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- The Poems of Lois Brown Klein and Rebecca Foust - Santa Barbara Independent
With summer comes fire: fires of raging destruction, and fires that ignite growth and renewal. The theme of fire came to me as I read two new books of poems: A Soldier’s Daughter (Turning Point, 2008) by Santa Barbara poet Lois Brown Klein and Dark ...
- Frye urges men to stand tall - Winston-Salem Chronicle
Frye urges men to stand tallWinston-Salem Chronicle, NC - 11 minutes agoInstead of referring to Scripture, he relied on his love of poetry, often reading exerts from poems to illustrate his points. He opened with James Weldon ...
- The one that got away - Financial Times
The one that got awayFinancial Times, UK - 2 hours agoThis latest offering is both a celebration of the sea and seafaring, and a lament, not only for lost ways of life, but for the fate of the planet. ...
- State of the Art - HipHopDX
State of the ArtHipHopDX, CA - 29 minutes agoDef Poetry alum In-Q uses powerful imagery on “Still Here” to tell stories of lost loved ones over an organic smooth bassline and OC scratches. ...
- Akron's Tangier restaurant: Touches of glitter, much of it faded - Cleveland Plain Dealer
It was heartening to look up from my meal at Tangier in Akron to see a row of fringe hanging from an overhead lamp. Ooh-la-la: This dining and entertainment mecca had not totally lost its sense of harem history. But changes have been made. Those who ...
- Kurdish poet owes his life to his verses - Turkish Daily News
One of the greatest figures in modern Kurdish poetry and recipient of the Tucholsky Scholarship, awarded by the Swedish PEN Center, Sherko Bekas, is currently in Istanbul. Bekas was invited to Turkey by the Institute for History and Social Sciences ...
- KQED made its mark by making programs (Current (Public Broadcasting))
San Francisco's KQED-TV remains one of the most-watched public TV stations in the country, but, in the 1980s and '90s it suffered under the expectations of a viewership that recalled its early years. David Stewart reminds us of KQED's fertile '50s and '60s.
- At Least She's Writing... - Huffington Post
At Least She's Writing...Huffington Post, NY - 43 minutes agoThey'll spend hours each day in workshops, crafting and re-crafting works of fiction and nonfiction, poetry, screenplays, travel pieces, you name it. ...
- Book Review: All About The Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America by John McWhorter (Blogcritics.org)
The author argues that hip-hop is metaphysical at best, mystical at the least, but a political tour de force? Not yet, and maybe never. On one side I hear John McWhorter, and on the other side I hear Michael Eric Dyson. In this book their voices come together because McWhorter has put forth his hip-hop apolitical argument in sharp contrast to the many political ones. In fact, Dyson provided the ...
- Big Moo Fringe Festival of the Arts BMFFA - www.allbuyart.com
Big Moo Fringe Festival of the Arts BMFFAwww.allbuyart.com, UK - 38 minutes agoPainting, sculpture, dance, performance, music, poetry, film and interventions will be installed in public, retail and conventional gallery spaces. ...
- Fiesta de Palabras - Spanish Themed Festival of Words - Indymedia Ireland
John Liddy was born in Youghal, Co. Cork but grew up in Limerick. He is the founding editor along with Jim Burke of The Stony Thursday Book (1975 -) and has edited bilingual issues with his brother Liam and Miguel Ortega. He is a teacher and ...
- 10 Questions for Maria Shriver - TIME
10 Questions for Maria ShriverTIME - 2 hours agoMaybe writing poetry. I was so relieved when I discovered journalism. When my dad was running for Vice President, [I would] sit in the back of the plane ...
- I cast Ann Savage as my mother - guardian.co.uk
I cast Ann Savage as my motherguardian.co.uk, UK - 5 hours agoI believe her ear for music extends to the music of poetry, and good film dialogue. Ann does not intellectualise these things, but she feels them - it's ...
- Belgrade-Born Charles Simic is US Poet Laureate - Voice of America
Belgrade-Born Charles Simic is US Poet LaureateVoice of America - 7 minutes ago"American poetry is in good shape. It's a sophisticated audience, and they've been coming for years!" When he began writing poetry during the 1950s, ...
- Kate Summerscale wins the Samuel Johnson prize - Daily Telegraph Blogs
My brilliant former colleague Kate Summerscale has won the Samuel Johnson prize for her book The Suspicions of Mr Whicher . We are delighted for her. Hooray for Kate! It's customary when someone goes from being a well-kept secret, to a less well-kept ...
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