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- Sixth-grader's water-themed poems take top honors (Daily Herald)
Bailey Bystry, a Glen Ellyn resident and sixth-grade student at Hadley Junior High School, earned a spot as a finalist in the River of Words Environmental Poetry & Art Contest -- the largest youth poetry competition in the world.
- Webster Defines it an Author Refines it, "Womanhood" a Poet's Perspective (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
What happens when the human spirit endures loss, betrayal, addiction, depression, and self-doubt? Poet/Author Yolanda Merz answers these questions and more in her book The Words I Speak: A Poet's Perspective.
- 24th Annual Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair Announces ... - Earthtimes (press release)
24th Annual Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair Announces ...Earthtimes (press release), UK - 4 hours agoMaxine Kumin : The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet talks about "Still To Mow," her latest collection of poems, on the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Stage. ...
- Writer remembers Pa. 'sabbaticals' at grandmother's - Akron Beacon Journal
Writer remembers Pa. 'sabbaticals' at grandmother'sAkron Beacon Journal, OH - 1 hour agoFloriana Hall will sign her new poetry book, Gathering Graces, at 2 pm Monday in the Sutliffe Room at Cuyahoga Falls Public Library, 2015 Third St.; ...
- Maya Angelou captivates Cleveland audience - Cleveland Plain Dealer
In an age besotted with vacuous adolescent celebrity, 80-year-old Maya Angelou held a packed audience rapt at the Allen Theater in downtown Cleveland Monday night with nothing more than her voice. Frail knees kept her off her feet for much of her 75 ...
- 4th Annual Clarksville Writers’ Conference schedule announced - Clarksville Online
4th Annual Clarksville Writers’ Conference schedule announcedClarksville Online, TN - 16 minutes agoConference holders are honored to have as this year’s keynote speaker John Seigenthaler, Sr. (at left), renowned journalist, editor, publisher, ...
- Beaverbrook story takes 2 Atlantic Book Awards (CBC)
New Brunswick author and CBC reporter Jacques Poitras has won both the Booksellers' Choice Award and the Best Atlantic Published Book Award for his investigative account Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy.
- Flag Day ceremony recalls deputy sheriff (The Daily Democrat)
Patriotism and recollections of slain Yolo County Deputy Sheriff Tony Diaz were focal points at Thursday's National Flag Day Ceremony held at the Employment Development Department.
- Young writers gain recognition - Malvern Gazette
Young writers gain recognitionMalvern Gazette, UK - 3 hours ago... an award ceremony held at St Edmund's Hall, Malvern College, last week and prizes for poetry and prose were awarded to entrants in different age groups. ...
- Interview: L. Lee Lowe - A Blogging Novelist - SitePoint
SitePointInterview: L. Lee Lowe - A Blogging NovelistSitePoint, Australia - 1 hour agoInclude poetry (where language is stretched to its limits), nonfiction, drama, graphic novels, cereal boxes — in short, everything. ...
- From Christianity to Sin and Back Again - PR.com
In life, we will encounter many trials that will test our faith. There will be times when we will doubt and walk astray from our path. But there is hope that we will find our way back to where God wants us to be. In touching true story of faith and ...
- Langhorne Slim loves those love songs - Asheville Citizen-Times
Decked out in a fedora and a thrift store suit, Langhorne Slim delivers an edgy mix of alt-folk and urban new school blues as he croons through witty heart-on-the-sleeve love songs. Slim originally hails from rural Pennsylvania, but he eventually ...
- Video Game reviews: "Gran Turismo 5 Prologue", "Pokemon Mystery ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Description: A shipwrecked human washes ashore on a land inhabited by Pokemon. Let's say that you win the lottery but get only a small sum upfront. The rest of the cash is yours later. You'd be happy, but not quite as euphoric as you would have been ...
- Celebrate our mothers on Sunday - Sterling Journal-Advocate
Since 1915, we have set aside the second Sunday in May to honor our Mothers. Although there are several opinions as to how this day came about, the one that has lasted is the story of Anna Reeves Jarvis. Jarvis asked her minister in West Virginia to ...
- Overland Trail Museum offers kids trip through time (Sterling Journal-Advocate)
During the months of April and May, approximately 800 school children visited the Overland Trail Museum and experienced what life might have been like for a pioneer child out here on the Colorado prairie.
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