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- Doctoral student wins publisher's contest for poetry - WMU News
Doctoral student wins publisher's contest for poetryWMU NewsKALAMAZOO--Western Michigan University graduate student Gary L. McDowell has won the 2009 Orphic Prize for Poetry from Dream Horse Press and will have his ...
- For this poet, bombing at a reading won't be bad - The Guardian
Associated Press Writer= LOS ANGELES (AP) — Poetry readings have always been a blast for S.A. Griffin, but the tour that the venerable Los Angeles poet plans this spring may be his most explosive. This time the author of such collections as "Unborn ...
- The villu to keep it going - Frontline
FrontlineThe villu to keep it goingFrontlineThose days, only those who knew music wrote poetry. I soon graduated to writing comedy tracks for films, and worked with NSK, Nagesh and Sivaji Ganesan. ...
- Scrapomatic band fuses blues, pop into an eclectic sound on 'Sidewalk Caesars' - Washington Post
Scrapomatic band fuses blues, pop into an eclectic sound on 'Sidewalk Caesars'Washington PostHe likens them to the work of many 20th-century poets -- "paradoxically death-haunted and jubilant, dark and hopeful, absurd and logical, funny and awful, ...
- Dennis Brutus: the poet who persevered - Socialist Worker
“Brutus is dead.†That was the text message that woke me up on Boxing Day morning. Many of you will not have heard of Dennis Brutus or read his poetry. Yet he was one of Africa’s greatest poets and in many ways an archetype for the anti ...
- Happy Birthday, Joe: Russia's Rehabilitation of Stalin - Time
Russian Communists queue to lay flowers at Stalin's grave to mark the 130th anniversary of his birth in Red Square, Moscow. It's hard to imagine any of Russia's current leaders getting a birthday party like the one thrown Monday at Moscow's ...
- Definitive book about Timothy Krajcir and his victims - Southeast Missourian
Southeast MissourianDefinitive book about Timothy Krajcir and his victimsSoutheast MissourianHe has had nonfiction pieces published in newspapers and magazines and has received several awards for his macabre style of poetry. ...
- Celtic bands add rock for concert - Carlisle Sentinel
Celtic bands add rock for concertCarlisle SentinelIt's very theatrical with narrations and poetry sections.†Though Doersch uses plenty of his background in theater, the focus is on the Celtic music, ...
- 464 Gallery: From Bad Love to Romance (One Year Later) - Buffalo Rising (blog)
464 Gallery: From Bad Love to Romance (One Year Later)Buffalo Rising (blog)In addition to an ongoing schedule of art openings, happy hours and social networking events, 464 co-hosts an open mic poetry and prose event, ...
- Do you say what you mean? - Psychology Today (blog)
Psychology Today (blog)Do you say what you mean?Psychology Today (blog)And I'm swept away by the beauty of language with a dose of Pablo Neruda's poetry: try his "Ode to the Dictionary" and "Verb." And Mary Oliver never lets me ...
- Split This Rock Poetry Festival - Washington City Paper
Split This Rock Poetry FestivalWashington City PaperIn 2008, the Split this Rock Poetry Festival was successful enough to prompt this purple lead from the Post's David Montgomery: “The poets are ...
- Just Ektu Kachhe - Outlook
OutlookJust Ektu KachheOutlookThe all-pervasive influence of the mass media has ensured that Hindi is making subtle and not-so-subtle inroads into the language of Jibanananda's poetry ...
- Family Adventures with the NAC Orchestra: Eugene Levy in Happy 40th Birthday ... - Ottawa Start (press release)
Family Adventures with the NAC Orchestra: Eugene Levy in Happy 40th Birthday ...Ottawa Start (press release)All children attending are invited to submit either a poem or piece of artwork about their mother. Selected submissions will be used in the Happy Mother's ...
- Blogging forum inspires creativity - GulfNews
GulfNewsBlogging forum inspires creativityGulfNewsA small blogging initiative is turning into a forum for children and adults alike. I refer to Talent Share and the continuous creative process that goes on ...
- Choral Dancing on a High Wire - San Francisco Classical Voice
Choral Dancing on a High WireSan Francisco Classical VoiceThe 20-voice a cappella chorus aims to intrigue audiences by avoiding the usual “safety nets†of choral music — religious contexts, familiar poetry, ...
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