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- Birthplace a ‘complete spectrum’ of Sandburg’s life - Galesburg Register-Mail
Birthplace a ‘complete spectrum’ of Sandburg’s lifeGalesburg Register-Mail, IL - 54 minutes agoHe published books of poetry, wrote for newspapers, compiled biographies of Abraham Lincoln and penned several folk songs. By the time he died in 1967, ...
- VERONICA'S VIEW: Black Men Talking – Meet James B. McCann (Eurweb)
*It seems anomalous when Black men speak. If still waters run deep, so do the feelings of Black men. They are painfully and beautifully human. Too often their voices go unheard.
- Religion Briefs - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
The vacation Bible school is a tradition in Protestant churches. An informal version of Sunday school, most programs package lessons as summer camp fun with crafts, songs and art work tied to scriptural themes. » Nuuanu Congregational Church will ...
- Key figure in promoting American Indian literature dies - Miami Herald
In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of American Indian literature, Paula Gunn Allen embarked on a career that proved them wrong -- and altered the required reading lists of literature classes on U.S. college campuses. Allen ...
- Shabazz grads celebrate marching to their own drummer - The Capital Times
Shabazz grads celebrate marching to their own drummerThe Capital Times, WI - 39 minutes agoThroughout their term, students have delved into the topics of anatomy, beat poetry, indigenous people and a range of other unorthodox course offerings. ...
- Outfront and center: Bad poetry returns! (The Charlotte Observer)
When the Observer's Doug Robarchek retired in 2005, the humor columnist known as the Outfront Guy single-handedly caused a citywide shortage of cheesy jokes that make you laugh in spite of yourself. For readers who've been jonesing for an Outfront fix ever since, great news: A new book, “The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of OutFrontery,” ($14, Main Street Rag). Most of ...
- 'Mixing It Up' by Ishmael Reed - Los Angeles Times
'Mixing It Up' by Ishmael ReedLos Angeles Times, CA - 12 minutes agoHis plays, poetry and especially his satirical, form-breaking novels have countered the racial distortions and omissions of popular (ie, white) media by ...
- Where Do You Find Inspiration? - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Where Do You Find Inspiration?St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States - 39 minutes agoThis year’s festivities also featured a poetry slam with local performers speaking freestyle rhymes while our photos were projected on a wall in the outdoor ...
- Remembering how mom stood by her children - Hardin County Index
Remembering how mom stood by her childrenHardin County Index, TX - 2 hours agoI've always enjoyed poetry, but not to the extent where I'd sit and listen for hours. No, I enjoy reading it for many of them contain golden nuggets of ...
- Argentina's 'Loony Radio' threatened by hospital closure (Independent)
With no front teeth, Pacotillo is an unlikely radio sensation. And his patter with members of his on-air posse sounds more like a group therapy session than a Saturday show. But then the broadcast is coming from the inside of a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital. And it is called La Colifata or "Loony Radio".
- Rent your own cherry tree - Times Online
For a fruit with such a fleeting season, the cherry attracts a lot of attention. Its succulent sweetness is symbolic of high summer in prose, poetry and painting. Its blossom is revered in Japan and is the focus of festivals in the United States ...
- Week of June 8 - Los Angeles Times
Week of June 8Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours agoJohn FitzGerald reads his poetry, Coffee Cartel, 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, 8 pm (310) 316-6554 or www.redondopoets.com. ...
- War in Pieces: Combat Paper Project Sees Veterans Use Uniforms to Heal (Vineyard Gazette)
Robynn Murray stood alone in the kitchen. Bread in the toaster, she twirled a butter knife in a tub of Nutella and looked out across the brown Chilmark fields of North Road. She spread the warm bread thick; stuck the knife back in the jar. “I got these when I got back from Iraq,” she said. She licked a crumb of toast from the corner of her mouth and pointed to the two guns tattooed on her chest, ...
- June 03 in History - Viet Nam News
June 03 in HistoryViet Nam News, Vietnam - 2 hours agoDeath of The Lu (born 1907), born Nguyen Thu Le, Vietnamese writer and poet. He was one of the pioneers of the New Poetry movement early last century and a ...
- The Politics of Heaven: America in Fearful Times - The Christian Century
The Politics of Heaven: America in Fearful TimesThe Christian Century - 1 hour agoIndeed, in the face of spectral fear, poetry may be exactly what we need. Yet even poets should convey compassion and connection. When Shorris denounces the ...
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