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- An almanac of the social world - Toronto Star
An almanac of the social worldToronto Star, Canada - 1 hour agoAbove all, Mooney revels in playing with language – one section of the book is even set up as a game, in which each poem is 26 words in length, ...
- Tam O'Shanter graveyard reopens - BBC News
BBC NewsTam O'Shanter graveyard reopensBBC News, UK - 11 hours agoThe Ayrshire graveyard immortalised in the famous Burns poem, Tam O'Shanter, is being officially reopened. Alloway Auld Kirk and Graveyard has undergone ...
- Saturday vehicle chase leads to arrest of driver - The Salinas Californian
Saturday vehicle chase leads to arrest of driverThe Salinas Californian, CA - 50 minutes agoThe festival will feature readings by the student winners of the Poetic Voices intercollegiate poetry competition. The featured guest speaker is Brandi ...
- Akron firefighters douse early morning blaze - Akron Beacon Journal
Akron firefighters douse early morning blazeAkron Beacon Journal, OH - Mar 28, 2008Rita Dove to judge Akron's national poetry book competition this year. Former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer winner will judge the Akron Poetry Prize. ...
- Stanford acquires late professor’s renowned collection of ‘association copies’ (Stanford Report)
Green Library's Special Collections has acquired a nationally renowned collection of old and rare books that belonged to Jay Fliegelman, the William Robertson Coe Professor in American Literature, who died Aug. 14, 2007. Shelley Fisher Fishkin, an English professor and director of the American Studies Program, calls the 258 volumes "one of the most impressive book collections likely to be put up ...
- Literary journal releases 50th issue - LSU The Reveille
Literary journal releases 50th issueLSU The Reveille, LA - 2 hours agoThomas Stevens, winner of the Matt Clark Prize for poetry, was the first to read his work to the audience. Stevens said his winning poem, "Alma Mater," is a ...
- With poetry on video, Pace buses take the road less traveled - Chicago Tribune
For all those bus riders who think that they shall never see a poem lovely as a tree, there's hope. Starting Thursday, Pace passengers can get a free dose of culture. Animated versions of some of the most acclaimed contemporary poetry will be ...
- Isaac Meyers, a Promising Young Voice, Stilled at 29 - Forward
Isaac Meyers, a Promising Young Voice, Stilled at 29Forward, NY - 3 hours agoHe was also a poet and published poetry criticism in these pages, as well as in the poetry journal Parnassus. Our deepest condolences go out Isaac’s family: ...
- Time to get well versed in poetry - OCRegister
Time to get well versed in poetryOCRegister, CA - 1 hour agoWhich made us feel a little sad, as if we'd not lived up to the promise of our English degree, earned all those years ago. And so we decided to do right by ...
- Interview: "Latehomecomer" Kao Kalia Yang - Twin Cities Planet
Interview: "Latehomecomer" Kao Kalia YangTwin Cities Planet, Minnesota - 37 minutes agoThere’s poetry there. Feeling lonely is great. I personally find loneliness to be very romantic. I was struck by the love and devotion your family members ...
- Chadwick Flyer was not known for being quick
Springfield News-Leader - One was printed in the Springfield Daily News by Jean Hilton who ran a column in the 1960s and 1970s titled "Over the Ozarks in Prose, Poetry." (Note:
- Open to the public this week: - Scranton Times-Tribune
Open to the public this week:Scranton Times-Tribune, USA - 2 hours agoTuesday: Panel discussion on death penalty, a follow-up to Sister Helen Prejean’s lecture and production of the play “Dead Man Walking,” 7:30 pm, ...
- QU comes together to remember poetic prof. - Quinnipiac Chronicle (subscription)
QU comes together to remember poetic prof.Quinnipiac Chronicle (subscription), CT - 11 hours ago... who finished the poetry reading with "Lines of Force," a poem dedicated to Johnston. Dansdill also expressed his hopes of publishing a collection of ...
- Madonna joins the US Hall of Fame
BBC News - From poetry to pop, these five acts demonstrate the rich diversity of rock and roll." He added: "The 2008 inductees are trailblazers - all unique and influential in their genres.
- Peeves aplenty in poets' corner - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldPeeves aplenty in poets' cornerSydney Morning Herald, Australia - Feb 22, 2008In a letter dated February 13 to the poetry editor of a small publishing house, Puncher & Wattmann, Murray offers to provide a blurb requested for a book by ...
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