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- Landscaping focus of talk - Akron Beacon Journal
Landscaping focus of talkAkron Beacon Journal, OH - 1 hour agoRita Dove to judge Akron's national poetry book competition this year. Former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer winner will judge the Akron Poetry Prize. ...
- Books: A Voice Poetry Roundup: From half-baked utopias to diabetic bitches (The Village Voice)
From half-baked utopias to diabetic bitches (By Alan Gilbert)
- Book buzz: Pausch's 'Last Lecture' is a good one (USA Today)
Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture makes its debut at No. 2 on USA TODAY's Best-selling Books list, but Pausch, who is dying of pancreatic cancer, says sales aren't the reason he wrote the book. "I personally only cared about the first three copies, which are for my kids," he says.
- In praise of Jamaica
Globe and Mail - Though her poetry is rooted in both personal and political history, she has stayed away from any more direct prose treatments of the country she says is "written on my heart.
- Fun at the Gilroy Library (The Gilroy Dispatch)
Enter a Teen Poetry Contest at the Gilroy Library, 7387 Rosanna St. One winner from middle school and one from high school will receive a $25 cash prize.
- People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term 'Lesbian' - San Francisco Gate
A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world's gay women. Three islanders from Lesbos — home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women — have taken a gay ...
- Four Reed Middle School students will be published
Springfield News-Leader - Taylor Holton, Shanice Rose, Melissa Sidney and Cassandra Berry were recognized for placing in the top six in their respective divisions, ranging from poetry to short story to essay. The contest, which was open to any middle school or high school ...
- Carter Taylor Seaton Wins Denny C. Plattner Award for Non-Fiction - HNN Huntingtonnews.net
Carter Taylor Seaton Wins Denny C. Plattner Award for Non-FictionHNN Huntingtonnews.net, USA - 7 hours agoJudges choose winners in three different categories: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. This year’s judges were Lee Maynard, author of "Crum" and "Screaming ...
- Tube Notes (Honolulu Advertiser)
"The Memory Keeper's Daughter," 6 p.m., Lifetime; reruns Sunday and Monday. In 1964, a picture-perfect couple is set for parenthood.
- Arabic students present their culture with 'Arabian Nights' - Oregon Daily Emerald
Arabic students present their culture with 'Arabian Nights'Oregon Daily Emerald, OR - 2 hours agoFive performances will be spanning the two-hour event including singing, poetry reading, speeches and various forms of music. The admission is free, ...
- Georgia Nicols horoscopes for Feb. 26 (Chicago Sun-Times)
ALL SIGNS MOON ALERT: We have the all-clear today to shop (whether you spend $10 or $10 million) and make important decisions. The moon is in Scorpio.
- Big Read kicks off with Lee classic (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Jimmy Stocks, 12, has not yet read “To Kill a Mockingbird.” But yesterday morning, when his father, the mayor of Encinitas, read a few passages aloud – in rehearsal for the city's Big Read celebration of the 1960 novel by Harper Lee – he couldn't wait to dig in.
- Di Suvero and steely resolution - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesDi Suvero and steely resolutionLos Angeles Times, CA - 52 minutes ago... Art and Design's graduate writing program, and Beyond Baroque Director Fred Dewey co-published a book, also titled "Declaration," collecting the poetry ...
- MUSIC REVIEW: A Choral Cultural celebration, Philharmonic Hall - Liverpool Daily Post
MUSIC REVIEW: A Choral Cultural celebration, Philharmonic HallLiverpool Daily Post, UK - 2 hours agoIt is inclusive, melding the Christian mass with the Muslim call to prayer, among other things. It’s akin to those 16th-century masses built on popular ...
- Penchant For PEN - Deccan Herald
Penchant For PENDeccan Herald, India - 11 hours agoI would rather write poetry by hand than punch it onto my laptop.” He’s not particular about what pen he uses because he believes that at the end of the day ...
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