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- With changes, there's a new lease on Glass' 'Life' - Baltimore Sun
With changes, there's a new lease on Glass' 'Life'Baltimore Sun, United States - 2 hours agoBy David Zurawik | Sun television critic On radio, This American Life is a treasure - a brilliantly conceived form of quirky, true-life storytelling that ...
- 6 state House members face primary challenges (Philly.com)
While the presidential race has dominated news coverage before Tuesday's primary election, six hard-fought races for the state House will also be decided.
- Used-book sale set for Saturday at the Main Library (The Houma Courier)
Spring cleaning is happening in the Terrebonne Parish Library System. It's technically not spring, but cleaning library facilities and weeding outdated material is taking place. Library facilities are being renovated since most of the buildings average 30 years old. The facilities will be closed a number of months for renovation, so the library...
- 'Worst poet' works sold for £6,600 - IC Scotland
A collection of works by the man dubbed "the world's worst poet" has sold for more than £6,000 at auction. William McGonagall was a weaver in Dundee who turned his hand to poetry but gained the unwanted label for his uninspiring verse. A collection ...
- Free verse on demand, and other poetic pursuits - Bainbridge Island Review
Free verse on demand, and other poetic pursuitsBainbridge Island Review, WA - 42 minutes agoWest Sound Academy student Melanie Forthun, right, whips up free poetry on demand for a customer last Saturday at Winslow Mall. She and other student bards ...
- Tifton holds ‘Love Affair’ - Albany Herald On-line
Tifton holds ‘Love Affair’Albany Herald On-line, GA - Apr 23, 2008Saturday’s kickoff to the festival will include a children’s art exhibit, the jazz tunes of Jim Newton and Friends, Poetry Cafe featuring Jeff Newberry, ...
- 'Bomb-itty' brings Shakespeare to teens
Syracuse Post-Standard - ... program, Unbekant has been going into Syracuse city schools to talk about Shakespeare, hip-hop, spoken word, slam poetry ... The two - played by actors Tim Joyce and Veanna Black - must learn how to communicate with one another before they can ...
- Murder by numbers
Sydney Morning Herald - ... stars hard-bitten detective Lindsay Boxer. (Patterson deals with the challenges of writing in the first person as a black ... I didn't read bestsellers at all; it was all plays, poetry, Jean Genet." He started "scribbling", but took a rigorously ...
- Land of not enough poetry (The Daily Iowan)
If you were to call Mary Ruefle around 7 p.m. on a Monday (as I did last Monday), you might interrupt her dinner of salmon, spinach salad, vanilla ice cream, and wine. She might tell you that what she loves about Iowa City is that everywhere you look there are bumper stickers and signs that say "It's great to be a Hawkeye."
- Beloved Teacher Passes Away - WOWK
WOWKBeloved Teacher Passes AwayWOWK, WV - 2 hours agoLast year on Father's day, his children surprised him with a published book of his poetry. The gift came just months after he was diagnosed with cancer. ...
- Camels are a breed apart in Abu Dhabi (Khaleej Times)
ABU DHABI – O rider of a pure, unmixed, well-chosen mount, perfect of limb and with sires beyond count...Thus begins a Bedouin poem, believed to be written in 1971, describing a beautiful camel.
- Your Calendar - Lake County (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
CARIBBEAN DINNER | Munster The Salvation Army of Lake County will present a Caribbean dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. April 19 at 8255 Columbia Ave. Dinners include choice of white rice and black beans with roasted chicken or yellow rice with roasted pork; both are served with plantains, salad, dessert and drink. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $6 for children 10 and younger. Proceeds benefit the ...
- Support arts at Arts Festival next week (The Heights)
It's a sad fact that the arts can get overlooked in Boston College's sometimes one-dimensional Superfan culture (although even that label is inaccurate, as student sections consistently fail to be filled at sporting events). For the average student, artistic hobbies often take a backseat to the hustle and bustle of everyday college life.
- The Write Stuff - North Adams Transcript
It was Carrie Goodell's 11th birthday. She was putting on her tight blue jeans and her pink and black baby doll top. She went downstairs and thought to herself, "Cereal, again?" She remembered right then that she had forgotten her contacts. She ...
- BOOK REVIEW: 'A Step from Death' is a memoir full of poetry - San Luis Obispo Tribune
BOOK REVIEW: 'A Step from Death' is a memoir full of poetrySan Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - 4 minutes agoBy ELIZABETH A. BROWN It's hard to know where to start praising Larry Woiwode's new memoir "A Step From Death." Perhaps with the language - perfect, poetic, ...
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