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- Groovy boy and his version of reality - Guardian Unlimited
A man comes up to me in a bar and says, 'This is probably a bit of a crap thing to do, but I like your poems.' And we get talking, and it turns out he's Stephen Fretwell. And if you think you haven't heard his stuff you're probably wrong, because his ...
- The Essentials | City Weekly's Entertainment Picks Sept. 11-17 (Salt Lake City Weekly)
BOOKS By Dallas Robbins DAVID EBERSHOFF's moving and humorous story THE 19th WIFE explores the unlikely lives of two remarkable characters: Jordan Scott, a 21st-century "lost boy" and hardscrabble gay man, who travels from Los Angeles back to the site of his polygamous upbringing to help absolve his mother of the murder of his father; and Ann Eliza Winters, the novel's ...
- Few treasures found in 'Boxes' (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
For a poet of great insight, Donald Hall has penned an awfully shallow memoir.
- Latin American heritage celebrated at Mattatuck (Republican-American)
Latin American Heritage Day, a family event, will be held at the Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center in Waterbury on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The wide variety of activities celebrating the legacy and cultural customs of Latin Americans include music, food, art, folktales, gallery talks, and animals.
- QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Tuesday, Aug. 5 - Waco Tribune Herald
QUICK CLICKS: Local news briefs for Tuesday, Aug. 5Waco Tribune Herald, TX - 23 minutes agoA buffet will be served starting at 11:15 am Guest speaker Carole Chapel will discuss “Life’s Reflections Through Poetry.” Cost is $15, with RSVP required ...
- Poetry reading at Riverside library - Press-Enterprise
Poetry reading at Riverside libraryPress-Enterprise, CA - 3 hours agoRuth Nolan, editor of "Phantom Seed," a poetry anthology, will read from the book from 1 to 3 pm today at Riverside's Main Library. Bull Luvaas, Rice Baxter ...
- Tracing Chad Ehrhart's path - Lodi News-Sentinel
At 9:26 p.m. on a recent Sunday night, Chad Ehrhart bought a single ticket for "The Dark Knight," along with a large popcorn and 32-ounce drink. He was alone at Lodi Stadium 12 Cinemas on School Street. A few moments after arriving, for reasons ...
- 10 Reasons Why We Need a New (Cold?) War - Dissident Voice
10 Reasons Why We Need a New (Cold?) WarDissident Voice, CA - 4 hours agoGary Corseri has published novels and poetry collections, edited the Manifestations anthology, had his dramas produced on Atlanta-PBS and elsewhere. ...
- UAE writers eulogise one of Arab world's greatest icons - GulfNews
UAE writers eulogise one of Arab world's greatest iconsGulfNews, United Arab Emirates - Aug 10, 2008"He survived clinical death once before and his life was controversial. He was a poet of the Palestinian resistance. His politically-charged poems made his ...
- Poets perform rapid-fire rhymes - Traverse City Record Eagle
Poets perform rapid-fire rhymesTraverse City Record Eagle, MI - 52 minutes agoSo serious, in fact, that he once sold everything he owned and toured the country, living in his car for two years, to bring performance poetry to the ...
- Ahmed Faraz, revolutionary Urdu poet (International Herald Tribune)
The revolutionary Pakistani poet Ahmed Faraz, whose name is synonymous in South Asia with modern Urdu poetry, died Aug. 25 in Islamabad. He was 77.
- First for sculpture and Blake Prize (The Australian)
DAVID Tucker's pregnant work has become the first sculpture to win the top $20,000 award in the Blake Prize for religious art.
- Gallery Walk goes to the dogs - Oshkosh Northwestern
Gallery Walk goes to the dogsOshkosh Northwestern, WI - 2 hours agoNine residents will showcase watercolors, sketches, special carved canes, photography, poetry and cornhusk dolls. “Some have had formal training, ...
- Foundation gives $150000 to teen after-school programs - The Herald-Times (subscription)
Foundation gives $150000 to teen after-school programsThe Herald-Times (subscription), IN - 13 hours ago... (how to build your own Web page); fine arts (drawing, pottery, music, dance); multi-media (video production); world cultures; reading, writing and poetry.
- Academics unearth UK's oldest joke - Times of India
LONDON: A 1,000-year-old double-meaning wry observation is what British academics consider to be their country's oldest joke. They found it in the Codex Exoniensis, a 10th century book of Anglo-Saxon poetry held at Exeter Cathedral. It reads: "What ...
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