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- Blackburn poet back to his roots - Blackburn Citizen
A BLACKBURN-born poet has returned to his roots with a collection of poems that is inspired by the town. The award-winning poet Mark Ward has just published Thunder Alley, Sonnets and other Poems, which explores contemporary Blackburn, as well as the ...
- Mystic Arts Cafe features poet Edward Hirsch (Westerly Sun)
The Arts Café~Mystic concludes its 14th season on Friday evening, May 16, with a reading by Edward Hirsch, widely regarded as one of the most important living American poets. Hirsch will read from "Special Orders," his just-published collection.
- End-of-year school obligations drive parents batty - FOX News
NEW YORK — My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the ...
- A teaching transformation - Delta Democrat Times (subscription)
A teaching transformationDelta Democrat Times (subscription), MS - 1 hour agoIn the model lesson Daft led on Tuesday, each of the twelve students in the room offered suggestions for a class poem about the joys of summer. ...
- After 'August: Osage County,' a departure for Tracy Letts - International Herald Tribune
CHICAGO : Tracy Letts's Pulitzer-and-everything-else-winning "August: Osage County" is a full theatrical meal, a nine-course tasting menu of family angst. His new play, "Superior Donuts," which has opened at the Steppenwolf Theater here, is a much ...
- Voice of the Reader - The Southern
Voice of the ReaderThe Southern, IL - 31 minutes agoI write today to congratulate the talented students of Southern Illinois who participated in this year's Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. ...
- Kids' Creations Always Appreciated On Mother's Day - ClickOnDetroit.com
In this age of commercialism, kids might feel pressured to buy a Mother's Day gift. But there are options aside from blowing their allowance -- or asking Dad for cash. Many moms are just as happy -- if not more so -- with gifts that kids create. It's ...
- Don't tousle Her tresses! - Canada.com
Don't tousle Her tresses!Canada.com, Canada - 5 hours agoFloating by, at one point, was poetry-boosting aviator Scott Griffin; at yet another, Random House sophisticate Louise Dennys. Other faces at the Hazelton: ...
- [Editor’s Note] Dancing in the Kitchen (Jackson Free Press)
After being away from home for three years—only dropping in to pick up left-behind items, or for holiday feasts, or (the more popular) “Can I have some money for fill-in-the-blank?” visits—I forsook my independence and moved home.
- Shining a light on depressing subject matter - Times Colonist
Shining a light on depressing subject matterTimes Colonist, Canada - 1 hour agoPredictably, their most challenging subject is English, specifically literature, poetry and short-story analysis. This can be difficult even for Canadian ...
- Column: Read the day away - U-Wire.com
Long before there were summer blockbusters or huge concerts in Chicago, there was summer reading. The rich and titled sat - no, reclined - on their estates, scanning John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and trying to look like they weren't checking out the ...
- Note: This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the ... - Dowagiac News
SKOKIE, Ill. - Ann Landers' daughter, Margo, 68, came to Judith Ivey's opening night of "The Lady with all the Answers" May 21 and praised the former Dowagiac resident's acting as "channeling" her advice columnist mother, Eppie Lederer. 1970 ...
- The opinion pages: mostly a man's world (San Francisco Chronicle)
When it comes to the opinion pages of some of the most influential American newspapers, it's far too often a man's world. One reason for the disparity is obvious: Women are still breaking through glass ceilings in business, government and academia. But...
- Stemming flow of literary heritage across the pond - guardian.co.uk
Stemming flow of literary heritage across the pondguardian.co.uk, UK - 29 minutes ago"Two things are inevitable: death and Texas," one of them was heard to sigh. Judy Berg, archivist at the University of Hull, remembers overhearing this ...
- ‘A unique theatrical experience’ - The Beacon Herald
‘A unique theatrical experience’The Beacon Herald, Canada - 1 hour agoPublished in 1609, the sonnet sequence contains some of the greatest poetry in the English language. However, the sonnets have mystified readers and ...
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