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- Danish writer awarded Nordic Council Literature Prize
Xinhua News Agency - Naja Marie Aidt, born in 1963, made her debut in 1991 with the poetry collection "As Long as I am Young". She has published eight poetry collections, three short story collections, a feature film and several plays.
- Kevin Mitchell: writer, musician, playground monitor - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kevin Mitchell: writer, musician, playground monitorSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 1 hour agoQ: The St. Louis Writers Guild recently presented a workshop on poetry in which the use of rhythm and beat, timing and rhyming were discussed. ...
- Floating Bridges - All About Jazz
Floating BridgesAll About Jazz, PA - 1 hour agoThe integration of the reading with the music is so seamless as to avoid comparison to most jazz/poetry collaborations. In all, a beautiful connection to ...
- Greek tragedy unfolds at 'G - Real Footy
Greek tragedy unfolds at 'GReal Footy, Australia - 47 minutes agoI am standing at the MCG and a Collingwood fan is telling me that footy is like epic poetry, or the ancient Greek tragedies or myths. ...
- • Walking With His Muse, a Poet Becomes His Own Destination. - Washington Post
Washington Post• Walking With His Muse, a Poet Becomes His Own Destination.Washington Post, United States - 6 minutes agoBy Edward Hirsch Poetry is a vocation. It is not a career but a calling. For as long as I can remember, I have associated that calling, my life's work, ...
- Halal Hour balances serious fare with comedy - Excalibur Online
Excalibur OnlineHalal Hour balances serious fare with comedyExcalibur Online, Canada - 16 hours agoDespite the piling snow outside, almost every seat in Bethune Dining Hall was filled on the night of Friday, March 7 to watch poetry, spoken word, ...
- Cabaret show Strips away gender stereotypes - Berkeley Beacon (subscription)
Cabaret show Strips away gender stereotypesBerkeley Beacon (subscription), MA - 6 minutes agoDark's spoken-word performance was a mixture of poetry and storytelling interwoven with audience interaction. Dark told stories about people in society that ...
- From Afghanistan--it's 'Afghan Idol' - Chicago Tribune
From Afghanistan--it's 'Afghan Idol'Chicago Tribune, United States - 14 minutes agoThey sing traditional Afghan songs with flowery poetry, such as, "Can I pick the flowers of rain from your beautiful hair?" The judges are honest but kind, ...
- Remembering the Sipani Dolphin - Car Wale
Remembering the Sipani DolphinCar Wale, India - 1 hour agoIts ride and handling was not something you would write home about or its looks was not necessarily poetry in motion. It was small, nippy with good low end ...
- Poetry is essential to politics, and to us (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
While observance of April's National Poetry Month might prompt a shrug from the throngs of Americans who no longer read poetry, John Adams never seemed to doubt that poetry mattered. And as the nation prepares to elect another president, Adams's views on the subject couldn't be more timely.
- Janine di Giovanni on Rachel Corrie - Times Online
Janine di Giovanni on Rachel CorrieTimes Online, UK - 46 minutes agoPlath was an obsessive, rather humourless child genius who had an elite classical education on the East Coast and who was writing extraordinary poetry from ...
- Diddy? Or Diddy not? A feud written in blood - Independent
Diddy? Or Diddy not? A feud written in bloodIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoBefore rising to stardom, he attended a Harlem drama school, played jazz and wrote poetry. But his recordings were always uncompromisingly confrontational, ...
- Dateline - March 25 - Milton Canadian Champion
Dateline - March 25Milton Canadian Champion, Canada - 14 hours agoThe Express the Arts group meets at 7 pm at Martindale Gardens on Martin Street for those interested in listening to or sharing poetry or music and making ...
- Soul Libations expands, upgrades venue - Red and Black
Soul Libations expands, upgrades venueRed and Black, GA - 15 hours agoLast October, the first event of poetry, spoken word and live jazz was a huge success, with people piling into The Winery downtown. ...
- Seeking 'hot spots' in her homeland - Edmonton Journal
Seeking 'hot spots' in her homelandEdmonton Journal, Canada - 2 hours agoA longtime fan of poetry and theatre -- "Before music, I wrote a lot of plays" -- Gryner has turned more attention to words and the rhythms of dialogue. ...
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