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- Local poets to read their work at Massachusetts Poetry Festival (The Standard-Times)
NEW BEDFORD — South Dartmouth resident Laurie Robertson-Lorant is among the six local poets who will be heading to the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Lowell to represent the South Coast at the three-day celebration of the state's poets, poetry,...
- Slam poets shocking, comical (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
They weren't part of a comedy series, they weren't a headlining Family Weekend event and in fact most of the audience had probably never heard of Death From Below before Wednesday night. So what were these guys all about, anyway? "There's two things we're known for," spit the slam poetry duo on the stage of the Student Union Theatre.
- Tom Perrotta to headline first Portsmouth Literary Festival (Portsmouth Herald)
PORTSMOUTH — This October, the New Hampshire Writers’ Project kicks off its 20th anniversary celebrations by bringing a three-day literary festival to Portsmouth as part of the New Hampshire Writers’ Trail.
- Let's talk food at book fair (Honolulu Advertiser)
Contributors to the new compilation "We Go Eat: A Mixed Plate From Hawai'i's Food Culture" (Hawai'i Council for the Humanities) will take part in the book fair at Barnes & Noble Ala Moana tomorrow.
- 'Bad woo, this could die/ Ah-choo, this could die' - Guardian Blogs
If you're like 90% of the population, you'll feel that reading the lyrics to a song gives you - to quote a survey conducted by the National Year of Reading - "a full appreciation of the music". The survey goes on to say that it's harder to come by ...
- E-town professors examine the porning of America (Lancaster Online)
The true scope of society's sexualization hit Carmine Sarracino when — with his two small children on his lap — he Googled the word "toys." You can only imagine what popped up on his computer screen. That experience fueled Sarracino's conviction that sexual i...
- Rosemary Booth 1946th2008 - Media Newswire (press release)
Rosemary Booth 1946th2008Media Newswire (press release), NY - 6 hours agoRosemary had many interests outside work, such as literature – especially poetry – and organic gardening. A celebration of Rosemary’s contribution to the ...
- Obama vows to renew America's promise (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - Barack Obama savaged John McCain and "broken" Republican politics, vowing to restore America's promise in a tumultuous climax to the Democratic convention before an 84,000 strong crowd.
- Colours of Ostrava nabĂzĂ hudebnĂ paletu nejrĹŻznÄ›jšĂch žánrĹŻ - Econnect
Colours of Ostrava nabĂzĂ hudebnĂ paletu nejrĹŻznÄ›jšĂch žánrĹŻEconnect, Czech Republic - Jul 7, 2008Na divadelnĂ scĂ©nÄ› probÄ›hne takĂ© finály slam poetry. V minikinokavárnÄ› Music on Film – Film on Music (MOFFOM) bude promĂtnuta Ĺ™ada zajĂmavĂ˝ch hudebnĂch ...
- Search is on for prize wordsmith - ChesterChronicle.co.uk
Search is on for prize wordsmithChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoStories must be a maximum of 1500 words, while poetry should be no more than 100 lines. The closing date for entries is September 1. ...
- IU East writing contest offers cash, scholarships (Palladium-Item)
College-bound high school seniors are invited to enter Indiana University East's second-annual writing contest, which has cash awards of $100 and scholarships for winning students who qualify academically.
- Great poet’s grave stokes Civil War dispute (Las Vegas Sun)
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 (12:42 a.m.) The tranquil, pine-carpeted hills in this patch of southern Spain hold awful secrets. Now, one of them has been thrust into the spotlight of a still painful accounting of atrocities committed in the Spanish Civil War.
- Enter the heart of darknes - Beeld
The school slaying by a 'ninja' wielding a samurai sword shocked the nation. But this kind of bloodletting is not unique to South Africa. Murder on the schoolground is an international phenomenon, writes MARIECHEN WALDNER IT WAS once a symbol of ...
- Flower in the junkyard - Salon
Alejandro Polanco in "Chop Shop." If you own a car and you live in or around New York City, you've at least heard about the Iron Triangle of Willets Point. Not because it's a zone of spectacular urban blight right in the middle of the continent's ...
- Brangelina, Britney's Guinness records unveiled ahead of latest book release (CBC)
Brangelina, Britney Spears and the James Bond film franchise are among entertainment world heavyweights featured in the latest edition of the Guinness World Records book.
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