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- Frat housemother at SMU loves serving Pi Kappa Alpha - QuickDFW.com
The bass of a neighbor's stereo thumped against the thin walls of Lila McCurtain's apartment. Deep voices shouted profanities outside her window. A car alarm went off. Oblivious to the chaos, Ms. McCurtain calmly crossed her legs and leaned forward ...
- What’s black and white and read all over? - World Magazine
Graphic novels are the latest blockbuster answer to an image-driven culture in search of stories and meaning Every once in a while Christians discover that they are way behind in some emerging art form—and then comes a rush to compete, sometimes by ...
- Poem still resonates after 50 years - Leader Times
Poem still resonates after 50 yearsLeader Times, PA - 36 minutes agoI had been writing poetry which I thought was pretty good. Until I opened Ferlinghetti's small black and white pocket-sized collection and read: It is hard ...
- Can Rudd bridge the West's gap with China? - United Press International, Asia
Can Rudd bridge the West's gap with China?United Press International, Asia, China - 57 minutes agoHe is familiar with Chinese history, politics and even literature, as he demonstrated by quoting Chinese poetry in his speech at Beijing University. ...
- That Is the Question - Nymag.com
E ven by the standards of Things You Might See in Central Park at Night, the scenery David Korins has designed for the Public’s revival of Hamlet is perverse. He has erected amid all that green loveliness a massive whitish wall, topped by a black ...
- 'The poet's words shine' from mouths of students - USA Today
'The poet's words shine' from mouths of studentsUSA Today - 16 hours agoWhile it's probably too early to tell, Poetry Out Loud may eventually do for poetry what Oprah's Book Club did for fiction. Gioia also hopes it will change ...
- New Yorker praises C.D. Wright's latest book of poetry - Harrison Daily Times
A new book of poems by Carolyn Wright, daughter of Ernie and Aline Wright of Harrison, is drawing critical acclaim. Her “Rising, Falling, Hovering” brought this review from The New Yorker: “Wright is a resolutely experimental poet, funny and ...
- The 'lighght' of conceptual poetry (The Daily Utah Chronicle)
In 1965, 22-year-old Aram Saroyan shifted the gaze of poetry with his one word poem, "Lighght." "Lighght," written in the middle of a white sheet of typing paper, altered and even removed the conventional reading procedures of official verse culture: gone were rhyme, meter and versification.
- Calendar for June 4 (The Kansas City Star)
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- Cool and Breezy Cuba - World Music Central
World Music CentralCool and Breezy CubaWorld Music Central, India - 2 hours agoDelving into the "nueva trova" movement of mixing lyrical poetry with the island's folk traditions, Cafe Cubano smartly flavors the familiar with a ...
- 90-Year-Old Poet Holds Public Reading Of New Book - Western Queens Gazette
90-Year-Old Poet Holds Public Reading Of New BookWestern Queens Gazette, NY - 5 hours agoLeon Zuckrow, a 90-year-old Flushing House resident, will give a free public reading from his just-published, first book of poetry, Love & Death & Love, ...
- The Week in Preview: April 28 - Nashua Telegraph
The best poetry is approachable yet eloquent. Share life experiences with gifted New England poets at a free poetry reading and public open mike starting at 7 p.m. at Memorial Hall Auditorium at Rivier College at 420 S. Main St. in Nashua. Poet ...
- Larue Barnes: A railroading family - Cleburne Times-Review
When Melvin H. “Sonny” Burt was growing up in Cleburne, he knew what time it was without owning a watch. Born May 2, 1940, in Cleburne to A. F. “Sparky” and Louella Eastus Burt, Melvin has early memories of hearing the Santa Fe Shops whistle ...
- America Back on Track... for Thursday, June 19th - OpEdNews.com
Our Quote of the Day is from William Shakespeare who said, "Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it ...
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