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- Why poetry matters, By Jay Parini - Independent
Why poetry matters, By Jay PariniIndependent, UK - 17 minutes agoIn 1989, the American poet Dana Gioia lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of the US creative-writing industry. His essay, "Can Poetry Matter? ...
- Honoring Two Masters - Newsweek
Honoring Two MastersNewsweek - 42 minutes agoBoth these great filmmakers, in their radically different way, made art out of despair, poetry out of pessimism. But where Bergman, the lapsed Protestant, ...
- Listen Up: Windsor for the Derby - Seattle Post Intelligencer
There's nary a band that can craft more contemplative and bittersweet songs than the cross-continental duo of Dan Matz and Jason McNeely, also known as Windsor for the Derby. Their trick is in repeating themselves, layering lilting, confessional ...
- Students lift voices for others to hear - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Students lift voices for others to hearThe Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 40 minutes ago... poetry and other work. Jeffrey-West says 90 students worked on the project, which teaches expressive writing by tapping students' interest in music. ...
- 48 poets will be selected for Million's Poet contest - Khaleej Times
48 poets will be selected for Million's Poet contestKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 53 minutes agoThe judges include Sultan Al Amini, UAE writer and specialist in Nabati poetry, history and culture; Turki Al Murikhi, Saudi Arabian publisher and organiser ...
- "Synthia Saint James' Circle of Promise to be Unveiled" - Absolutearts.com
"Synthia Saint James' Circle of Promise to be Unveiled"Absolutearts.com - 49 minutes agoShe has to date written and or illustrated 13 children’s picture books, 3 poetry and prose books, 4 children’s activity books, a cookbook, and a postcard ...
- Poetry and major events (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Here is a sampling of events that inspired poetry or were marked by it: April 1945: Poet Carl Sandburg wrote "When Death Came April Twelve 1945," a moving elegy on the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Capital man freed after 6 months in Vietnamese jail - Sacramento Bee
Capital man freed after 6 months in Vietnamese jailSacramento Bee, USA - 1 hour agoThe son of Ho Diep, one of Vietnam's most famous singers of classic poetry, Nguyen fell in love with Ngo in 1989 after reading a poem she wrote called ...
- BURIED TREASURE - Staten Island Advance
For the several weeks since Rock the Harbor appeared as a small but dangerous idea, we have periodically walked out to the South Meadow and gazed on the empty space, allowing our imaginations to run wild. What would it look like once the big stage ...
- How foul-mouthed Jade Goody has made it into the GSCE curriculum - Daily Mail
Daily MailHow foul-mouthed Jade Goody has made it into the GSCE curriculumDaily Mail, UK - 3 hours agoOCR has already prompted debate by allowing pupils 25 per cent of their marks in a new geography GCSE by drawing cartoons and writing poetry.
- Author/artist to sign first boo - Sun-Journal
NORWAY - Local author/artist and businesswoman Cynthia L. Thibodeau will be at Books N Things from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 21, to sign copies of her first book, "Menagerie In Sync: A Collection of Poetic Art." The book is a diverse ...
- This week at Fringe - Cincinnati Enquirer
This week at FringeCincinnati Enquirer, OH - 4 hours agoHip-hop, spoken word, poetry and motion. Presented by Lyrical Insurrection/Hip Hop Congress and Eagle to Squirrel. The Hotel Plays: 3 by Horovitz, 7 pm, ...
- Great Green Show lineup - Medford Mail Tribune
The strains of Bach's "Concerto for Two Violins" and Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No. 1" drift into the hills around the Oregon Shakespeare Festival under an unsettled spring sky, and the crowd in front of the OSF's Elizabethan Stage applauds generously ...
- Young woman loved life, the outdoors and the arts (Daily Herald)
Family members describe Shannon Elizabeth Lebeter as a sensitive and artistic person, who wrote poetry and loved being outdoors.
- Can’t talk about it? Whisper - Clinton Herald
CLINTON — ”Whispers,” a drama troupe from Dubuque, will present the issues of child abuse through poems, verses, scenes, colloquies and statistics in two performances here this weekend. The free presentations will be given in First Methodist ...
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