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- Poet focuses on social subjects (The Red and Black)
Poetry isn't always about dainty daisies and cuddly chipmunks. Sometimes it's about racism or global warming. POETRY READING: MARGARET GIBSONWhen: 4 today Where: Park Hall, Room 265 And that's exactly what award-winning poet Margaret Gibson titled her new poem: "Global Warming.
- The 100-Mile Diet wins BC Book Prize - Vancouver Sun
The 100-Mile Diet wins BC Book PrizeVancouver Sun, Canada - 43 minutes agoRita Wong, an assistant professor at the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for Forage. It's her second collection ...
- Family events: April Fool's magic for the family (The Salt Lake Tribune)
About this column: The Tribune has teamed with Utah Mamas for a list of the best picks for families this week. For more events, visit www.utahmama.com.
- The Other Side of Barack Obama
Der Spiegel - He offers political poetry, she a raw realism. "I was sad and blue, but you made me feel shiny and new," Madonna sings in ... His weekly column, "West Wing -- The Battle for the White House," appears exclusively on SPIEGEL ONLINE.
- Poetry project finds random readings (Park Rapids Enterprise)
April is National Poetry Month and Nevis sophomores in LouAnn Muhm’s Fundamentals of Writing class have just completed a unit on poetry. As a final project, students participated in the Academy of American Poets’ “Poem in Your Pocket” project.
- Black History Month (WVVA Bluefield)
The Black Student Union at Concord University held their 12th annual Black History Month celebration Sunday.
- Division III Sectionals
Dayton Daily News - We listened to the music, read their poetry and looked at the artwork. It was a very important time for black people in America." Jones' teacher, Flo Tigner, said Raisin' Cane arrived at a perfect time. "We were already working on the Harlem Renaissance ...
- King honored with music (Home News Tribune)
EDISON — THE METUCHEN-EDISON Area Branch of the NAACP will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a musical tribute on April 10 at 7 p.m. at the Edison Job Corps Academy, 500 Plainfield Ave., Edison.
- Jamal Woolard to Play Notorious B.I.G.
Coming Soon! - It's funny how black people complain about people being racist to them,yet things like BET exist,what a bunch of ... They were from an era in which rap was really a lyrical extension of "urban poetry". Though they rapped about the glamour of ...
- Woman With A Disabled Husband And Two Disabled Children Fights ... - Hartford Courant
Janet Catucci never planned to build a house big enough for three wheelchairs. She never imagined that the ramp in front, built when her son grew too big to carry up and down the front steps, would also become a gangway for her daughter — and then ...
- Gary Snyder wins $100,000 poetry prize - NWITimes.com
NEW YORK - Gary Snyder, a poet known for his verse about nature and spirituality and a former member of the beat movement along with Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, has won the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Chicago-based ...
- UC Santa Cruz creating 'Dead Central' room for Grateful Dead ... - Alameda Times-Star
The Grateful Dead's long strange trip through American popular culture is ending in a library at the University of California at Santa Cruz, preserved for future generations of study by scholars and stoners. Three decades worth of archival materials ...
- Community calendar - March 13 - Akron Beacon Journal
Community calendar - March 13Akron Beacon Journal, OH - 49 minutes agoPoetry in Motion — Salsa class 7:30 to 8:30 pm Classes on Tuesday are: hand-dance at 7:30-8:30 pm; West Coast swing at 8:30-9:30 pm at 1623 Frederick Blvd., ...
- Dulce MarĂa’s faith - Granma International
Dulce MarĂa’s faithGranma International, Cuba - 49 minutes agoWith her persistent efforts, Dulce MarĂa Loynaz enriched Cuban literature with a poetry full of emotion, simple and sincere, collected in titles such as ...
- Liverpool and Everton fans trade insults - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukLiverpool and Everton fans trade insultsTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 6 hours agoNow, the scrap for Liverpudlian prominence has been lent the imprimatur of culture - staged amongst a lengthy programme of poetry readings, theatre events ...
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