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- TOME RAIDER: 2008 Oregon Book Award Finalists Announced (Willamette Week)
Today, Literary Arts announced the finalists for the 2008 Oregon Book Awards (OBA’s). Winners will be announced in conjunction with Wordstock at a ceremony on Sunday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fields Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum. Click here to get your tickets. Now you know all the important stuff. But since you’re here anyway, why not join me and engage in a little shameless ...
- My marriage was a mistake - Salon
I am a 25-year-old woman with two dogs and a sad marriage. I've been married going on three years and for the past one year or so have been seriously thinking I'd be better off without him. We met about four and a half years ago, and fell for each ...
- Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, to leave ... - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (AP) _ The confident baritone of Dana Gioia sounded a little hoarse during a recent telephone interview, as it often has since he became chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, a job that has exhilarated and exhausted him. "I have ...
- One should strive without losing faith in man - Statesman
Sir, ~ Bishnu De was not only “an exceptional man of letters” (Notebok, 28 July), but also Bengal’s greatest poet after Tagore. De published a book of poems entitled Chitraroop matta prithivir (Potrait of a mad world) among his last ...
- 'Cowboys in the Schools' on Sept. 25 - Contra Costa Times
'Cowboys in the Schools' on Sept. 25Contra Costa Times, CA - Sep 14, 2008... schools and Tularcitos Elementary School in advance of the 10th annual Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival and Western Art & Gear Show in Monterey. ...
- Local literary greats - Brattleboro Reformer
Local literary greatsBrattleboro Reformer, United States - 1 hour agoThe Brattleboro Literary Festival features 34 authors of local, regional and national renown in a variety of styles from poetry to prose in readings, ...
- Mauritanian poet wins Abu Dhabi’s ‘Prince of Poets’ - Middle East Online
Middle East OnlineMauritanian poet wins Abu Dhabi’s ‘Prince of Poets’Middle East Online, UK - 3 hours agoThe contest plays a significant role in promoting the Arab poetry in its cultural scene, and was able to cross the waters of the Arabian Gulf via Abu Dhabi ...
- MY NAME CAME FROM . . . - Seattle Times
What's in a name? All of us have thought at one time or another about our names, perhaps asking why they were given to us, or finding meanings within them. Here Emmett Tenorio Melendez, an 11-year-old poet from San Antonio, Texas, proudly presents us ...
- What's Happening - RedOrbit
What's HappeningRedOrbit, TX - 30 minutes agoPoetry Reading by Christine Swanberg, 1:30-3:30 pm, BRIO Art Gallery, Galena, Ill. Accomplished, much-published poet will read and discuss her works. Free. ...
- Pakistan's Musharraf resigns - Long Beach Press-Telegram
Outgoing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf inspects announced his resignation Monday, ending a nearly nine-year tenure that opponents said was hampering the country's shaky return to democracy. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ...
- Fucking in the Streets - TheStranger.com
TheStranger.comFucking in the StreetsTheStranger.com, WA - Aug 13, 2008The latest release from Phil Elverum's Mount Eerie moniker, Black Wooden Ceiling Opening, is an EP of six studio tracks plus a live set performed with a ...
- Iran's Mr Nice -- satire on a tightrope - Macau Daily Times
Iran's Mr Nice -- satire on a tightropeMacau Daily Times, Macau - 2 hours agoThe publication also uses ancient Persian literature, poetry in particular, which Iranians feel more at ease with when it comes to satire, although much of ...
- Teaching peace through "Highs and Lows" - Mennonite Central Committee
Teaching peace through "Highs and Lows"Mennonite Central Committee - 1 hour agoWith the smaller children, she worked on the basic elements of creative writing, especially poetry. They did acrostic poems and list poems. ...
- Aug 17 - Aug 23 (196) - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
I was always suspicious of dogma, and the excesses of the left and the right. One of my greatest criticisms of the Republican Party over the last 20 years is that it's not particularly conservative. I can read conservatives from an earlier era—a ...
- New Cultural Center Announces Fall Programming - EKU News Center
New Cultural Center Announces Fall ProgrammingEKU News Center, KY - 1 hour agoTuesday, Oct. 21, 6-10 pm, “Poetry Slam,” original spoken word program, Cultural Center, 110 Powell, co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student ...
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