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- Poet Kay Ryan is named poet laureate - Sioux City Journal
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced Thursday that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry ...
- ESCONDIDO: Local woman marks 100th birthday (North County Times)
ESCONDIDO ---- Last August, illness forced Wilma Ramp to miss celebrating her 99th birthday. After spending seven months recuperating from what her friends say was a mild stroke, the Escondido resident told everyone she knew that she wanted to mark h
- Composer Stephen Foster's life in city helped shape music - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Composer Stephen Foster's life in city helped shape musicPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 1 hour ago"He was good at writing lyric poetry and creating music to suit the poetry," Root said. "He was self taught in the clarinet, flute, guitar and violin. ...
- EGYPT: Sex and a feminist novelist - Los Angeles Times Blogs
The apartment door bears no man's name, which is unusual in Cairo, but it's a fitting snub at convention for feminist author Sahar El-Mougy, who lives and writes outside society's strictures. Her independent lifestyle -- women here are whispered ...
- You Don’t Mess With the Racism - Al Bawaba
I love Adam Sandler. From Billy Madison to Happy Gilmore to the Chanukah Song, the predecessor of the Superbad generation has effortlessly conquered the domain of slapstick comedy and inappropriate jokes. But damn you Scuba Steve! If you’re going ...
- Litchfield Student's Poem Wins IMPAC Award - Litchfield Enquirer
Litchfield Student's Poem Wins IMPAC AwardLitchfield Enquirer, CT - 2 hours agoStudents from Litchfield County were awarded the top statewide prizes in prose and poetry last Sunday in the 11th annual IMPAC-Connecticut State University ...
- 'Cowboy Christmas' this weekend - White Mountain Independent
'Cowboy Christmas' this weekendWhite Mountain Independent, AZ - 32 minutes agoHoliday events begin at 7 pm on Friday, July 4 at the Rodeo Park with cowboy poetry and country music. Taylor's full holiday schedule continues Saturday ...
- Street Without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria ... - Times Online
So. You've written a memoir, but nobody has heard of you. In English, which is not your native tongue. And it's also a travelogue about your beloved homeland, Bulgaria. Where? Ah yes, the Wombles! Uncle Bulgaria...The Bulgarian umbrella murder ...
- American Life in Poetry: Night Dive - Morris Sun Tribune
American Life in Poetry: Night DiveMorris Sun Tribune, MN - 1 hour agoBy Ted Kooser I've lived all my life on the plains, where no body of water is more than a few feet deep, and even at that shallow depth I'm afraid of it. ...
- The Latitude festival - The Sunday Times review - Times Online
The Latitude festival - The Sunday Times reviewTimes Online, UK - 3 hours ago... child-friendly facilities and activities and some often brilliant and transforming live music. Add in theatre, ballet, comedy, poetry and pretty much ...
- Hell Hath No Fury - The INDsider
Hell Hath No FuryThe INDsider, LA - 2 hours agoThe main attraction — Hellboy himself — becomes an also-ran, and his signature sass seems adrift in the romance and poetry of Del Toro’s larger vision. ...
- Athens Boys Choir -- no boys, no choir, just offbeat hip-hop (The Capital Times)
Athens Boys Choir isn't a choir. It's just one guy from Athens, Ga., his microphone and some beats. It's part hip-hop, part spoken word, and part goofball aerobics dance music. Harvey Katz, the guy behind the mic, calls it "the poetry your mama warned you about." He raps about politics, living in the South, being Jewish and a being a transsexual. He writes more serious pieces as well as silly ...
- Mallee-rooted poetry and grounded clouds - The Age
The AgeMallee-rooted poetry and grounded cloudsThe Age, Australia - 15 minutes agoWithout apparent difficulty, Lisa Gorton wrote a book of poetry simultaneously with a children's novel, writes Simon Caterson. ...
- Bright 'knights' - Electric New Paper
Bright 'knights'Electric New Paper, Singapore - 1 hour agoBut there were also skits, poetry and even a rap. The 100 student leaders, who came from 16 schools, were participating in the Montfort Secondary School's ...
- Arboretum’s Awesome August Perfecta: An Open Call to Runners ... - ReadMedia (press release)
Arboretum’s Awesome August Perfecta: An Open Call to Runners ...ReadMedia (press release), NY - 22 minutes agoThe Arboretum encourages creative individuals and those who support them to bring their music, poetry, prose, artwork, and crafts to share with others ...
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