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- Hometown team gets 2nd in National Poetry Slam first bout (The Capital Times)
It was a war of words Wednesday night, and Madison was somewhat triumphant. The hometown spoken word team placed second in its competition against San Antonio, Houston and Manchester during its first bout in the National Poetry Slam held at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Various venues around the city are hosting the competition, which ends Thursday night. Although each team ...
- Wow, what a story! (Toronto Sun)
Whopping $1.25-million advance just the beginning for Winnipeg author's first novel
- Slaves in the Family - Newsweek
NewsweekSlaves in the FamilyNewsweek - 44 minutes agoSo Dave's poetry and his penchant for signing his work signals not only his own bravery but at least some modest enlightenment on the part of his owners. ...
- Religion Calendar: 09/13/2008 - Traverse City Record Eagle
Religion Calendar: 09/13/2008Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - 31 minutes agoMothers of Preschoolers group (MOPS), 9:15-11:15 am second and fourth Friday of each month, child care and registration are free; Zion Lutheran Church, ...
- Deconstructing Scotland, its myths - Washington Times
Washington TimesDeconstructing Scotland, its mythsWashington Times, DC - 6 hours agoHe takes as examples the ancient constitution, the ancient poetry of Ossian, and the traditional garb of kilt and plaid. Each of these venerable artifacts ...
- New York Press - Rottentomatoes.com
Across the Universe (2007) " Across the Universe feels like something entombed on Broadway, made to instruct bored tourists while grasping after Importance. It’s an anomalous musical epic: a Pop movie without the excitement of pop." Armond White ...
- Analyzing Alliterations Affect (Psych Central)
The poetic or literary style using several words that begin with the same or similar consonants is an ageless method to communicate in a format that fosters memory while being fun to read. In several experiments, researchers R. Brooke Lea of Macalester College, David N. Rapp of Northwestern University, Andrew Elfenbein and Russell [...]
- Royal Family’s verse writer’s ‘thankless’ job gave him writer’s block - Newspost Online
Royal Family’s verse writer’s ‘thankless’ job gave him writer’s blockNewspost Online, India - 1 hour agoMotion, however, added: “I thought all the poetry had gone, but I feel some of it is still there and may yet return.” Speaking about the occasion of the ...
- Looking At Tazieh, The Hub - The Herald
Looking At Tazieh, The HubThe Herald, UK - 42 minutes agoMore than mere anthropology, this astonishing display of wordless poetry is a humbling portrait of a culture at one with its sense of grief.
- Vashon Beachcomber Arts Briefs | August 6 - PNW Local News
Vashon Beachcomber Arts Briefs | August 6PNW Local News, WA - 9 minutes ago7, Café Luna hosts the Vashon Poetry Slam. “Rambunctious poetry” will fill the laid-back and fun venue, according to organizers. Interested poetry slammers ...
- Soweto Festival targets youth - Joburg
Soweto Festival targets youthJoburg, South Africa - 5 hours ago... a "massive indoor space", daily activities will include talent shows, stand up comedy, poetry readings, story telling and creative drama workshops. ...
- Marin snapshot: All the world's a stage for rococo-costumed Forest ... - Marin Independent-Journal
Marin snapshot: All the world's a stage for rococo-costumed Forest ...Marin Independent-Journal, CA - 2 hours ago... the Poetry Jukebox, climbing inside costumes created by his artist wife, Judith Selby Lang, and reciting from a repertoire of as many as 120 poems he's ...
- Brothers K: Just OK - North by Northwestern
North by NorthwesternBrothers K: Just OKNorth by Northwestern, IL - 13 hours agoThey’ve got open mics and poetry gatherings, and a free book exchange that lets you trade one of your own books for one of theirs. But the hipsters stopped ...
- Madison hosts National Poetry Slam (Wisconsin State Journal)
Eighteen has been good to Danez Smith. It's the age that he's come into his own, he says. And the age he was named Madison's Grand Slam Poetry Champion. It gets even better: Later this week, Smith (still 18), will perform his poetry in the national spotlight -- right on a Madison stage. Smith's local title win in May gave him a berth on the city's five-poet team, which will compete in the ...
- Bumbershoot: Theater makes a fast break for its 10 minutes of fame (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Theater at Bumbershoot is dance with puppets, or a bump-and-grind grounded in literary theory and self-help. It's a high-tech slide show and fake poetry. When real playwrights and actors are involved, they have 10 minutes to make good.
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