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- What's new at the DeKalb Public Library - Daily Chronicle
Message from the director: Our summer endowment fund drive featured three events. The evening of poetry with Lucien Stryk was a great success. We have two more events: Music in the Stacks and an afternoon with Elizabeth Berg on July 12. Last year we ...
- Kibbutznik diary longs for 'purity of that generation' - Ha'aretz
Kibbutznik diary longs for 'purity of that generation'Ha'aretz, Israel - 1 hour agoThe language was "not high language, except for poetry quotes." But she is amazed when she looks back. "I can't believe I wrote it. The innocence. ...
- The story of William McGonagall, the worst poet in the history of the ... - The Independent
In 1877, 40 years into the reign of Queen Victoria, an anonymous letter arrived at the offices of the Dundee Weekly News. It was a message in doggerel rhyme, a tribute to a local vicar who "has written the life of Sir Walter Scott/ and while he lives ...
- Soldier's Mother Bridges Distance with Poetry (NPR)
When Frances Richey's son deployed to Iraq in 2004, their relationship was strained by their very different views about the war. While her son was gone, Frances Richey wrote poetry about her own experience and her son's. Richey speaks with NPR's Guy Raz about her poems and the bond they helped renew with her son.
- Erudite yet under-rehearsed - Globe and Mail
Jam! ShowbizErudite yet under-rehearsedGlobe and Mail, Canada - 41 minutes agoBut when he performs several that deal with the poet's desire to keep his loved one young and perfect by making him immortal through poetry, Callow turns in ...‘A unique theatrical experience’ The Beacon Heraldall 4 news articles
- Going boldly where no Lebanese publisher has gone before (The Daily Star Lebannon)
Poetry doesn't command much presence in publishing circles. The profile of English-language poetry in countries where English is not the first language - Beirut for instance - is particularly slight. The poetry that is on offer locally (if on a small scale) is in Arabic and to a lesser extent French.
- Puerto Rican lit coming out tonight in New York - New York Daily News
Charles Rice-González, one of the authors participating in the anthology "Los Otros Cuerpos." A host of authors and artists will join tonight at Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center (CSV) for the New York presentation of "Los Otros Cuerpos," an ...
- LifeWays hands out awards at celebration (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)
Enthusiasm in Commonwealth Commerce Center's grand ballroom was contagious as Joanne Sheldon, LifeWays' new CEO, welcomed mental-health providers and consumers to the 2008 LifeWays Annual Celebration.
- Osama bin Laden, a purveyor of poetic terrorism - Daily Star - Lebanon
Osama bin Laden, a purveyor of poetic terrorismDaily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 1 hour agoBin Laden often recites poetry to underscore a point and to associate himself with chivalrous and learned warriors who were willing to become martyrs for ...
- Boulder’s Gary Allen influenced by beat poets | By Marisa Beahm The Reporter-Herald (Loveland Reporter-Herald)
In his new book, poet Gary Allen captures fleeting vignettes of his life experiences – a life from which any poetry enthusiast would love to gain insight. From studying under beat legend Allen Ginsberg, teaching meditation in prisons or living in Korea and touring Asia, Allen’s writing captures these adventures and allows readers to feel like they were present in his memories. Allen will be ...
- Bazm-e-Urdu elects new office-bearers - Peninsula On-line
Peninsula On-lineBazm-e-Urdu elects new office-bearersPeninsula On-line, Qatar - May 27, 2008All office bearers said they will contribute their best efforts to promote the Urdu language and literature, especially poetry, in the country with mutual ...
- Literary post for S.J. native (San Jose Mercury News)
San Jose native Kay Ryan thought she might someday be a stand-up comedian, or a funny card writer for Hallmark, but the nation's next poet laureate? Never.
- Releases Abid Ahmad’s book on Kashmiri poetry (Greater Kashmir)
Srinagar, June 2: The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art Culture and Languages has decided to update and translate the Kashmiri Encyclopaedia into English and Arabic.
- Galway launch of poems from Guantánamo Bay - Galway Advertiser
Galway launch of poems from Guantánamo BayGalway Advertiser, Ireland - 11 hours agoAll but the most knee-jerk America haters where horrified by the cold-blooded slaughter by Al Queda of almost 3000 American office workers. ...
- News Briefs - North Bay Nugget
The local chapter of Habitat for Humanity raised more than $750 during its car wash Saturday at MacEwen service station on Algonquin Avenue. Organizers said in a media release that drivers lined up to support the cause. We were very happy with the ...
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