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- Bibliofiles: On poetry, Civil War and cliches (The Kansas City Star)
A ghost haunts the pages of Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard — a collective ghost, that is, the restless specter of the Civil War.
- Former U.S. Poet Laureate Helps Poetry Reach 'Untapped' Audience at ...
Kingsport Times-News - A long-time resident of Nebraska who was born in Aimes, Iowa, Kooser takes joy in the contemplative life that enables the writing of poetry. Throughout his career, even as he was being honored, he found himself battling the perception that he was a ...
- Too many secrets and lies, not enough drama - Globe and Mail
Too many secrets and lies, not enough dramaGlobe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours agoSurprisingly, the motley crew of eccentrics who ride his bus don't block this out with their iPods, but actually encourage the poetry in motion - in fact, ...
- Jane Bunnett: The Spirit's Dancing in the Flesh! - All About Jazz
Jane Bunnett: The Spirit's Dancing in the Flesh!All About Jazz, PA - 29 minutes agoAnd so we wrote—poetry and music. Our muse was Pound, Ezra; and where there was Pound there was also Neruda, Pablo, and Manoel de Barros. ...
- Festivities to mark Israel's 60th birthday - Charleston Post Courier
Festivities to mark Israel's 60th birthdayCharleston Post Courier, SC - 51 minutes agoThe series this year has as its theme "Israel at 60" and will feature a poetry reading by Ambassador Reda Mansour, consul general of Israel in Atlanta, ...
- Celebrate Children's Book Week, May 12-18 - School Library Journal
Celebrate Children's Book Week, May 12-18School Library Journal - 6 hours agoWritopia Lab’s writers (ages 9-17) will read from their own award-winning short stories, memoirs, poetry, and scripts.
- Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'blues' (Torontoist)
Jeff Healey, legendary Torontonian musician and owner of Jeff Healey's Roundhouse on Blue Jays Way (and Healey's at Queen and Bathurst prior to that), has died of cancer at only 41. The news, posted to his website earlier tonight, comes just under two months before the domestic release of Healey's new album, Mess of Blues, recorded with what Healey called "the best damned bar band in Canada."
- Free Empowerment - PR Web (press release)
Free EmpowermentPR Web (press release), WA - 22 minutes agoTeen Mother Turned Author providing Free copies of Empowering Poetry Collection to at-risk young adults. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2008 -- While ...
- Clean Alternatives: A Review - NHPR
Clean Alternatives: A ReviewNHPR, NH - 3 hours agoAt various times, it also tries to be a vaudeville act, a soul-baring confessional, a political manifesto, and a demonstration of rap-style slam-poetry ...
- Issue Project Room Moves Again - Village Voice
Village VoiceIssue Project Room Moves AgainVillage Voice, NY - 1 hour ago"A place like Issue is essential, and not just for musicians, but for literature, poetry, film—for all artists, really." The new space will provide the ...
- Break to Close School on Massacre Anniversary (R News)
Monroe County school administrators say they're taking no chances when it comes to planning next year's spring break vacation. A committee of educators planned the 2009 spring break around April 20. The date will mark 10 years since the massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado.
- Fogel keeps her poetry 'mysterious' - Nashua Telegraph
Fogel keeps her poetry 'mysterious'Nashua Telegraph, NH - 3 hours agoHer new collection of poetry, "Be That Empty: Apologia for Air," describes air, light and sky. And that's hard to do! Among her descriptions (best read ...
- Cormac’s “No Country for Old Men” honored by Best Picture winners - Knoxville Voice
Cormac’s “No Country for Old Men” honored by Best Picture winnersKnoxville Voice - 1 hour agoThey had one son, Lee McCarthy, now the author of several books of poetry. That marriage soon ended, however, and McCarthy lived the single life again, ...
- Survival tale Be Wolf named Manitoba book of the year (CBC)
Alison Calder, a poet and University of Manitoba professor, has won two Manitoba book awards for her debut poetry collection Wolf Tree.
- Deconstructionist Democratic Art
University Daily Kansan - It's all about truth and stuff. Here's one you can participate in. I've decided to attempt an unholy wedding of poetry, blogging and audience participation. Pick the best last line of the poem and post it in the comments. Or write in your own ...
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