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- Excerpts from the finalists of Seattle's Youth Speaks poetry ... - Seattle Times
"I want to fall in love with a carpenter, one with rough-hewn hands, and hair the color of new sawdust." — Clare Lilliston, 18, Ingram High School "There stood, the present, past, prospect and the soul, immersed within the 4 shadows of now, and the ...
- Music, poetry, paddling at Blue Bridge Festival (yorkregion.com)
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- Book Folks: Bausch to sign WWII novel (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Prolific author Richard Bausch will read from and sign his new novel "Peace" (Alfred A. Knopf, $20) twice this week, in Memphis and in Oxford, Miss. Bausch holds the Moss Chair of Excellence in the English Department at the University of Memphis, where he teaches fiction writing. "Peace" -- a short novel about World War II that is anything but peaceful -- is Bausch's 11th novel. Others include ...
- Chorale veteran gets amazing surprise - Contra Costa Times
Lura Osgood had a surprise for her fellow Diablo Women's Chorale members. She was going to buy some newspaper ad space to advertise the chorale's June 1 spring concert. So Osgood was taken aback, in a good way, when she learned of her fellow chorale ...
- LitTO: May 13–21 - Torontoist
TorontoistLitTO: May 13–21Torontoist, Canada - 15 hours ago5:30 pm Free. The Art Bar Poetry Series presents Halli Villegas and Myna Wallin, aka Ms. Kitty and Miss Kitty, respectively. Clinton’s Tavern (693 Bloor ...
- 'Flowering' magical - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
Chicago Opera Theater's "A Flowering Tree" elegantly conjures up all sorts of storytelling magic for an ancient tale of love and redemption. This Midwest premiere is not only a creative triumph, but an artistic coup for COT (the first opera company ...
- All rage and heart - guardian.co.uk
All rage and heartguardian.co.uk, UK - 7 minutes agoAlexie, in some 10 volumes of poetry plus novels, short stories, screenplays and songs, has been at pains to deflate just such romantic myths, ...
- Book Review: Last Evenings On Earth Roberto Bolano (Blogcritics.org)
Last Evenings On Earth is as haunting a collection of short stories that you're liable to read today anywhere. Like most English speaking North Americans, South America - or more truthfully, Spanish speaking America - is somewhat of a mystery to me. I'm sure for us up in Canada, where we sometimes forget that Mexico is even part of North America, it's even more of a closed book than for ...
- Robin's world's greatest (Mega Star)
Robin Williams is making a new film. Ordinarily that would fill us with dread. Hell, we've had to sit through Licence to Wed and RV, we know just how bad it can be.
- Judging a letter by its cover, these were remarkable - Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Judging a letter by its cover, these were remarkableBarre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - 1 hour agoPerhaps Rockwell provided too much information, or Atkins didn't share his beliefs or didn't care for his poetry. Whatever the reason, the editor apparently ...
- The 'Footprints' walk in the sand and mist winds up in court - The Wenatchee World Online
The 'Footprints' walk in the sand and mist winds up in courtThe Wenatchee World Online, WA - 7 hours agoLast fall, in an online article for the Poetry Foundation, a Brooklyn journalist and literary sleuth named Rachel Aviv traced elements of "Footprints" to a ...
- Hot Docs Review: Killer Poet - Cinematical
Hot Docs Review: Killer PoetCinematical, CA - 2 hours agoHe got an undergraduate degree from Boston University, wrote poetry, and became involved within the prison community -- starting a radio station and ...
- 'Saffron King' finds his niche in N.Y. City (The Daily News)
NEW YORK — With his flowing black hair, bushy beard and slight paunch, Behroush Sharifi hops off his bicycle and bounds into an expensive restaurant on the Upper West Side.
- Senior Notes (May 15) - Needham Times
Senior Notes (May 15)Needham Times, USA - 1 hour agoHer strong voice and her understanding of the text will provide new perspective on the classic prose and poetry she brings to you. ...
- King, Mitchell, Simon: A musical journey - International Herald Tribune
Sheila Weller, in her book "Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation," which weaves the biographies of these singer-songwriters into a post-feminist history, writes: "It was the first line of the chorus ...
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