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- Ex-convict's spoken word helps inmates (Lake County News Sun)
Jail, it turns out, is a fertile place for poetry -- an art defined by Wordsworth as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." After the city rejected his funding proposal for an after-school poetry program for south side Waukegan teens, Chris Blanks took his passion to a place where many of those teens end up -- the Lake County Jail.
- ‘Homeboy’ slam poet wows Wordfest - Dispatch Online
‘Homeboy’ slam poet wows WordfestDispatch Online, South Africa - 1 hour agoTaking time off stage to launch his recently published 100-page collection of slam poetry at Wordfest yesterday, Robinson showed why he was voted one of the ...'I wanna do my part to fuel the fire' Tonightall 2 news articles
- Soprano Meets Bovary in Hothouse Without Onion Rings (Update1) - Bloomberg
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- French professor Beth Mauldin 's ears perked up when a character on the cable-television drama ``The Sopranos'' advised the mob boss's wife to read ``Madame Bovary.'' She turned her former Sunday-night pleasure into an academic ...
- Campaign 2008 - American Reporter
LANTANA, FLA. (THANKSGIVING DAY, 2007)--For whatever reasons a morning trip to Dunkin' Donuts motivated me to write my first poem since high school, or perhaps college. I am sure many of you could pen your own, superior version of the same theme ...
- Nobel Laureates Arrive for Oceanic Global Leaders’ Forum - This Day (subscription)
Nobel Laureates Arrive for Oceanic Global Leaders’ ForumThis Day (subscription), Nigeria - 11 minutes agoHe has authored more than 30 works in the medium of plays, novels, poetry and essays, many of which have received wide translations. ...
- Queer Asian Life – art exhibition - Reading Evening Post
Queer Asian Life – art exhibitionReading Evening Post, UK - 44 minutes agoOn Saturday, June 28, a free music and performance poetry event is taking place at RISC, with music from Manchester-based band Ajah.
- 5,000 expected for Penn Valley's annual rodeo - Union
About 100 cowboys and cowgirls will ride bucking bulls and horses at the Penn Valley Rodeo, starting May 16 through May 18. This is the 51st year of the rodeo organized by the Penn Valley Community Rodeo Association. About 5,000 spectators are ...
- Spread The Words - Cleveland Free Times
Cleveland Free TimesSpread The WordsCleveland Free Times, OH - 2 hours agoFor most of his working life, Kooser worked in the insurance industry, writing his poetry and essays in spare time - but still producing a dozen books of ...Controversial National Poetry Month Puts Spotlight on Local Author BlackNews.com (press release)all 2 news articles
- Reading council talks comprehension, poetry - Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston Daily LeaderReading council talks comprehension, poetryRuston Daily Leader, la - 3 hours ago“The latest research shows every kid, from gifted on down the line, should be doing dual sensory reading at least 20 minutes a day uninterrupted. ...
- Deadline is nearing for Tribune columnist contest - Greeley Tribune
Deadline is nearing for Tribune columnist contestGreeley Tribune, CO - 1 hour agoIt is time again for our In the Neighborhood columnist contest. We are seeking eight Weld County columnists who are willing to contribute regularly to our ...
- Stephanie Salter: Free Father’s Day gift for dads of daughters ... - Terre Haute Tribune Star
Stephanie Salter: Free Father’s Day gift for dads of daughters ...Terre Haute Tribune Star, IN - 9 hours agoThe standard male excuse for doing a modified Taliban number on your daughter is, “I remember what I was like when I was a teen-age boy. ...
- Creative therapy for carcinoma - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphCreative therapy for carcinomaCalcutta Telegraph, India - 2 hours agoThe institute has begun motivating patients and their relatives to write poetry, short stories, even songs about their experience with cancer — from the ...
- Living with children - MiamiHerald.com
Living with childrenMiamiHerald.com, FL - 1 hour agoHe uses a poetry assignment to express what he hasn't felt free to express otherwise. Such is the nature of poetry as well as the upshot of losing one's ...
- Belleville-born author tackles a tricky topic (Belleville Intelligencer)
Stephen Hunt has decoded the behaviour of Earth's most baffling creature: the white guy. The Belleville-born author, 46, has just had his first book, The White Guy: A Field Guide, published by Douglas and MacIntyre. Hunt, an arts reporter for the Calgary Herald, describes it as "a [...]
- Spanish museum doubts Goya painted "Giant" - International Herald Tribune
MADRID : Experts at Spain's leading museum El Prado said on Thursday they suspected one of their prize exhibits -- long attributed to Goya -- was in fact painted by one of the Spanish master's assistants. Manuela Mena, curator of 18th-century ...
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