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- First round as it happened - BBC Sport
American Kevin Streelman drops a shot at the last for a three-under 68 to join countryman Justin Hicks in a share of the US Open lead at Torrey Pines.
- Library holds teen club, poetry night (Stamford Advocate)
STAMFORD - "Teen Summer Reading Club - Extreme Makeover: Mind Edition" will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. tomorrow at the main library, Broad and Bedford streets.
- A chat with two poets in love (The Standard-Times)
I got the chance to talk summer reading with a poetic couple this week — French poet/actress Hélène Cardona and her husband, Irish lawyer/poet John M. FitzGerald.
- Post-holiday reading list - guardian.co.uk
Post-holiday reading listguardian.co.uk, UK - 59 minutes agoHere's the complete list, with Pullman's notes: How simple some great poetry can seem - as simple as water, and as necessary. Bishop is incomparable: "Awful ...
- Of pens, peonies and summer rain… - Clarksville Online
Of pens, peonies and summer rain…Clarksville Online, TN - 3 hours agoWe are a large group this semester at Goddard College, writers all of poetry, prose, fiction and non, memoir, plays and screenplays, even graphic novels. ...
- Picnic strikes chords other than musical - Irish Times
Picnic strikes chords other than musicalIrish Times, Ireland - 3 hours agoThe Spoken Word area could be a festival in its own right, with everything from comedy to debatesand poetry readings. Among the highlights will be readings ...
- The Broken Word, by Adam Foulds; Mandeville, by Matthew Francis; For All We Know, by Ciaran Carson (Independent)
The Broken Word is Adam Foulds's first published poetry (he has written a well-regarded novel). It shows a young man, Tom, fresh from "the bark/ and whine and snivel/ and brag" of school, plunged into service against the 1950s "Mau Mau" uprising in Kenya. The blurb explains this – a pity, because Foulds lets us find out decade, place and bloody context by degrees. The poem quietly initiates ...
- Family Movies Reveal a Misty -- and Mystifying -- Past - Washington Post
Family Movies Reveal a Misty -- and Mystifying -- PastWashington Post, United States - 1 hour agoHe stayed for hours, dominating the conversation and reciting racy poetry. Another image: My brother sits in the stern of the dinghy with his hand on the ...
- Kay Ryan named poet laureate (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK — Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain-bike rider 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 that of Emily Dickinson, will succeed Charles Simic as the 16th U.S. poet laureate, starting in the fall. The ...
- Historicist: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Vice-Principal's Vacation (But Were Afraid to Ask) (Torontoist)
Every Saturday morning, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today.
- Too Much of a Good Thing - Minneapolis City Pages
Too Much of a Good ThingMinneapolis City Pages, MN - Aug 12, 2008By James Norton Isaiah Berlin cataloged a pantheon of writers and thinkers using this bit of old poetry, but it's also a fine starting point for thinking ...
- THURSDAY ON THE BEACH - Florida Times-Union
THURSDAY ON THE BEACHFlorida Times-Union, FL - 2 hours ago... freestyle or poetry at Atlantic Beach's second open mic event today at the Jordan Community Center. This free event for adults, teens and children ...
- 10 things to do this weekend - Crain's Chicago Business
Crain's Chicago Business10 things to do this weekendCrain's Chicago Business, IL - 1 hour agoHBO Def Poet Kevin Coval, founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival, celebrates the release of his new book of poems, "EVERYDAY PEOPLE ...
- Thursday, Aug. 7 - Andover Townsman
Third Annual Vehicle Night at Memorial Hall Library, 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Butler Bank parking lot. Fire, police, public works, and other special vehicles will be featured. For more information, visit the library's Web site at www.mhl.org/kids or ...
- What’s going on in Kitsap County - North Kitsap Herald
What’s going on in Kitsap CountyNorth Kitsap Herald, WA - Jul 2, 2008POULSBOHEMIAN POETRY SERIES: Poets Marianna Mears, Nancy Rekow and Everett Thompson will read from their work starting at 7 pm at the Poulsbohemian ...
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