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- Local student to vie for national poetry title - Opelika Auburn News
Local student to vie for national poetry titleOpelika Auburn NewsThat's exactly what Youssef Biaz's goal will be next month when the Auburn High School junior travels to the nation's capital to compete in the 2010 Poetry ...Spring Valley student places first in poetry competitionHuntington Herald DispatchSpringfield student wins state poetry competitionNews-Leader.comIllinois Arts Council Announces Poetry Out Loud State FinalQuad-Cities Onlineall 4 news articles »
- Students organize Bands in the Sand fundraiser - NorthJersey.com
Students organize Bands in the Sand fundraiserNorthJersey.comThe result was a twelve-year labor of love that Villafranco named after a famous poem that he was given after his son's death. "I couldn't decide what I ...
- City museum to host poetry booklaunch - Galway Advertiser
City museum to host poetry booklaunchGalway AdvertiserTHE MUCH admired American poets Annie and Ted Deppe will read from their new poetry collections at the Galway City Museum this Saturday at ...
- Poets of Split This Rock Festival put their words to work at Capitol - Washington Post
Washington PostPoets of Split This Rock Festival put their words to work at CapitolWashington Post... the lines of poetry seem odd. Fragmented. Desperately trying to say something. Like babbling babies. Once the words are taped together in one long poem ...Poets Tell The Stories Of Their CountriesKUARall 2 news articles »
- Arifa Akbar: Seeing the present in shadows of the past - Independent
Arifa Akbar: Seeing the present in shadows of the pastIndependent... I'm writing as much as I was before this." She's also revealing herself to be an exceptionally hands-on laureate. The Band-Aid style charity poetry gig ...
- PK Page, "towering talent in Canadian poetry", dies - Canada.com
PK Page, "towering talent in Canadian poetry", diesCanada.com“It was the Dark Ages then, and anyone who wrote poetry was an absolute wimp. “I was afraid my friends would tease me and I'd never have a boyfriend ... so ...
- Walker's "Women With Vision" film series - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Walker's "Women With Vision" film seriesMinneapolis Star TribuneMinneapolis filmmaker Sayer Frey's "Abandon ME" is a handsomely photographed visual poem of family betrayal and emotional healing. ...and more »
- 'Learned Ladies' brings laughs to UWF stage - Pensacola News Journal
'Learned Ladies' brings laughs to UWF stagePensacola News Journal... has commanded her to marry Trissotin (Nathan Simmons), a "scholar" who is their special protégé and whose awful poetry is the center of their literary ...and more »
- Dave Bidini on throwing the book at writers - National Post
Dave Bidini on throwing the book at writersNational PostAlso included on the list are "anyone who ever said that poetry is good; 'cause it's not," "anyone who ever made anyone read The Stone Angel in high school ...
- McQueen fans grab fashion mementos - News.com.au
His apparent suicide yesterday at the age of only 40 cast a shadow over the start of New York Fashion Week, as retailers reported a rush to buy McQueen wares. "Just after the news broke all of our Alexander McQueen stock started flying off the ...
- Poetry and prejudice: "Howl" cast links beatnik obscenity trial to Prop. 8 - Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)Poetry and prejudice: "Howl" cast links beatnik obscenity trial to Prop. 8Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)Ehrlich, the person fictional attorney Perry Mason was based on, defended Ginsberg's publisher from obscenity charges for selling the ribald epic, ...and more »
- Three cheers for the General Assembly - Pawtucket Times
Three cheers for the General AssemblyPawtucket TimesThat line absolutely sings, it is poetry — it sounds like a lyric from an early Bob Dylan song, back when he was young and angry. ...and more »
- The City Real Imagined at the ICA CA Conrad Frank Sherlock- Featuring a ... - Fast Pitch Press (press release)
The City Real Imagined at the ICA CA Conrad Frank Sherlock- Featuring a ...Fast Pitch Press (press release)This book-length poem was fueled from walks through Philadelphia, which included sharing both their common and divergent experiences of their city with each ...and more »
- A tarted-up tale of our favorite poet - Concord Monitor
If all you know about dear Emily Dickinson comes from a few sparkling nature poems and The Belle of Amherst, cover your eyes. Your carriage is about to cross into Amherst's red-light district. Jerome Charyn's new novel about the poet tears up William ...
- William Howard Frey, 88: Ran Puritan Chemical Co. in Atlanta - Atlanta Journal Constitution
William Howard Frey, 88: Ran Puritan Chemical Co. in AtlantaAtlanta Journal ConstitutionHe immersed himself in books and poetry. Especially poetry. "He memorized at least 60 poems," his son said. "Even when dementia set in, he could say those ...
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