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- The Power Of Peter Piper: How Alliteration Enhances Poetry, Prose, And Memory (Science Daily)
From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a new study suggests that this literary technique is useful not only for poetry but also for memory.
- The new Chestnut Street Books, an offshoot of earlier Loome stores, is a book-lovers' feast specializing in children's ... (Pioneer Press)
Cecilia Loome, 23, has spent much of her life surrounded by good books.
- Savage Mistage - Snapper
Finally English speakers can read Roberto Bolaño’s masterpiece novel “The Savage Detectives. Translated into English in 2007 by Natasha Wimmer, “The Savage Detectives” is an epic story spanning two decades and multiple continents. “The ...
- Anderson County Library's reading program well-aimed at teens - Anderson Independent-Mail
Sorry. The theme this summer through South Carolina’s public library system has been “Catch the Reading Bug!” and individual libraries have done a great job carrying out the insect theme. For example, the Bright Star Children’s Theatre from ...
- Ironic Iconic America' book turns to TV - Montana Standard
NEW YORK (AP) — Bar Refaeli has a sweet spot for destinations that feed her sugar habit: The Israeli model picked the Necco candy factory near Boston and New York's Serendipity restaurant — home of the frozen hot chocolate — as two of her ...
- Our View: Join Merrill celebration of history - Wausau Daily Herald
Our View: Join Merrill celebration of historyWausau Daily Herald, WI - 2 hours agoThe big-tent-style show will add local photographs and old train footage from Merrill to its lineup of music, poetry and visual images celebrating Wisconsin ...
- Patinkin's `Tempest' Lacks Magic; Silver's `Changes' Unlikely - Bloomberg
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- You would never know from the sorry mess on view at New York's Classic Stage Company that ``The Tempest'' is one of Shakespeare 's most poetic and humane plays, a final summoning of the master's artistry and philosophy. As the ...
- Festival highlights power of words - Opelousas Daily World
Festival highlights power of wordsOpelousas Daily World, LA - 1 hour agoAuthors will guide public workshops that are focused on finding the poem inside one's self, storytelling and performance poetry. ...
- Pudgy-Man Action Flick Falls Short Of Own Aspirations - The Bulletin
Stoner flicks make up the rare genre that is consistently rewarded for being stupid. My gripe, though, isn't with the subject matter of these films. It's with how much we lower the bar for them. No one questions the harmless banality of "Half Baked ...
- Club Penguin gets it right (Denver Post)
The newspaper industry is constantly bewailing its need for a new economic model, as the Internet upends the old one. Maybe it could take a page from the Club Penguin Times.
- Last Call Poets with Shane Koyczan Tonight - blogTO
Last Call Poets with Shane Koyczan TonightblogTO, Canada - 2 hours agoShane was the first Canadian to win the Individual World Poetry Slam and has performed with the likes of Ani DiFranco, the Violent Femmes, Saul Williams and ...
- FESTIVAL: At Adur - Littlehampton Gazette
FESTIVAL: At AdurLittlehampton Gazette, UK - 1 hour agoChoral music, songs and poetry will be performed free of charge to visitors both inside and outside the church. Organised by the Adur Arts Forum, ...
- Column: Scholarships, art and the village sibs of Gloucester - Wicked Local Manchester
Column: Scholarships, art and the village sibs of GloucesterWicked Local Manchester, MA - 1 hour agoLes’s affection for Gloucester goes further, spanning Gloucester’s sibling spectrum and even reaching into other art forms – namely, poetry. ...
- Beatniks and Hollywood Royalty Descend Upon Edmonton Edmonton ... - DVD Creation
EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/08/08 -- Edmonton Festivals bring life to the streets for poetry lovers. If to you poetry means the stuff you did in high school English, think again: this is combat in the form of "blink poetry," a yell-a-thon ...
- Words by Allen Starbury - BallerStatus.com
Words by Allen StarburyBallerStatus.com, CA - 3 hours agoThose interested will also have a chance to submit their artwork, poetry, and music to be considered for publication in the Harmony4Kidz upcoming book and ...
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