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- Iran's expatriate poets speak out, in English and Farsi (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, thousands of intellectuals, activists and poets have left Iran, many fleeing to Europe and the United States. A new book brings together the work of 18 Iranian poets from this diaspora to share their experiences with a wider audience.
- Opium, Narcotics Finally Granted Co-Authorship in Literary Canon - PR CannaZine (press release)
Opium, Narcotics Finally Granted Co-Authorship in Literary CanonPR CannaZine (press release), UK - 46 minutes ago“Drugs rule, but not when they write poetry and stuff,” said University of Wisconsin student Harry Fender. “As if writing a critical theory paper isn’t hard ...
- Daylong event to commemorate the 1963 death of poet Theodore Roethke - MLive.com
As celebrations continue marking the centennial year of the birth of Pulitzer-winning poet Theodore Roethke, fans pause next week to remember his death 55 years later. On Friday (Aug.1), the Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation hosts a Roethke ...
- Burning down the house with Brock Clarke - Louisville Courier-Journal
Burning down the house with Brock ClarkeLouisville Courier-Journal, KY - 14 hours agoA fan of Dickinson's poetry, Clarke acknowledged that it's easy to have mixed feelings about great books and writers. "We assume a simple relationship ...
- Doing Justice to the Arts - Christian News Wire (press release)
Doing Justice to the ArtsChristian News Wire (press release), DC - 28 minutes agoDuring his teen years, it was music. As a college undergrad, he began writing poetry. But during his careers as Infantry officer, Army aviator, ...
- SAVAGE LOVE (Orlando Weekly)
First, the formalities: I adore your column, I’ve been reading it since I was a single fundamentalist far-right wack job and I read it now that I’m a married far-left feminist with kids.
- Week of varied, fun music - Nevada Appeal
There certainly was music in the air around Carson City last week. It started Tuesday night when the Mile High Jazz Band was joined by local poets at the outdoor patio of Comma Coffee. The band was swinging as usual (right word for big band music ...
- The University of Fort Hare is a holding a two day festival of ... - SABC News
The University of Fort Hare is a holding a two day festival of ...SABC News, South Africa - 13 hours agoPoetry sessions and debates on issues such as liberation, gender, race, culture, language and identity are taking place. Professors, students and community ...
- Hancock Library offers August programs - Indianapolis Star
Hancock Library offers August programsIndianapolis Star, United States - 3 hours agoIt's Teen Movie Night at the Hancock County Public Library in Greenfield on Thursday, August 21, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Call 462-5141, ext. 211. ...
- Pop culture's fabled green elixer now trendy, potent and legal in US - NWI.com
It's no coincidence that in just the past week, I've received two publicist pitches promoting the return of absinthe, that green liquor potion portrayed in movies and pop culture as mind-altering. ( Graphic ) In the 1952 classic film MGM musical ...
- Finding the sacred in the mundane (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
My grandparents were not big readers. Their English was slightly accented but fluent -- they both left Poland in their early teens and came to America in the 1920s.
- Local vigil planned to remember Hiroshima - Foster's Daily Democrat
Local vigil planned to remember HiroshimaFoster's Daily Democrat, NH - 9 hours agoJim Splaine, a candlelighting ceremony and poetry readings by local poets Marin Tirabassi and Neil English. The event is free and open to the public. ...
- Joyce Carol Oates examines 'tabloid hell' in novel inspired by ... - Newsday
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates: Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet ...
- Poetry Night lives on (The Aspen Times)
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- Local writer’s poetry reading airing worldwide this week (The Union County Advocate)
Marion-based author and poet Bob Yehling’s reading from his newest book, “The River-Fed Stone,” will stream worldwide this week.
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