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- Abu Dhabi launches dates festival - Middle East Online
ABU DHABI – A cultural festival on dates of the United Arab Emirates is launched Thursday in Abu Dhabi, organisers of the event said. The Mazayin Al Ratb Festival includes activities such as: dates contests, traditional handicrafts competitions ...
- The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats - Globe and Mail
Martin Levin: Introducing the 50 greatest books series Earlier discussion: Martin Levin on the 50 Greatest First entry: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Second entry: In Search of Lost Time Third entry: On the Origin of Species ...
- CBC changes are out of tune - Calgary Herald
CBC changes are out of tuneCalgary Herald, Canada - 20 minutes agoI always had a book. Together, they made nights in the shabby dwellings my meager income allowed me, a more livable, comfortable, home. ...
- Sonia Gordon - Baltimore Sun
Sonia GordonBaltimore Sun, United States - 31 minutes ago... watercolors and working as a fiber artist. In recent years, she began writing short stories and poetry, some of which was published in literary magazines.
- Separate Opinion ‘Bayan Ko’ - Inquirer.net
Separate Opinion ‘Bayan Ko’Inquirer.net, Philippines - 1 hour agoAmong them was my own father who at the age of 21 won a national poetry contest with his piece entitled “Himagsikan.” He escaped conviction with the help of ...
- Nikki Giovanni Speaks Poetry in NYC July 8-9; Broadway's Jenkins ... - Playbill.com
Playbill.comNikki Giovanni Speaks Poetry in NYC July 8-9; Broadway's Jenkins ...Playbill.com, NY - 4 hours ago... alternately delicate and exultant, and always highly melodic — in exploring those most universal of human experiences: friendship, lust, love and loss. ...
- Lyn Gardner: What on earth would Miss Skinner think? - Guardian Unlimited
I am standing in the hall of Coloma Convent girls' school. There are pupils writhing on the floor in front of me, twisting their bodies into letter shapes to spell out countries' names. This is a year seven drama lesson. The girls wriggle, their legs ...
- Entertainment calendar for the week of July 31 - Aug. 7 - NRToday.com
Entertainment calendar for the week of July 31 - Aug. 7NRToday.com, OR - 24 minutes agoPOETRY SLAM — 6 pm, Granger Book Co., 111 Second Ave., Myrtle Creek. Read your own poetry or bring your favorite poem to read. Free public event. 793-5599. ...
- Library of Congress Names Kay Ryan New U.S. Poet Laureate (The Online NewsHour)
The Library of Congress announced the appointment of Kay Ryan as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. The native Californian and author of six books of poetry writes poems regarded for their wit and unusual perspectives and wisdom.
- Afghan political dislocation contributes to Pashto literary revival (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Afghanistan's tumultuous history of the last three decades is behind the incredible popularity of poetry in Pashto, the language of the majority Pakhtoons in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The Pakhtoons are ethnic cousins of the Pashtuns, Afghanistan's largest ethnic group. Both speak dialects of Pashto.
- Kay Ryan goes to Washington -- as poet laureate (Miami Herald)
Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain-bike enthusiast and self-described ''modern hermit,'' will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced Thursday that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to Emily Dickinson's, will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th U.S. poet laureate starting in the fall. The appointment lasts a year and comes ...
- Local authors signing at Jesse Stuart Foundation - Huntington Herald Dispatch
Local authors signing at Jesse Stuart FoundationHuntington Herald Dispatch, WV - 3 hours agoClaudia Pemberton, will be signing her first novel, “Love Leaves No One Behind.” Claudia works for the Cabell County Public School System. ...
- Wiggins is perfect spot to celebrate Juneteenth (Courier-Post)
There's no place more appropriate than Wiggins Park to celebrate the end of slavery.
- Bibliofiles: Plenty of activity for poetry lovers this week - Kansas City Star
A first-glance look at this week’s literary calendar reveals only a few events, but glances can be deceiving. Quite a few Kansas City poets, actually, will be stepping up to the podium in the next few days. Case in point: Maryfrances Wagner’s ...
- Remember When: Memories of Dad and war linger with us now (Vero Press Journal)
We remember growing up while our Dad was serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. There were three of us, all girls. We wrote letters and sent pictures and waited eagerly for our Dad's letters to arrive.
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