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- Chinese Student in US Is Caught in Confrontation - New York Times
Chinese Student in US Is Caught in ConfrontationNew York Times, United States - 5 hours agoShe writes poetry in classical Chinese, plays a traditional string instrument called the guzheng, and participated in democracy discussion boards back home, ...
- Patricia McKillip and David Lunde: free Science Fiction in San Francisco reading on April 20 (Addict 3D)
The SFinSF free science fiction reading series continues apace: this month, it's Patricia McKillip and David Lunde, reading and speaking gratis on the 20th of April: PATRICIA MCKILLIP - "one of the foremost American authors of fantasy and science fiction novels, distinguished by lyrical, delicate prose and careful attention to detail and characterization."
- “I Speak Out” @ Denver Public Library - Denver Post
“I Speak Out” @ Denver Public LibraryDenver Post, CO - 4 hours agoI’m not the target audience for slam poetry, if only for the aesthetic. How many more slam poets will step onto that stage with their diverse looks and ...
- A new progressive era in 08(ama)? guest column - BlueOregon
A new progressive era in 08(ama)? guest columnBlueOregon, OR - Mar 6, 2008The piece below woefully lacks poetry or music—but it does offer some thinking. The two basic strands of thought are these: (1) As we transition from a ...
- MU Organizations to host Gay Pride Week - MU The Parthenon (subscription)
MU Organizations to host Gay Pride WeekMU The Parthenon (subscription), WV - 1 hour agoTudor said the two organizations have done poetry events and art shows at the Java Joint for Pride Week in the past. The most popular event during Pride ...
- Dylan, Tracy Letts win Pulitzer nods (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock 'n' roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall.
- Sad mood in his poem doesn't mean 10-year-old is falling apart (Belleville News-Democrat)
I got a letter from a child psychiatrist scolding me for not recommending a psychiatric evaluation for a 10-year-old boy who used a school writing assignment -- a poem -- to express sadness at the state of the world. He wrote he was afraid of death, afraid of life, had scary dreams sometimes, wanted to die, and wonders how life will turn out. The rest of the poem was about things he loved and ...
- Home remains a dream for Haitian musician and poet Jan Sebon (The Star)
Musician and poet Jan Sebon has lost many things in his life: use of his legs, the chance to be raised by his parents, as well as his country, Haiti - or at least the Haiti of his hopes.
- Paranoid Park - Rolling Stone
Paranoid ParkRolling Stone - Feb 28, 2008Enter Alex, a teen boarder played with bruised innocence, and a face with dew still on it, by Gabe Nevins. At the park, Alex skates in a hypnotic, ...
- Poetry Day (The Telegraph)
Celebration of World Poetry Day at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, 5pm. Aparna Sen to read out selected poems of Jibanananda Das at Crossword, Elgin Road, 6.30pm.
- Argentine poet Juan Gelman receives Cervantes Prize in Spain (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
ALCALA DE HENARES, Spain - Argentine poet Juan Gelman, who suffered wrenching personal loss under his country's military rule and wrote of it in poignant verse, received the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honour Wednesday.
- Letras Latinas offers Latino poetry online - South Bend Tribune
Letras Latinas offers Latino poetry onlineSouth Bend Tribune, IN - 1 hour agoThe Web site is designed to spur inquiry and dialogue in Latino poetry and poetics and LPR will be published twice a year at www.latinopoetryreview.com. ...
- Poet focuses on social subjects - Red and Black
Poet focuses on social subjectsRed and Black, GA - 2 hours agoPoetry isn't always about dainty daisies and cuddly chipmunks. Sometimes it's about racism or global warming. And that's exactly what award-winning poet ...
- First Time Author - San Francisco Examiner
My very first post included three of the rules I keep for myself as an author. There are eight in total that I've identified, but in an effort not to bore everyone I decided to string them out. That being said, here are the next 3: 4. Read what you ...
- Facing up to the post-web world (Guardian Unlimited)
While concentrating on "Culture and politics after the web", Mute continues to appear in compact volumes of sturdy paper and ink. It's a quarterly journal of thought-provoking, and sometimes trenchantly expressed, opinion.
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