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- Book festival reaching for a 'new crowd' - Philadelphia Inquirer
For Andy Kahan and Sara Goddard, director and associate director of author events at the Free Library's Central Branch, the second annual Philadelphia Book Festival this weekend will be an upbeat work in progress. "One of the things that we've ...
- Tragic Novel Hopes For Happy Ending - Wall Street Journal
In November 2005 fledgling novelist Andrew Davidson of Winnipeg, Manitoba, sent a query letter requesting representation to Eric Simonoff, one of New York's upper-tier agents. A Risky Debut: Author Andrew Davidson in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The pitch ...
- Bumbershoot literary lineup to include Edmund White, Joshua Ferris - Seattle Times
Bumbershoot literary lineup to include Edmund White, Joshua FerrisSeattle Times, United States - 4 hours agoOther highlights: a teen angst poetry contest and a haiku competition. The festival runs Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at Seattle Center. Go to www.bumbershoot.org for ...
- Seniors enjoy day at barrier-free camp (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)
Imagine a sky so clear, so exceedingly blue, it could inspire poetry.
- Philly play based on search engine queries - Delaware Online
That's the premise behind "User 927," a new production in Philadelphia that blends fact and fiction in the tale of a disappearance from a small Midwestern town. "It's the world's first play based on a search log," director Michael Alltop said. The ...
- 2008 OzAsia Festival program announced - Australian Stage Online
2008 OzAsia Festival program announcedAustralian Stage Online, Australia - 31 minutes agoSaturday 27 September, Space Theatre Jan Cornell and Sitok Srengenge will also lead poetry and writing workshops for secondary school students (23 September ...
- Reconsiderations: 'Life Studies' by Robert Lowell (The New York Sun)
Even before Robert Lowell published "Life Studies," his masterpiece, in 1959, he was widely regarded as the best American poet of his generation. But for most of the 1950s he was also completely blocked, managing to write, as he later recalled, just "five messy poems in five years." The problem was not that Lowell had failed to master his chosen style — the symbol-studded, ambiguity-laden, ...
- August, South Pacific, In the Heights, Boeing-Boeing, LuPone Are Tony ... - Playbill
Best Actor and Actress winners Mark Rylance, Deanna Dunagan, Paulo Szot and Patti LuPone. photo by Aubrey Reuben August: Osage County, South Pacific, Boeing-Boeing and In the Heights won top production honors at the 62nd Annual Tony Awards June 15 ...
- Songs of Tragedy, Triumph and Hope (New York Times)
Reviews of performances by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, London Sinfonietta and Anne Sofie von Otter.
- Maya loved life and beauty, and fought injustice - Daily Journal
Maya Fleischner died one month before her 101st birthday in January 2008. Many friends and family celebrated her life at 100. Surrounded with so much love, she wished for another 100 years. In the 1960s, as part of a profile for The League of Women ...
- Poetry Gallery Got Published - Herald Journal
Poets Shel Silverstein, e.e. cummings and Maya Angelou started somewhere and started small. And now, their poetic match may be in a pile in the Logan office of a poetry and essay publishing company. Creative Communication is a Logan-based company ...
- Ballerina getting deeper into 'Swan Lake' (The Star-Ledger)
How much: $20-$40. Call (973) 539-8008 or visit mayoarts.org.
- Senate to Call for Gas Tax Suspension (R News)
The Republican-led state Senate will call for the suspension of New York's gasoline tax. It proposes to cut the price at the pumps by more than 30 cents a gallon. However, the suspension could create a $500 million hole in state finances.
- A Microscopic Look at Saddle Creek - The Ledger
A Microscopic Look at Saddle CreekThe Ledger, FL - 1 hour agoA poetry contest also was held, and the different stages of the water cycle could be seen at the fair. Hands-on projects such as a water conservation ...
- The big one: Latitude Festival - Virtual Festivals
The big one: Latitude FestivalVirtual Festivals, UK - 1 hour agoBut festival-goers can also immerse themselves in art, comedy, literature, poetry, theatre, dance, sculpture, film and performance art. ...
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