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- At writing camp, schlepping goes with scholarship - Miami Herald
RIPTON, Vt. It's billed as the oldest writers' conference in the nation, a gathering at a picturesque mountaintop retreat where literary giants, book editors and up-and-coming novelists have been coming together once a year since the 1920s. But ...
- Related Stories (The Canton Repository)
The story sounds more like urban legend than fact. A long-haired young man stands before a judge and is given an option: Get a "butch" haircut or go to prison.
- David Schwimmer Confirmed To Direct At POWERHOUSE 8/2 - Broadway World
Broadway WorldDavid Schwimmer Confirmed To Direct At POWERHOUSE 8/2Broadway World, NY - 48 minutes agoOrlandersmith has toured extensively with the Nuyorican Poetry Café throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. The Powerhouse program is the ...
- Art: A single vowel sung rises above political rhetoric (Denver Post)
As the United States prepares to elect the next president and chart a new political course, people of all kinds are seeking a voice in the process, and artists are no exception.
- I'm walking on air after flying through Irish - Irish Independent
I'm walking on air after flying through IrishIrish Independent, Ireland - 28 minutes agoHaving stayed up until midnight writing sample answers to essays, there was no time left for me to study the poetry. Sitting outside the exam hall, ...
- The Boat man's call - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldThe Boat man's callSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour agoBut his first literary love, before he discovered the short story, even before he attempted the novel, was poetry. When he was completing his arts/law ...
- Joyce Carol Oates gets wild with her latest (Courier-Post)
Some of Joyce Carol Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. "My Sister, My Love," her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- Ex- Sunday News Sports Editor launches website - Sunday News
Ex- Sunday News Sports Editor launches websiteSunday News, Zimbabwe - 3 hours agoXtra time as an online portal, focuses on Zimbabwe football and strives to take Zimbabwe football to the world,’’ said Moyo on Thursday. ...
- Alexandria Voters Key to Virginia Strategy - Alexandria Times
Alexandria Voters Key to Virginia StrategyAlexandria Times, VA - Aug 21, 2008Dean’s Del Ray visit, including Euille and Moran, was more publicized, and the star power of the NBA’s Thomas performing original spoken word poetry, ...
- Ben Bova: Presidential candidates should endorse search for knowledge - Bonitanews (subscription)
Ben Bova: Presidential candidates should endorse search for knowledgeBonitanews (subscription), FL - 47 minutes agoAlthough he is best known to us for his poignantly beautiful poetry, Khayyam was a mathematician and astronomer who rose high in the service of the Sultan ...
- Rucker defends her right to be a poet - Metro
MetroRucker defends her right to be a poetMetro, UK - 11 hours agoRussell Simmons of hip-hop label Def Jam launched his stateside Def Poetry Jam and highlighted the links between contemporary prose and rap. ...
- Virtuoso guitarist knows how to be sexy without really trying - Tacoma News Tribune
Take a man raised in Italy, who’d studied flamenco with the Gypsies and classical guitar with Andrés Segovia, throw in a talent for poetry and some killer looks, and you’d expect him to deliver on musical romance. And Andre Feriante does just ...
- Iran's expatriate poets speak out, in English and Farsi (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, thousands of intellectuals, activists and poets have left Iran, many fleeing to Europe and the United States. A new book brings together the work of 18 Iranian poets from this diaspora to share their experiences with a wider audience.
- Behind the Big Black Penis - East Bay Express
Author Shawn Taylor was working out at 24 Hour Fitness when the idea popped out and hit him on the head. "This older dude came up," he explained. "This dude must have been like, sixty, and he had these tight-ass pants that made this big impression ...
- Polling, and how people pick their party - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Today's poll story showing Barack Obama with a 12-point lead over John McCain drew almost as much reaction from readers for what it had to say about voters' party affiliation as for what it said about the candidates' popularity. The questions ...
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