. and a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. ... Ladies at the Alamo , one of the last plays Zindel wrote before his death in 2003, is about the power struggles that take ...
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