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- Closure of Eleventh Hour ends Seattle Poetry Festival (Real Change News)
The caged bird sings no more. It was a warm April day in Seattle. All the same, August Wilson stood in a suit on the stage at Richard Hugo House, reading lines not from the plays that won him two Pulitzer Prizes, but from the poetry that made his stage drama sing.
- San Anselmo writer, historian Larine Brown dies (Marin Independent Journal)
A memorial service was held April 28 for Larine Brown, a San Anselmo author and historian.
- Versify the fisticuff, begin the poetic revolution - Yale Daily News
Versify the fisticuff, begin the poetic revolutionYale Daily News, CT - 15 minutes agoEarlier today the two of us were thinking about the old romantic gesture of the poetry movement, that last bastion of youthful ideals, roguishness and ...
- ACROSS THE POND - The Packet
The PacketACROSS THE PONDThe Packet, Canada - 3 hours agoAfter Sligo and a quick lunch break, I swung into a local bookstore and loaded myself down with books of Irish poetry. We had a few more hours of driving to ...
- Gertrude Stein's words charm when read aloud - Baltimore Sun
Gertrude Stein's words charm when read aloudBaltimore Sun, United States - Apr 4, 2008As a writer of short stories, critical essays, poetry and opera librettos, she was praised for her innovative use of language. Rep Stage's Michael Stebbins, ...
- Computer meltdown has our days in a daze - Daily Breeze
Computer meltdown has our days in a dazeDaily Breeze, CA - 2 hours agoNeither do they countenance cajoling, kind words or the casual recitation of poetry. Face it, they are cold creatures that absolutely despise contrived ...
- Warning after conmen are foiled in Warwick - Coventry Telegraph
Warning after conmen are foiled in WarwickCoventry Telegraph, UK - 6 hours agoThe two men knocked on the woman's door and said they had come from the local church to read her poetry. The woman tried to shut the door but one of the men ...
- Poet Kadammanitta passes away (Outlook India)
Eminent Malayalam poet Kadammanitta Ramakrishan died at a private hospital in Pathanamthitta district today, family sources said. He was 73 and survived by wife and two children.
- Local original play features terrific script - Schenectady Gazette
Local original play features terrific scriptSchenectady Gazette, NY - 22 hours agoWilliam Worth (Brian Massman), leader of the camp, rhapsodizes over the poetry of Shakespeare while the sinister spirit of Gen. ...
- On a new turf - Newindpress
On a new turfNewindpress, India - 8 hours agoThe post-Emergency campus was vibrant with many cultural activities - poetry, street plays, debates and, above all, the activities of the new Left movement. ...
- Suspicion reigns in The Band's Visit - London Free Press
Suspicion reigns in The Band's VisitLondon Free Press, Canada - 22 minutes agoBy JIM SLOTEK, SUN MEDIA The moving and funny The Band's Visit opens with a crawl that reads, "Once, not long ago, a small Egyptian police band arrived in ...
- QC celebrates new poet laureate - Quad City Times
QC celebrates new poet laureateQuad City Times, IA - 58 minutes agoAs the Quad-Cities’ fourth poet laureate, Haake said, he knows his role is to elevate poetry and bring it to the public, but he called upon his audience to ...
- Poet focuses on social subjects (The Red and Black)
Poetry isn't always about dainty daisies and cuddly chipmunks. Sometimes it's about racism or global warming. POETRY READING: MARGARET GIBSONWhen: 4 today Where: Park Hall, Room 265 And that's exactly what award-winning poet Margaret Gibson titled her new poem: "Global Warming.
- Poet laureate promotes creativity at school
Daily Comet - I intuited that poetry could be about the places we live,” he said. “So the poem was set in South Louisiana. … I think the poems are right there in our own backyards if we know where to look for them.
- Researcher debunks myth Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sufi poet - The Post
Researcher debunks myth Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai was a Sufi poetThe Post, Pakistan - 42 minutes agoISLAMABAD: A Pakistan-origin US researcher has claimed that Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a great poet of the subcontinent, was not a Sufi and his poetry is a ...
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