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- Poetry in emotion: For some kids, a safety valve - New York Daily News
Middle-school contest winners (including Robert John Hansen, back l.). While a lot of kids de-stress after school with a little Wii time, 14-year-old Robert John Hansen takes pen to paper and writes a few lines of verse. "Instead of me fighting other ...
- National Arts Centre 'Legend' dies (The Globe and Mail)
Hamilton Southam, diplomat, founding visionary of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and many other cultural and historical institutions, died quietly Tuesday in Ottawa
- Poet honoured - The Post
Poet honouredThe Post, Pakistan - 1 hour ago... Lahore Ke Ahl-e-Kalam Ka Tazkra, Mashaheer Punjab, Jab Zameen Ne Karwat Li (Urdu poetry) and `Odeek' (Punajbi poetry) are in the pipelines.
- The Beautiful Struggle (2008) (Entertainment Weekly)
It once seemed like every male memoirist of color needed a CV featuring prison time and drug addiction. Ta-Nehisi Coates (a former TIME staffer) sidestepped both, but his The Beautiful Struggle is as gripping as Piri Thomas' classic Down These Mean Streets . He reconstructs his formative years in Baltimore, focusing on his complicated family life (overseen by his dad, a strict, autodidactic ...
- Riverside author's latest children's book wins recognition - Riverside Brookfield Landmark
Riverside author's latest children's book wins recognitionRiverside Brookfield Landmark, IL - 48 minutes agoThe Frederick Law Olmsted Society in June announced the winners of its "Reflections on Riverside" student poetry contest. The "Reflections on Riverside" ...
- National Arts Centre 'Legend' dies - Globe and Mail
Hamilton Southam, the diplomat, founding visionary of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and many other cultural and historical institutions – including the annual celebration of Canada Day on Parliament Hill – died quietly in his own bed ...
- Get your story into print - This is Wiltshire
PEOPLE with a story to tell can learn about the best way to go about getting published at an event being held at a Wiltshire library. Wiltshire County Council has organised the event at Warminster Library on June 26 as part of the National Year of ...
- Stuff the stockings with homegrown music and literature - Boulder Clarion
Boulderites frequently use the term “buying local” in casual conversation. Usually, this is in reference to organic produce, Subarus or weed, but there’s another group that’s often forgotten during the holiday season: artists. If we don’t ...
- War crimes suspect had false ID and practised medicine - Irish Times
BBC NewsWar crimes suspect had false ID and practised medicineIrish Times, Ireland - Jul 22, 2008He liked to write, sometimes morbid and surreal poetry, sometimes children's poems. "He was a kind man, with good manners, quiet and witty," Goran Kojic, ...Video: Karadzic plans to defend himself in The Hague RussiaTodayBosnia's butcher poet The AustralianA Leader Turned Ghost New York TimesReutersall 6,455 news articles
- Poetry, politics and political killings (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Two days after a peasant leader was gunned down in front of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) office in Ma-a District in Davao City, a poet’s words read before a small gathering of writers, students and teachers in a university came to life
- Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 review - Den Of Geek
Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 reviewDen Of Geek, UK - 35 minutes agoA book of sci-fi shorts is not the logical home for poetry, and while interesting, the essays would’ve been more at home on the SFWA’s website. ...
- A different take on summer camp - Ventura County Star
A different take on summer campVentura County Star, CA - 4 hours agoThe classes include digital photography, poetry, creative writing, cooking and drumline/rock 'n' roll. "I wanted activities where kids would be excited to ...
- Poet Laureate to visit literary festival - Buckinhamshire Free Press
Poet Laureate to visit literary festivalBuckinhamshire Free Press, UK - 10 hours agoJust reading his poetry aloud is enough to grind people to a halt. "But there's no doubt that he is quite hard to access. Certainly university teachers and ...Literary festival celebrates life of Milton Buckinhamshire Free Pressall 2 news articles
- The Skill of Writing - New Era
The Skill of WritingNew Era, Namibia - 2 hours agoFor example, ritual songs, poetry and drama if transcribed may turn into what Nunan terms “talk written down”. In spite of all these, there are some written ...
- Jon Vickers - Guardian Unlimited
Amid such legendary trade union leaders of the 1970s as Jack Jones, Hugh Scanlon and Joe Gormley, the Cambridge-educated Jon Vickers, of the Civil Service Union, who has died aged 92, cast a smaller shadow. But his wartime bravery and politically ...
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