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- Former beat movement member Gary Snyder wins $100,000 poetry prize - Canada East
NEW YORK - Gary Snyder, a poet known for his verse about nature and spirituality and a former member of the beat movement along with Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, has won the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Chicago-based ...
- Play addresses class divisions and politics during Harlem Renaissance - Athens News
Ohio University’s School of Theater is performing a play this week and next that features a ’20s Harlem “Renaissance” setting while exploring class divisions within the African-American community. Written by Charles Smith, head of OU’s MFA ...
- Panel exchanges tips for all kinds of writing - IdahoStatesman.com
Panel exchanges tips for all kinds of writingIdahoStatesman.com, ID - 18 minutes agoPoetry, prose, screen plays, whatever. It's great fun!" (7 pm, Library Coffee House, 141 E. Carlson St., Meridian). Kelly couldn't help crowing about one ...
- The Cape Breton Chorale Rocks! - Cape Breton Post
The Cape Breton Chorale Rocks!Cape Breton Post, Canada - 47 minutes agoAnd last week I forgot to give my congratulations to the poetess with the mostess, Sandra Dunn, who won second place in the CBC-Radio Poetry Face-Off for ...
- Pledged to Obama - Wall Street Journal
Amid months of fervent campaigning on behalf of Barack Obama, Jody Rodgers of Seattle ran a side campaign -- stringing up banners and passing out buttons, making stump speeches at the neighborhood elementary school and courting constituents at the ...
- London bishop to investigate gay church ceremony - Chicago Tribune
LONDON - The bishop of London said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines. The priests walked down the aisle in a May 31 service at one of ...
- This Side of 60 - Emporia gazette.com
It seems another lifetime when I was very young and very foolish. So foolish that as a young college student I was part of a self-styled “clique.” The group was made up of 10 fun-loving girls. What a group it was and what fun we had! We even ...
- Embracing maturity focus of Midwest City conference (The Oklahoman)
The Department of Human Services wants seniors to embrace aging to the fullest and start "aging out
- George Carlin on SNL this weekend; Tommy Lee makes a sacrifice for ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Go back to when George Carlin had hair and "Saturday Night Live" was really, really funny. Fire up those DVRs, because they're taking us back to the glory days of comedy this weekend. To honor the late George Carlin (it hurts just typing "the late ...
- Poetry integral part of life in hamlet (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - For generations, both the young and the old in the hamlet of Hoang Duong in Ung Hoa town in the northern province of Ha Tay have communicated by poetry.
- Barry bows out: A conductor's last stand with the Reno Philharmonic (Reno Gazette-Journal)
When Barry Jekowsky reflects on his career with the Reno Philharmonic, he can't help but swell with pride.
- Young poet finds inspiration in family (Louisville Courier-Journal)
August Johnson started screaming when she read the letter saying she'd placed first in Category 2 of the Kentucky State Poetry Society Student Contest. Then the 9-year-old fourth-grader started crying. It took a while for her parents to realize she was screaming and crying for joy.
- Community Foundation marks $1.5 million year - Virgin Islands Daily News
ST. THOMAS - With pantomime, poetry and songs played on the recorder and steelpan, the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands on Friday celebrated its past year of giving out $1.5 million in grants, scholarships and services - its largest sum to ...
- Artists pay tribute to Hone Tuwhare - Scoop
Performance artists from around New Zealand will gather at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu to honour one of the country’s great literary voices. Tribute to Hone Tuwhare will take place in the Philip Carter Family Auditorium on Friday ...
- Wimbledon 2008: Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal face weather disruption - Daily Telegraph
The 21-year-old Scot has said that, despite his failure to beat Nadal in the past, he is confident that he has a good chance in his first Grand Slam quarter-final with the support of his increasing legion of fans on Centre Court. But the balmy ...
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