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- Robarchek again at the forefront (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
By Matt Brunson.• The scribblings of longtime (and now retired) Charlotte Observer columnist -- and frequent Best of Charlotte CL award winner -- Doug Robarchek can be found in The Best of the World's Worst Poetry: 20 Very Odd Years of Outfrontery. The paperback, published by the local outfit Main Street Rag, is available for $14. For a sample poem from the book, see Quote This, below right....
- These kids know how to write (The Daily World)
Dan Jackson | The Daily World Children’s poet Kenn Nesbitt entertains kids at the Young Author’s Conference on Saturday in the Hoquiam High School Little Theater.
- Quake's Artistic Aftershocks: Chengdu Poetry - NPR
Quake's Artistic Aftershocks: Chengdu PoetryNPR - 15 hours agoAll Things Considered, May 19, 2008 · Chengdu, China, is known as a city of writers — with an especially strong community of poets. ...
- Mushaira: Charting a new tradition - Saudi Gazette
Some people gather, and that is it. In this couplet, almost a century ago, Meer Taqi Meer, one of the legends of Urdu Poetry, was complaining about the changing state of Mushairas. At Meer’s time Mushairas were exclusive gatherings for literary ...
- National Cowboy Poetry Week - Shawnee News-Star
Francine Roark Robison, Oklahoma's Cowboy Poet Laureatte, stands with Gov. Brad Henry. Robison will perform this weekend at Mountain View, Mo., at the annual Missouri Cowboy Poets' Association festival. She also will perform May 2 to May 4 at War ...
- A cutting wit on the page and onstage - Windsor Star
A cutting wit on the page and onstageWindsor Star, Canada - 46 minutes agoIn any case, I heard nothing, until I opened up a book of his poetry maybe a year or two later. It came in the mail, and the first thing I noticed was the ...
- Colin James: Anzac friends put oomph into ties (The New Zealand Herald)
Worried about the exodus? Well, Australia is, too. And get ready to worry some more. That was a strand of discussion at the annual Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum on Friday and Saturday.
- Go & Do - 'Priceless,' art and the LADS (Portsmouth Herald)
The Beth Ellis Cove Gallery in Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine, will be having a gala opening celebration on Saturday, May 24, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
- 19 Jul : THE RUN-UP, S.K.G., ELKS, THE WINTERKICKS @ New Cross Inn ... - Drowned In Sound
THE HEARTBREAKERS (DJ hosts), Dirty Sounds, Love Pirates and various playing class friends host tipped and recommended live music with a Newer Wave gathering until late at MTB HQ. http://www.myspace.com/theheartbreakersmusic THE RUN-UP : New grey ...
- British Surrealists: Minor league, but major players - Independent
British Surrealists: Minor league, but major playersIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoPeople have said that Britain was Surrealism's original native land Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, William Blake, the gothic novel, Gulliver's Travels ...
- Mr. Mack part of growing hip hop community in Cape Breton - Cape Breton Post
Mr. Mack part of growing hip hop community in Cape BretonCape Breton Post, Canada - 2 hours agoMacLeod, who participated in the Cape Breton CBC’s Poetry Face-Off earlier this year, said writing in most forms comes naturally to him and he’s continually ...
- Tacoma’s Illuminati Literati - Weekly Volcano
Weekly VolcanoTacoma’s Illuminati LiteratiWeekly Volcano, WA - 3 hours ago... poetry workshop: Illumination and the Literary Imagination, presented by Urban Grace and the Tacoma Art Museum Thursday, July 24. This writing workshop ...
- Beyond Formalism: Adam Kirsch's "Invasions" (The New York Sun)
Art and criticism make rather strange bedfellows. A book-critic friend of mine recently noticed that he and his artist wife, both enthusiastic gardeners, played entirely different roles in the vegetable garden behind their house: Her job was to nurture the plants, his to whack anything that ventured a tendril outside its appointed row. With a version of that couple brawling in his psyche, you ...
- Poetry Collection Relates Author's Victory Over Crushing Odds - PR Web (press release)
Poetry Collection Relates Author's Victory Over Crushing OddsPR Web (press release), WA - 4 hours agoMore than just inspirational words, the poetry in this book offer readers a great devotional and study guide with references to story after story of ...
- Gowdy, Zolf win Ontario’s Trillium Book Awards - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Gowdy, Zolf win Ontario’s Trillium Book AwardsTheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 35 minutes agoGowdy won for her novel Helpless (HarperCollins) while Zolf won the poetry award for her collection Human Resources (Coach House Books). ...
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