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- Teens will compete in poetry state finals
Sun-Journal - LEWISTON - Several area high-school students are among the 10 who will compete in the state finals for the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest Saturday, March 8, in Schaeffer Theatre at Bates College. Competitors will recite classical poetry ...
- Paperback Row (New York Times)
Paperback books of particular interest.
- 'Frost unplugged' lecture is published for first time
Chicago Tribune - That involves anecdotes, stories, jokes, funny little disses on his contemporaries." Frost, author of "The Road Not Taken" and "The Gift Outright," died in 1963. He won Pulitzer Prizes for poetry in 1924, 1931, 1937 and 1943.
- Poet and songwriter to open festival - Danbury News Times
Poet and songwriter to open festivalDanbury News Times, CT - 1 hour agoBy Susan Tuz Staff Writer RIDGEFIELD -- For Emmy-winning poet Ira Joe Fisher, there is no difference between writing poetry and writing a song. ...
- Knoxville's "Million Dollar Book Sale" benefit - Knoxville News Sentinel
Knoxville's "Million Dollar Book Sale" benefitKnoxville News Sentinel, TN - 59 minutes agoThe average retail price for a box of books is $250-$400. Activities on Saturday, April 19th and Saturday, April 24th include storytelling, poetry reading ...
- Lewiston cowboy gathering filled with sounds of song, poetry (KIFI Idaho Falls)
Associated Press - March 2, 2008 4:44 PM ET LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - More than 100 performers shared their poetry, art, music and stories Saturday at the fourth annual Lee Earl Memorial...
- THIS WEEK - San Francisco Gate
Kerouac Alley - the tiny strip of pavement that sits between City Lights Books and the Vesuvio Cafe, and straddles Chinatown (Grant Avenue), Specs Adler Cafe and Tosca - recharges its Beat legacy today for the 12th iteration of Art in the Alley ...
- Mz. Skittlez brings crunk to Cleveland: Local Beat - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mild-mannered Kent State student by day and rising MC by night, Mz. Skittlez brings "Controversy" to the WENZ-FM 107.9 ninth annual Birthday Bash.
- Marijuana enthusiasts pack Diag - Michigan Daily
Marijuana enthusiasts pack DiagMichigan Daily, MI - 2 hours ago"We invited an artist named John Sinclair to read poetry," she said. Brook, who introduced Sinclair at the event, was quick to thank FOKUS for the ...
- Poet Shares Humor And Wit (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
Marked by comedy and infused with poetic insight, Aetna poet-in-residence Andrew Hudgins shared selections of his work to UConn students and faculty Tuesday night at the Konover Auditorium at the Dodd Center. Hudgins' poetry collection shifts between brash humor like Shel Silverstein and contemplative verse on serious issues like civil rights and the plight of American Indians.
- Gabe Holcombe, founder of Lawrence's Lillerne Tape Club, is ... - Pitch Weekly
Gabe Holcombe, founder of Lawrence's Lillerne Tape Club, is ...Pitch Weekly, MO - 1 hour agoThe second and more recent issue includes photographs and poetry by local Lawrence contributors. He hopes to start putting out the photocopied chapbook ...
- Just a poor little immigrant boy (Owen Sound Sun Times)
Canada is once again looking for skilled immigrants . . . The year is 1967. The SS Empress of Canada is tied up to the dock in Quebec City. That strange green object oozing down the gangplank, whittled down to a trim 139 pounds after five days of dedicated retching, is me.
- Books by Nancy: April 2008 (The Kingston Observer)
Hari, now living in Maryland, recently served as translator for courageous journalists like Ann Curry and Nicholas Kristof and others both here and abroad when they investigated the genocide of the indigenous peoples of Darfur in Sudan. He was imprisoned and tortured for his work after immigration violations brought him to the attention of the authorities.
- US East Coast competition held for Turkish language olympics - Today's Zaman
US East Coast competition held for Turkish language olympicsToday's Zaman, Turkey - 6 hours agoThe winners in the second-language category were Leila Lale Raslanin for Turkish poetry, Kyle Tyler for Turkish songs and Sabina Musayeva for Turkish ...
- Venturing into the Dallas jungle in search of the elusive $30,000 ...
Dallas Observer - He has been made infamous, in fact, by a poem he wrote called "Booty Juice," which he performed after getting a coveted reading position at the erotic poetry portion of a national competition. "If you do anything like it," he tells me, "they ring a ...
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