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- Austin literary events for April 2008 - Austin American-Statesman
For the past 16 years, the Austin International Poetry Festival has been held every April. During an extended weekend, poets from across the country and around the world — but mostly from around Texas — get up and share their work with the public ...
- Belgian writer Claus dies by euthanasia aged 78: publisher (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Veteran Belgian writer Hugo Claus, considered one of the most important contemporary Dutch-language authors, died Wednesday by euthanasia, his publisher announced. He was 78.
- The Berkshire Writers Room Inc - iBerkshires.com
The Berkshire Writers Room InciBerkshires.com, MA - 5 hours agoWriting for Children & Young Adults with Christine Taglieri, Monday, May 12th, 7-9PM, at BCC, Susan B. Anthony Building, Student Lounge (rear). Poetry Group ...
- Harmony Korine Returns With a New Tune (The New York Sun)
AUSTIN, Texas — Harmony Korine loves a good yarn. While onstage at the South by Southwest film festival last month, he greeted the audience with a story at least as strange as that evening's premiere feature, "Mister Lonely." The film, which opens next week and is Mr. Korine's first in eight years, details an enchanted yet tragic love affair between a Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) ...
- UW Choral Union sets sail on Ralph Vaughan Williams' vast 'Sea ... - Isthmus Daily Page
UW Choral Union sets sail on Ralph Vaughan Williams' vast 'Sea ...Isthmus Daily Page, WI - 7 hours agoMost unusual, though, is the fact that the "Sea Symphony”'s texts come entirely from the poetry of Walt Whitman, whose writings fascinated British composers ...
- Report: Fault holds sway (Tri-Valley Herald)
In what may be a dangerous example of keeping up with the Joneses, the San Andreas fault appears to be taking cues from a deadly neighboring fault zone offshore near Oregon and Washington.
- Shocking Attitudes To Great War's Wounded Revealed, UK (Medical News Today)
Diaries written by working class soldiers wounded in World War One have revealed how they silently endured brutal treatment by military nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and stretcher bearers. Historian Dr Ana Carden-Coyne from The University of Manchester says the material penned by British and Australian squadies explodes an officially sanitised view of military service in the Great War.
- Clinton holsters up for Texas
CNN - Texas is the state to watch, though, because it awards more delegates than any other state still in play and, because, it's Texas - a place with the perfect poetry for a one-on-one do-or-die contest between two determined rivals.
- Whidbey and Camano Islands seaside jewels - Vancouver Sun
Whidbey and Camano Islands seaside jewelsVancouver Sun, Canada - 25 minutes agoWedding venues such as Greenbank Farm, Admiralty Head Lighthouse at Ft. Casey, historic Col. Crocket Farm and more offer distinctive settings for lasting ...
- Book fair hopes to spread joy of reading (Detroit Free Press)
Good literature gives people a sense of themselves and a sense of the bigger world, says award-winning writer Jacqueline Woodson.
- For Terrance Hayes, Pittsburgh and Poetry Are No Strangers (The Online NewsHour)
Terrance Hayes is the author of three books of poetry and is a professor of Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University. He discusses life as a poet in Pittsburgh, "where no one is a stranger," and shares some of his work.
- National event's opening chapter - Kent Online
National event's opening chapterKent Online, United Kingdom - 5 hours agoLIBRARIES will celebrate the National Year of Reading with visits by authors and poetry readings by children during a special launch day. ...
- Marking the centennial
San Jose Mercury News - Free admission and programs honoring the founders of the National Park Service. Oct. 25: River of Words. This arts and poetry festival showcases redwoods-inspired works.
- Pound's political troubles (Eagle-Tribune Online)
Ezra Pound is honored as a forefather of modern poetry, but also villified for his statements made during World War II.
- What's happenin'? (The Montana Standard)
Looking for something to do Sunday? Consider the following: FAMILY BREAKFAST Knights of Columbus will have a family breakfast from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the hall, Park and Idaho. Pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, hashbrowns, coffee and juice are on the menu.
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