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- Written test stings teen in Scripps spelling bee (Knoxville News Sentinel)
WASHINGTON - Lillie Young had a hunch she wouldn't make the cut. Even before the quarterfinalists were announced Thursday in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the 14-year-old from Scott County had a sense that her name wouldn't be on the list.
- Kenyan School Born Out Of Mother's Loss - WYFF
Kenyan School Born Out Of Mother's LossWYFF, SC - 1 hour agoA photo of Maggie is hanging on the school's wall, and her poetry book has been translated into Swahili. "To see her book in another language -- it is a lot ...
- Commitment to something new in Gilford - Laconia Citizen
Commitment to something new in GilfordLaconia Citizen, NH - 2 hours agoMy hair is a dark brown that is nearly black, though I have a healthy amount of gray and white strands around the crown (I am 28, for the record). ...
- A Memorial Day Tribute - Old Berthoud Recorder
Old Berthoud RecorderA Memorial Day TributeOld Berthoud Recorder, USA - 1 hour agoShe moved back to Berthoud in 2006 and is now focusing on gardening, practicing piano two hours per day and writing poetry every day. ...
- Rock ’n’ roll poet Brown bids Nashville farewell - My Tennessean.com
Rock ’n’ roll poet Brown bids Nashville farewellMy Tennessean.com, TN - 44 minutes agoDerrick Brown would much rather read his poetry in a rock club than in the staid environs of a bookstore. He's toured the US and Europe as an opening act ...
- A poetic tribute to the martyrs of 1857 - Merinews
A poetic tribute to the martyrs of 1857Merinews, India - 1 hour agoA poetry meet and a mushaira was organised on the martyrdom day of Maharani Laxmibai. The objective was to acknowledge the contributions for 1857 revolt and ...
- Worn by Fame (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Yves Saint Laurent changed women's fashion but the glory took a terrible toll on his fragile psyche.
- Poetry: New Verses from Long Ago - Brooklyn Rail
Brooklyn RailPoetry: New Verses from Long AgoBrooklyn Rail, NY - 2 hours agoIn contrast both to the erotic rhapsodist of his early love poems and the demonic master of explosive imagery of his later works, Tau reveals a poet both ...
- Keynotes for July 3 - Hudson Sun
Keynotes for July 3Hudson Sun, MA - 11 minutes agoBy Rosemary Rimkus PRIZE-WINNING POEMS- “Dominica,” a poem by Gawaine Caldwater Ross, won first prize in the Hudson Public Library Adult Poetry Contest. ...
- Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson, Book One - Comic Book Bin
Comic Book BinMe and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson, Book OneComic Book Bin, Canada - 3 minutes agoPOSSIBLE AUDIENCE: Who is the audience for Me and the Devil Blues? Simply put, that audience is made of people who read great works – prose, poetry, ...
- The Awful Thomas Hardy - Lew Rockwell
The Awful Thomas HardyLew Rockwell, CA - 6 hours agoHis poetry is old-fashioned, uninspiring, and ponderous. It's the sort of stiff, self-important lecturing in verse one would expect from a late Victorian. ...
- OCtech is site for arts festival (The Times and Democrat)
If you enjoy music, poetry and artwork, make plans to attend the Summer Arts Fest at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College June 5 and 6. The two-day event is sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission (with special funding from the Wallace Foundation) and OCtech.
- A startling literary quest (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
Plus, good news for area writers... By John Grooms.Aleksandar Hemon's new novel, The Lazarus Project, has been racking up glowing reviews, and it's easy to see why. It features all the things lit critics are going gaga for lately: a personal search through the historical past, culturally dislocated immigrants, inventive use of language, stories within stories, and, best of all, a self-conscious ...
- Two groups offer support for new writers (Pahrump Valley Times)
For those pursuing literary talent and who like some company, Pahrump abounds with talent and enough enthusiasm to support not one but two lively literary groups, both of which are vying for public attention and new members.
- Deep-felt tales of nature, a work of transformation (Toronto Star)
In one poem in Spirit Engine , John Donlan refers to an area of wetlands as "our vulnerable cathedral." This reverence for the natural world, which is the bedrock of the collection as a whole, also permeates Louise Bernice Halfe's The Crooked Good , though her way of expressing it is different.
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