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- Jazz festival high notes: Day 3 - Toronto Star
Jazz festival high notes: Day 3Toronto Star, Canada - Jun 21, 2008... Russ Little and the Don Vickery Trio hold fort at St. Timothy's Anglican Church with the promise of "an afternoon of inspirational jazz standards. ...
- Bibliofiles: Line up, autograph seekers (The Kansas City Star)
Here are some bookish events to keep in mind this week: Lee Martin, a finalist for a fiction Pulitzer for The Bright Forever, will sign and discuss his new book, River of Heaven, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Kansas City Public Library, 14 W. 10th St. It’s a free event, but reservations are recommended. Call 816-701-3407 for those or ring up Rainy Day Books, 913-384-3126, if you just need some more ...
- Baird joining 'Idol' on Waltham stage - Gloucester Daily Times
Baird joining 'Idol' on Waltham stageGloucester Daily Times, USA - 33 minutes agoThe Poetry Without Paper competition, sponsored by the Lyceum Committee of Sawyer Free Library, has announced the winners of this year's competition. ...
- A Celebration of Sand, in Vast Quantities or One Grain at a Time - New York Times
New York TimesA Celebration of Sand, in Vast Quantities or One Grain at a TimeNew York Times, United States - 20 minutes agoIts seemingly offhand formal beauty is matched by its understated, Dada-ish poetry. One of the most remarkable works of all is by a self-taught folk artist ...
- New on the Net: Fourth of July edition - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Fourth of July weekend seems like a good time to stay close, save gas and take an online visit to the National Archives, maybe for an exploration of the Declaration of Independence. You can find a scanned copy of the original, the text ...
- Melinger learned craft of writing from best - Baytown Sun
While helping to run The Style Shoppe, a family-owned business on Texas Avenue, Al Melinger wrote a guest column every now and then for The Baytown Sun. When his columns did appear, under the standing headline “Sporadically,” they were well worth ...
- The Ode Man of the Mountain (Concord Monitor)
Americans of a certain age might remember Robert Frost as the white-haired codger at JFK's inauguration, a very old New Frontiersman struggling against the January cold and sunlight to read a poem composed for the occasion. Between the glare and the paper-rattling wind, the old man wasn't up to the task.
- Reconsiderations: 'Life Studies' by Robert Lowell - New York Sun
Reconsiderations: 'Life Studies' by Robert LowellNew York Sun, United States - 48 minutes ago... the subjects for great poetry. Never before had a poet risked so much of himself on the page. Lowell deliberately organized the book to draw attention ...
- South poetry jam inspires impromptu compositions - Delaware News
South poetry jam inspires impromptu compositionsDelaware News, OH - 1 hour agoGreg Booth, who said he was a friend of Cartell's, acted out Taylor Mali's poem Like Lilly Like Wilson. "I'm writing the poem that will change the world/and ...
- I love women but I don’t like them — Okyeame Kwame - Joy Online
Joy OnlineI love women but I don’t like them — Okyeame KwameJoy Online, Ghana - 7 hours agoHe said he decided to name his new album ‘My Poetry’ because he thinks rap is nothing but ‘poetry in motion’ and that the album is the “deepest thing I’ve ...
- Girl students win prestigious tech contest - GulfNews
Girl students win prestigious tech contestGulfNews, United Arab Emirates - Apr 24, 2008The latest challenge has come from 12 teenage girl students from Lahore, who have won the Asian final of a Nasa-affiliated space settlement design contest, ...
- Triumphant magical tour rocks town - Hertfordshire Mercury
Triumphant magical tour rocks townHertfordshire Mercury, UK - 4 hours agoBy Sara Black Hertford's music festival continued to pull the crowds with a magical mystery tour around the town and the first-ever singing weekend hosted ...
- Keeping in stride for a cause (Honolulu Advertiser)
It doesn't matter what the distance is, runners of all abilities reach a moment where pain and fatigue threaten to overwhelm them. But whenever the going gets tough for marathoner Christopher "Kit" Smith, he does what many fathers might consider unthinkable: He calls upon the memory of the daughter who died of cancer when she was only 18.
- Kathleen Lavey • klavey@lsj.com • July 8, 2008 • From Lansing ... - Lansing State Journal
Kathleen Lavey • klavey@lsj.com • July 8, 2008 • From Lansing ...Lansing State Journal, MI - 1 hour agoHarrison published his first book of poetry, "Plain Song," while he was in graduate school at MSU, working on a degree in comparative literature. ...
- Young and expressionable: Youth Speak poetry slams give a voice to ... - Seattle Times
7 p.m. Sunday, May 18. Seattle University, Pigott Auditorium, 901 12th Ave.; $5 youth, $10 adults (206-661-2036 or www.seattleyouthspeaks.org ) A spotlight shines down onto a crumpled piece of notebook paper, as a faltering voice utters words that ...
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