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- Poems promoting event solicited from kids (The Champaign News-Gazette)
SPRINGFIELD – Area children are invited to write short poems promoting the 2008 Illinois State Fair. Fair Manager Amy Bliefnick announced the theme for the 2008 Illinois State Fair will be "A Family Tradition" and will feature a contest inspired by a popular 1950s advertising campaign for Burma Shave.
- KIDSPIRIT MAGAZINE, A UNIQUE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE BY AND FOR YOUTH ... - Religion News Service
KIDSPIRIT MAGAZINE, A UNIQUE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE BY AND FOR YOUTH ...Religion News Service, DC - 7 hours agoKidSpirit Magazine aims to reach a national audience and to offer a probing alternative to the flood of commercial teen magazines. ...
- Author tackles complex topics in her latest children's book (Orange County Register)
Children's author Nikki Grimes strikes one as a modern day Renaissance woman.
- Former US Poet Laureate to visit IU Bloomington - Indiana University
Former US Poet Laureate to visit IU BloomingtonIndiana University, IN - 14 minutes agoBLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Robert Hass, the former US Poet Laureate and a recipient of a MacArthur Genius Fellowship, will present a talk and poetry reading at ...
- Family doctor goes beyond call of duty (Springfield News-Sun)
There wasn't any snow to speak of this winter in Walnut Grove, Miss.
- Literary fest looks into life's 'monsters' (The Wichita Eagle)
What are the monsters in your life, and how do you defeat them? That's the question dozens of scholars tried to answer Sunday during the ninth annual Newman University Literary Festival, "Godzilla Fest '08: Returning from Ruin: Living in the Aftermath." More than 100 people attended the two-day event. Participants, including students and professionals, read analytical papers, stories and ...
- Giving the gift of literature (The Monterey County Herald)
With a natural storyteller's voice, author Paul Fleischman talked about the hidden depths of books. "When you look at a book, it is like an iceberg," Fleischman said. "Three-fourths of it, you don't see because the author works through it.
- The B-52s on their new release, Funplex - Sunshine Coast Daily
The B-52s on their new release, FunplexSunshine Coast Daily, Australia - 25 minutes agoThe title "Deviant Ingredient" may have sprung from a line of Cindy's poetry, yet the song's vocal twists, and vivid images of trawling the martini mile, ...
- Peanut butter was just the beginning in Salem Children learn about Carver during Black History Month (Eagle-Tribune Online)
SALEM — For once, the chatter about peanuts in a room full of children wasn't about allergies. Instead, about a dozen students spent a few hours of their winter vacation yesterday talking about the benefits of peanuts that George Washington Carver discovered more than a century ago.
- Resurrecting the idealism of Robert F. Kennedy (The Oregonian)
Owing to the events of the past week, I may be desperate for a refresher course in the authenticity of heroes and the nature of discipline, but several landmarks in the final three months of Kennedy's life are much more worthy of our attention than his vanishing point.
- Amsterdam native's book nominated for national award - Schenectady Gazette
Amsterdam native's book nominated for national awardSchenectady Gazette, NY - 2 hours ago... of English and director of the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing at Ashland University, where he also directs the Ashland Poetry Press. ...
- Two Poets Named Mike Read April 24 - UNCG University News
Two Poets Named Mike Read April 24UNCG University News, NC - 3 hours ago... University Relations The reading – sponsored by The Greensboro Review in conjunction with the Center for Creative Writing in the Arts, Poetry GSO and ...An Arts-and-Letters Icon Winston-Salem Journalall 2 news articles
- THE SEASON OF WORDS - The Patriot-News - PennLive.com
THE SEASON OF WORDSThe Patriot-News - PennLive.com, PA - 1 hour ago... said Julia Tilley, co-host of Poetry Thursdays. Tilley said prayer sticks are used by many American Indian tribes to offer prayers to the Great Sprit. ...OTHER EVENTS The Patriot-News - PennLive.comall 2 news articles
- Young talent floats atop Hass' River of Words - San Jose Mercury News
Young talent floats atop Hass' River of WordsSan Jose Mercury News, USA - 50 minutes agoOn May 12 at the Library of Congress, Hass emcees the awards ceremony for the Environmental Poetry and Arts Contest, an annual event mounted by River of ...
- Living in fear (Guardian Unlimited)
This playful and knowing first collection is fuelled throughout by a strong sense of lyricism. Take the piece "Before a Make-up Bag", a mock-hymn to the creators of cosmetics: "Praise him for the angel face / and second chance of it / the would you care to dance of it."
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