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- Spirited query gets answer (Anchorage Daily News)
Earlier this month, noting the New Yorker magazine profile of Alaska composer John Luther Adams, we observed that the story described Adams bringing a bottle of whisky on a visit to former Alaska poet laureate John Haines but neglected to specify the whisky brand.
- Home from home - guardian.co.uk
Home from homeguardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoFord Madox Ford had founded the English Review the year before, just months after Pound's invasion, which was to prove the proper corner for his poetry, ...
- Tacoma stage performer finally comfortable in his own skin (Tacoma News Tribune)
For one guy, Chad Goller-Sojourner’s got a heck of a lot of stories to tell. Like the sixth-grade bus trip where the kid behind called him a tar-monster the whole way.
- Poetry Slam allows young and old to use the power of words (The Daily Texan)
Korim, of Team Neo-Soul, approached the microphone, closed his eyes and began a torrent hum of dialogue almost incomprehensible to the audience. At Friday's Slam Bowl IV at Ruta Maya, emcee Kimberley Taylor introduced young slammers who argued the strength and moving power of words, as well as veterans who "spit" - the insider term for delivering a piece of slam poetry - about everything ...
- Mourning parents target suicide sites (The Washington Times)
A married couple whose daughter killed herself with the aid of a suicide Web site are in Washington for the first time, making rounds on Capitol Hill to drum up support for a bill that would criminalize using the Internet to help someone end his life.
- Landmark Case Returns to NY Seeking Millions From Corporations ... - Democracy Now
Landmark Case Returns to NY Seeking Millions From Corporations ...Democracy Now, NY - 9 minutes agoBrutus was banned from teaching, writing, and publishing in South Africa. His first collection of poetry, “Sirens, Knuckles and Boots” was published in ...
- Report finds racial gap in student suspensions - West Central Tribune
Keenan Hooper likes to joke around and admits he has a motormouth. He also admits to getting into trouble again and again with teachers weary of his antics. School officials have sent him home more times than Keenan or his mom can count. So often, in ...
- Collection of bad poetry fetches $12,840 - KVUE
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid $12,840 Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language. Up for ...
- Readers solve 'lost' poet mystery - BBC News
The information SIR received about George Colburn came from a variety of sources, including the Scottish Poetry Library, which found him listed in two out-of-print poetry guides. Death certificates, census returns and marriage certificates came ...
- Bruce Lee fan club displays memorabilia - Vindicator
HONG KONG — Bruce Lee fans are marking the 35th anniversary of his death with an exhibit featuring movie posters, magazine covers and books about the action star. Also among the 800 items on display are letters written by Lee that detail his life ...
- Peacesmiths Coffeehouse: Poetry and a very different kind of choir (Amityville Record)
On Fri., May 2, 8 p.m., the PeaceSmiths Topical, A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry and Whatever Coffeehouse will feature Amityville poet, editor and sculptor Lois Walker and the choir Harmonic Insurgence. The Coffeehouse is held at First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway/Route 110 (southmost end near Merrick Rd./Montauk Highway) in Amityville.
- Dulcimer Orchestra hammers away in the mountains; plays at the ... - Estes Park Trail Gazette
Dulcimer Orchestra hammers away in the mountains; plays at the ...Estes Park Trail Gazette, CO - 50 minutes agoMusicians she admires include John McCutcheon, Malcolm Daiglish, Janita Baker, Linda Ronstadt and the poetry of Bob Dylan. She said that, as with many ...
- Conveying meaning through humour - The News - International
Conveying meaning through humourThe News - International, Pakistan - 6 hours agoThe first issue that was recently launched contained humorous prose and poetry by several famous writers. The assistant editor of the magazine, ...
- - Days of Darkness, 9 pm Saturday, 7 pm Sunday - StarPhoenix
- Days of Darkness, 9 pm Saturday, 7 pm SundayStarPhoenix, Canada - 5 hours agoDoors 8:30 pm Poetry Without Borders: The League of Canadian Poets presents Poetry Without Borders, a cross-border exchange of poets between Alberta and ...
- Nursery rhymes. Tales often gory but they still connect with ... - Canada.com
Canada.comNursery rhymes. Tales often gory but they still connect with ...Canada.com, Canada - 4 hours agoThe more adept a child is at perceiving rhyme, for example, the faster he or she will progress in reading. Fortunately, Hewes says this effect isn't ...
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