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- Community Calendar - Week of April 2 (North County Journal)
Wednesday RESALE SHOP: Northminster Presbyterian Church will sponsor its resale shop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the church, 1570 Chambers Road. For more information, call 867-2881.
- Pound's political troubles (Eagle-Tribune Online)
Ezra Pound is honored as a forefather of modern poetry, but also villified for his statements made during World War II.
- Simic stepping aside as U.S. poet laureate - Political Gateway
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- A lecture on poetry translation will be the final time Charles Simic speaks as U.S. poet laureate, the Library of Congress said. "I've thoroughly enjoyed this past year," Simic said in a news release. "The best part of ...
- Our Critics Picks - Nashville Scene
Our Critics PicksNashville Scene, USA - 1 hour agoMitcham will read and discuss work from his latest poetry collection, A Little Salvation. 8 pm in Vanderbilt’s Buttrick Hall, Room 101. ...
- Lifeclass: how to grieve and live on (Daily Telegraph)
Lesley Garner helps an 80-year-old woman who, one year on from her husband's death, doesn't know how to cry for him.
- Her WWII love letter inspires a cantata (The Providence Journal)
Eighty-eight-year-old Marjorie Gaunt is about to be whisked off to Carnegie Hall in a limousine to hear an unusual piece of music that is sure to rekindle painful memories from more than a half-century ago.
- Texas abounds in good places to propose - Dallas Morning News
Texas abounds in good places to proposeDallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours agoYou and your sweetheart can count the ways in what may be, for poetry lovers, the most romantic place in Texas. English Victorian-era poets Robert and ...
- Cowboy Jubilee and Poetry mixes entertainment with barbecue - Reno Gazette Journal
Cowboy Jubilee and Poetry mixes entertainment with barbecueReno Gazette Journal, NV - 51 minutes agoThe Cowboy Jubilee Poetry is an annual fundraiser for the Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare Auxiliary. The Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare Auxiliary is an ...
- Happenings (The Post and Courier)
--Lavonne J. Adams, author of the chapbooks "In the Shadow of the Mountain" and "Everyday Still Life," will sign copies of her work following a Poetry Society of South Carolina meeting at 7 p.m. Friday at Second Presbyterian Church downtown.
- In the beginning was the word (The Prague Post)
Jiřà Kolář is one of the most distinctive Czech visual artists of the 20th century, but he was foremost an artist of the word. A writer, poet and bookmaker, he was also trained as a cabinetmaker.
- KHS student heads to Poetry Out Loud contest
Portsmouth Herald - KENNEBUNK — Most teenage boys aren't spending their days immersed in poetry these days. But then again, most aren't being hailed for their job reciting it, either. Kennebunk High School junior Conner Drigotas is doing both. The winner of KHS's ...
- Obituary: Hugo Claus (Guardian Unlimited)
May 2: Belgium's foremost writer, he tackled controversial themes
- It’s Lookin’ Good Dedicated to the Egyptian People - Egypt Today
In the past two decades, the number of venues, events, funds and possibilities available to the arts community has grown in leaps and bounds. Egypt has undergone a major cultural revival in the visual arts, but beyond quantity, what is it that has ...
- Biggs breaks down Dickinson - College of New Jersey Signal
Biggs breaks down DickinsonCollege of New Jersey Signal, NJ - 25 minutes agoThe poet perhaps wanted to criticize scientific belief in favor of poetry, Biggs said. Another possible Thomas referenced is Dickinson's friend Thomas ...
- Poetry slam - Words are stronger than actions - UMKC University News
Poetry slam - Words are stronger than actionsUMKC University News, MO - 1 hour ago"It's the testimony of my life. The main theme of this CD is that healing is possible," said Cooper, a graduate student in social work. Cooper's poetry was ...
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