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- Local and State Organizations Collaborate to Hold Press Conference ... - MarketWatch
Local and State Organizations Collaborate to Hold Press Conference ...MarketWatch - 27 minutes ago... Director Northpoint Health and Wellness African American Men Project; and mothers of sons lost to murder: Sharon Brown, Maggie Doran and Mary Johnson. ...
- Hooked On Books: Saturday's the day for everybody - Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem JournalHooked On Books: Saturday's the day for everybodyWinston-Salem Journal, NC - 1 hour agoIt was one of the things that happened when I had my first child … it was really hard to write poetry. About the time I was really, really struggling, ...
- Madison poets finish third in second national bout - The Capital Times
Madison poets finish third in second national boutThe Capital Times, WI - Aug 8, 2008After coming in third at the second bout Thursday evening at the 2008 National Poetry Slam, members of the the Madison Slam Team won't be going on to the ...
- Finding comfort alongside Maya Angelou (Concord Monitor)
Maya Angelou published her blockbuster memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, in 1969, when she was in her early 40s and I was a 17-year-old white Southerner trying my luck in New York City. Catching her on late night television, I fell utterly under her spell.
- Agony and ecstasy - Guardian Unlimited
The Barbican's annual Ramadan Nights festival has hosted some remarkable events, but perhaps never so unlikely a musical meeting of east and west as the one happening next month, when Azerbaijani singer Alim Qasimov joins forces with Kronos Quartet ...
- Brewer among the nominees for Utah Book Award - Salt Lake Tribune
Brewer among the nominees for Utah Book AwardSalt Lake Tribune, United States - 39 minutes agoBy Julie Checkoway The late Ken Brewer, former state poet laureate, is nominated for his poem "Whale Song: A Poet's Journey Into Cancer. ...
- Obituary: John Matshikiza’s independent voice will be remembered (The Natal Witness Group)
John Matshikiza, actor, director, writer and poet, died suddenly in Johannesburg on Monday night from a heart attack. He was 54.
- Entertainment Calendar Updated 7-31-08 - Petoskey News-Review
Entertainment Calendar Updated 7-31-08Petoskey News-Review, MI - 1 hour agoPoetry course — The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, announces its annual summer course on the master poets of the world. Led by poet and island summer ...
- Novel idea unveiled to create literary quarter on Royal Mile - Scotsman
Novel idea unveiled to create literary quarter on Royal MileScotsman, United Kingdom - 10 hours agoOther organisations involved would include the Scottish Poetry Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Writers' Museum and Canongate Books. ...
- Santa Fe's yearly folk art sale lets patrons splurge in a socially - El Paso Times
Santa Fe's yearly folk art sale lets patrons splurge in a sociallyEl Paso Times, TX - 6 hours agoWe listened to a group of Japanese women performing Shigin, poetry chanting. Intonation and inflection heighten the meaning of the words -- and, ...
- 'So Long at the Fair' by Christina Schwarz: Author loses her ... - Dallas Morning News
'So Long at the Fair' by Christina Schwarz: Author loses her ...Dallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour agoShe's a master at revealing the turmoil lurking beneath the banality of everyday life, someone who can draw poetry from the murkiest linguistic well. ...
- Professional disc golf won't leave you frolfing at the mouth - Canada.com
Canada.comProfessional disc golf won't leave you frolfing at the mouthCanada.com, Canada - 5 hours agoWhitlock, in town for the River City Cup, looks like a man who's read some beat poetry in his time. Me: "Can you make a decent living as a disc-golf ...
- The Invisible touch - Metro Boston
The Invisible touchMetro Boston, MA - 7 hours agoAt its core, it’sa combination of jazz and hip-hop, with an influence of spoken word poetry. What we’re trying to do is change, or at least bring something ...
- Stage: ‘WOMEN’ A MIXED BAG - San Luis Obispo Tribune
Stage: ‘WOMEN’ A MIXED BAGSan Luis Obispo Tribune, CA - 11 hours agoBecause they are like narration or poetry it’s important to not only hear them but to clearly understand them. Although the voices in the cast are all ...
- Slam poets shocking, comical (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
They weren't part of a comedy series, they weren't a headlining Family Weekend event and in fact most of the audience had probably never heard of Death From Below before Wednesday night. So what were these guys all about, anyway? "There's two things we're known for," spit the slam poetry duo on the stage of the Student Union Theatre.
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