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- Author focuses on hope, not heartache (The Columbus Dispatch)
Not for Li-Young Lee are the darker recesses of poetry, the bleak places where the soul loses its way and succumbs to hopelessness.
- Jaime Courtney preferred 'well-traveled' to 'gypsy' - Dowagiac Daily News
Jaime Courtney preferred 'well-traveled' to 'gypsy'Dowagiac Daily News, USA - 40 minutes agoI remember when her four-woman writing group came away from an August Cranbrook Writers' Guild summer conference with a $125 poetry prize and a nickname. ...
- Parisian mementoes from an old Romantic (The New Zealand Herald)
From images of Christ to spidery self-portraits, the films, drawings and photographs spanning 30 years of Patti Smith's life are a treat for fans - though nothing matches the raw singularity of her voice.
- Fundraiser this week will benefit new Punjabi institute at San Jose ... - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Grab your gowns and tuxes. Or in this case, ladies, maybe your best salwar kameez , and men, your most colorful turban. San Jose State University is hosting a formal gala fundraiser on Friday for its new Guru Nanak Heritage Institute for Punjabi ...
- Prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize goes to Blaser and Ashbery (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - Robin Blaser, poet and professor emeritus from Simon Fraser University, was handed the prestigious Griffin Prize for Canadian poetry on Wednesday night.
- Casper Calendar for June 9, 2008 - Jackson Hole Star-Tribune
Casper Calendar for June 9, 2008Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY - 2 hours agoJune 13, 7 pm, “The Beats” discussion series continues with a Poetry Slam held at Metro Coffee Company. Three contemporary Beat poets from Denver will ...
- Music of Mass Destruction - New York Times Blogs
Music of Mass DestructionNew York Times Blogs, NY - 3 hours ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- The’Don’t Miss’ Summer - Downtown LA Scene
The’Don’t Miss’ SummerDowntown LA Scene, CA - 1 hour agoOn June 26, Downtown’s Aloud series, Venice’s Beyond Baroque and the Los Angeles Poetry Festival present a reading featuring six fresh local voices: J. Mark ...
- London book fair showcases Arab writers - Saudi Gazette
Interest in Arab literature in Britain is currently running high partly thanks to the London Book Fair (LBF) held at Earl’s Court Exhibition Center over three days last week. This year the LBF chose the Arab World as its Market Focus, and more than ...
- A monster from the pages of a Grimm tale - Guardian Unlimited
Behind all the words, the turning over of facts, the analysis, the frantic speculation (did the wife know?) and the tormented search for meanings (how could this happen?), lies a central image: a woman and her three children buried alive, toothless ...
- Community Calendar - Pittsburgh Channel
Do you have a community event? E-mail all of the details to webstaff@thepittsburghchannel.com and type "community event" in the subject line of your message. Note: We receive a high number of calendar requests. Please submit your event at least one ...
- June 06, 2008 (The Barnstable Patriot)
VINTAGE VIBE – On June 7 the Mashpee Chamber of Commerce will turn the South Cape Village into a destination any cabernet connoisseur or Beaujolais buff could love.
- English teacher made a profound difference - Arizona Daily Star
English teacher made a profound differenceArizona Daily Star, AZ - 1 hour agoWe read dozens of books, explicated poetry, memorized vocabulary words, and we would write and write and write. Every time I write the phrase "to be sure" ...
- Lesbos Residents Take Group to Court Over Use of "Lesbian" - Advocate
A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between gay women and the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos. Three islanders from Lesbos -- home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women -- have taken a gay rights group to ...
- This Gay Week in Review: Miley Cyrus, Noah and Luke - Gay Wired
Gay WiredThis Gay Week in Review: Miley Cyrus, Noah and LukeGay Wired, CA - 6 hours agoLambrou, however, is saying that he has historical proof that Sappho was in fact straight despite her homoerotic poetry. Next month, Holland will file a ...
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