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- Toronto's Literary Events: July 1-7, 2008 - blogTO
Toronto's Literary Events: July 1-7, 2008blogTO, Canada - 26 minutes agoRenown writer Emily Schultz will also read the winning poems of this year's EYE WEEKLY Poetry Contest. It all goes down at The Supermarket at 8pm. ...
- Miami-Dade County - Baltimore Sun
As Toby Barlow points out, epic poetry all but died out some time ago, and there hasn't been any hint that it's coming back. So for someone who works in advertising (he handles the Ford Motor Co. account), Barlow's choice of free verse for Sharp ...
- Former beat movement member Gary Snyder wins $100,000 poetry prize - Jam! Showbiz
NEW YORK - Gary Snyder, a poet known for his verse about nature and spirituality and a former member of the beat movement along with Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, has won the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Chicago-based ...
- Cambridge students asked to compare Raleigh and Shakespeare with ... - Daily Mail
Daily MailCambridge students asked to compare Raleigh and Shakespeare with ...Daily Mail, UK - 16 hours agoBy Daily Mail Reporter Baffled Cambridge University students were asked to compare a 15th century poem with lyrics by troubled singer Amy Winehouse in their ...
- Tasmanian poet wins NSW prize - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
A Hobart writer, Kathryn Lomer, has won the $30,000 Kenneth Slessor Prize for poetry. Lomer's second collection of poetry, Two Kinds Of Silence, was recognised as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. Lomer says she did not expect to ...
- Is the British Museum the greatest museum on earth? - Times Online
Times OnlineIs the British Museum the greatest museum on earth?Times Online, UK - 9 minutes agoOr “the equivalent of George Bush speaking Arabic or writing Arabic poetry. The brilliance of his achievement was to make Greeks feel like Romans and defend ...
- Beloved poet, prof, playwright 'an artistic giant' (London Free Press)
James Reaney, a national literary icon who stayed close to his Southwestern Ontario roots during a celebrated, 50-year career as a playwright, poet and professor, has died.
- Clip Job: Kingsley Amis and Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation - Village Voice
Clip Job: Kingsley Amis and Jack Kerouac on the Beat GenerationVillage Voice, NY - 1 hour agoWhen the evening’s festivities of hoots, cheers, insults, and poetry were over, Dean Kauffman’s discomfort was so great that I feared for his supper… ...
- Amritsar remembers its son Sam Manekshaw - Tribune
Known for his sharp wit and swashbuckling personality and always hit with the young generations, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, who was responsible for creating history by liberating Bangladesh, erstwhile East Pakistan, passed away last night at a ...
- Christie's SwissArt Sale: From Albert Anker to Robert ZĂĽnd - Art Daily
Art DailyChristie's SwissArt Sale: From Albert Anker to Robert ZĂĽndArt Daily - 3 hours agoIn 1900 Amiet executed a second and in 1958 a third version, but neither quite achieve the enchanting brilliance and poetry of the early work. ...
- Well, it’s poetry isn’t it? - Reuters UK
Well, it’s poetry isn’t it?Reuters UK, UK - 11 minutes agoIt’s not the first time lyrics of popular songwriters have gone under the academic microscope. Bob Dylan’s verses virtually spawned a faculty on their own ...
- Oregon poet William Stafford is hugely popular -- 15 years after ... - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Oregon poet William Stafford is hugely popular -- 15 years after ...The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 12 minutes agoA few weeks before Stafford's death in 1993, the Portland Poetry Festival honored him. One speaker after another showered him with praise, and afterward his ...
- Sunday's agenda, July 6 - Miami Herald
Items contributed must be received at least two days in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami, FL 33132-1693. To submit items online, go to MiamiHerald.com, click on Calendar of Events and click Add ...
- Big secrets - Brisbane Times
Brisbane TimesBig secretsBrisbane Times, Australia - 20 minutes agoHe grew up in Connecticut when it was still rural, then went to college in Vermont where, besides studying poetry, he built himself a log cabin. ...
- Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival - San Diego Union Tribune
Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festivalSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - 2 hours ago“Our culture is more about music, it's not really used to literature,” said Ryana Gabech, 23, who was going from bar to bar selling her new poetry book. ...
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