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- Elsie Von Maur receives musical farewell at memorial service (Quad-City Times)
Elsie von Maur might be listening from heaven Monday as friends celebrate her life with a musical memorial service at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Davenport.
- Breton's revolutionary returns - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukBreton's revolutionary returnsguardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours agoIt is not simply that Breton spent most of his adult life utterly skint - though that's always worth remembering. The true offense lies in the way in which ...
- Attacks imperil girls' education in Pakistan's scenic valley - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Peshawar - Spogmai, 11, a girl student in Matta area of the conflict-ridden Swat valley in north-west Pakistan, had loved taking religious lessons in a nearby seminary after her classes at an English-language medium school. But now she is reluctant. ...
- Happy 100th birthday Theodore Roethke - The Saginaw News - MLive.com
Happy 100th birthday Theodore RoethkeThe Saginaw News - MLive.com, MI - 20 minutes agoThe $10000 comes as Ransford's group prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Roethke's birth on Sunday, May 25, with poetry readings, the showing of ...
- Book review: ‘A Thousand Veils’ an unevenly-paced thriller (Vail Daily)
VAIL, Colorado — Nothing would be the same for Charles Sherman once Fatima Shihabi entered his life. Sherman, a workaholic corporate lawyer, sits in his comfortable Wall Street office high above and far removed from the outside world below.
- Songwriting gurus share their secrets - Myrtle Beach Online
The ideas and inspiration for putting words into music takes many paths for many people. Many songwriters aim to land a hit through the way other people interpret their lyrics. Others meld their feelings with a melody for sheer self-fulfillment and ...
- Books: Bob Dylan's 'girl on the album cover' paints a portrait of folk revival years (The Salt Lake Tribune)
NEW YORK - It was one of the most iconic record album covers ever released, and Suze Rotolo was part of it: On a snowy day in 1963, she snuggled with Bob Dylan as the two walked down a Greenwich Village street.
- My Imperfect Slant - The Charter
My Imperfect SlantThe Charter, Canada - 2 hours agoSuch poetry was a fitting embodiment of the unquestionable power of country music. You know Dalton, Ontario’s intrepid premier, who back in April boldly ...
- Theme: Price of freedom - Monroe Evening News
The many freedoms Americans enjoy today have come at a heavy price. And that price is recalled each Memorial Day with parades, services and remembrances offered for soldiers who gave their lives for their country. The many veterans' monuments in the ...
- James Reaney: 'artistic giant' dies - London Free Press
James Reaney: 'artistic giant' diesLondon Free Press, Canada - 1 hour ago... Governor-General’s Award in 1949 at age 23 for a collection of poetry, The Red Heart. In 1960, he began teaching at UWO and started publishing Alphabet, ...
- BOOK REVIEW: On the dusty road to redemption - The State
In terms of literary chutzpah, writing your sophomore novel about a sophomore novelist is the kind of thing that tends to send eyebrows arching skyward. Maybe not as much as titling it "Winner of the National Book Award," as Jincy Willett once did ...
- Two wheels - guardian.co.uk
Two wheelsguardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours agoEven those who are not chic ride with an ease and elegance that borders on poetry." There are YouTube videos that show this "poetry in motion". ...
- A Dream Deferred: Activism And The Arts - Atlantic Free Press
A Dream Deferred: Activism And The ArtsAtlantic Free Press, Netherlands - 7 hours agoby Gary Corseri Langston Hughes was 49 when he published that poem, back in the True-Man era. He’d seen some ups, and he’d seen a lot of downs, ...
- Juneteenth to be celebrated Saturday (The Yuma Sun)
Juneteenth is a celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was official Jan. 1, 1863, but the news did not reach Texas until June 1865.
- Pianist strives to find the music's poetry - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Pianist strives to find the music's poetryThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - 28 minutes agoWhen teaching, Berman avoided mechanics for poetry. Dacic recalls that after he would first play a piece for him, Berman "often sent me to museums, ...
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