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- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road Not Taken" and another poem as jumping-off points, Frost biographer Jay Parini hopes to show the vandals the error of their ways _ and the redemptive power ...
- Shakespeare’s R&J at the Southwark Playhouse, SE1 - Times Online
The concept of single-sex Shakespeare has been thoroughly explored in recent years, from the “original practices” productions at the Globe under its former artistic director Mark Rylance to the work of Edward Hall’s all-male Propeller company ...
- Pupils making net gains with online learning - Ilford Recorder 24
Pupils making net gains with online learningIlford Recorder 24, UK - May 22, 2008Sana Rashid, seven, has posted three online diary entries on the school's blogspot. She said: "One blog is on reading and the other is on poetry. ...
- At Green Lake, latest word in poetry is ... umbrellas - Seattle Times
At Green Lake, latest word in poetry is ... umbrellasSeattle Times, United States - 4 hours ago... black umbrella with black streamers. The goal of this project, like the last one, was to engage the public with poetry in unexpected ways. ...
- Moodbidri: Konkani Poets Entertain August Gathering at Taccode - Daijiworld.com
Daijiworld.comMoodbidri: Konkani Poets Entertain August Gathering at TaccodeDaijiworld.com, India - 8 hours agoMelvyn Rodrigues, 'the poet' of Konkani who is the brain behind these poetry sessions delivered the keynote address during which he introduced Kavita Trust ...
- "WALL-E" (Salon.com)
This new Pixar movie is an environmental cautionary tale and a story of robot love -- and quite possibly the most melancholy cartoon ever made.
- Ha Jin wants to visit China (AP via Yahoo! News)
On a trip that's put him the closest to his homeland in 23 years, Chinese-American author Ha Jin says he wants to visit China but expressed frustration with censorship of his books.
- Spoken-word poet Jon Goode: A man of his word (CNN.com)
In a small independently owned coffee shop on the corner of one of Atlanta's urban pockets, a group of would-be poets come together at open mic night for an evening of poetry and rhymes.
- Love Affair With Knowledge At Selangor Book Fair - Bernama
Love Affair With Knowledge At Selangor Book FairBernama, Malaysia - 12 minutes agoBy Jenny Lanong SHAH ALAM, July 26 (Bernama) – The Selangor Book Fair 2008, which officially opens today, reflects the state government’s initiatives in ...
- The Funky Music Of The Doors - Melodika.net
The Funky Music Of The DoorsMelodika.net, Bulgaria - 10 hours agoHe was not only a singer and a song writer; he was also the author of a few poetry books and a film director. It was unfortunate that such a talented ...
- Adding Some Drama to Your Life - Oakbook
OakbookAdding Some Drama to Your LifeOakbook, CA - 5 hours agoIn addition, she’d like to host poetry readings at the MacArthur site. However, all of this takes more time than Wood and her staff of three can handle. ...
- Poetry Is Dead. Does Anybody Really Care? - Newsweek
Poetry Is Dead. Does Anybody Really Care?Newsweek - 4 hours agoJust as I was a good athlete who detested the parallel bars, I was an avid reader who despised rhymed and rhythmic writing. Plowing through tangled symbol ...
- Bridging History and Culture with Flor y Canto en el Barrio: A Celebration of Latino Poetry (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO----Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, the San Francisco Public Library, and Litquake announced today the San Francisco International Poetry Festival—Flor y Canto en el Barrio: A Celebration of Latino Poetry.
- Clinton runs risk of ruining Dems' presidential chances - DePaulina
Clinton runs risk of ruining Dems' presidential chancesDePaulina, IL - 1 hour agoJeremiah Wright, while Clinton has escaped lies (sniper fire or poetry and flowers on the tarmac of Bosnia, Mrs. Clinton?) all too easily. ...
- Knight of the Tall Tale - New York Sun
Knight of the Tall TaleNew York Sun, United States - 4 hours ago... "Oration on the Dignity of Man" has fitted Mr. Rushdie with appropriately heroic and larger-than-life subjects for his larger-than-life prose. ...
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