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- DACC expands reach of literary magazine - Commercial News
DANVILLE — Danville Area Community College has taken some initial steps in promoting the creative writing talents of the surrounding community. Led by DACC Liberal Arts instructor Ryan Stone, the college has reformatted its literary magazine ...
- Poets perform rapid-fire rhymes (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Buddy Wakefield is serious about the spoken word. So serious, in fact, that he once sold everything he owned and toured the country, living in his car for two years, to bring performance poetry to the masses. His Junkyard Ghost Revival, a spoken word theater experience, will make its way to the City Opera House Oct. 4.
- Democratic Convention Has A Composer In Residence - Bloomberg
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- David Amram , the ``composer in residence'' at next week's Democratic National Convention in Denver, is famous for creating his own gigs. He and Jack Kerouac pioneered jazz and poetry readings in the 1950s. Along with Julius ...
- Crossroads opens 30th anniversary season with satire on race - Scarlet Scuttlebutt
Crossroads opens 30th anniversary season with satire on raceScarlet Scuttlebutt, NJ - 1 hour ago... crackling humor and poetry laced with barbs that are meant to pierce — and implicate people on every part of the color spectrum, whether we are black, ...
- Purists versus romantics - Real Footy
Purists versus romanticsReal Footy, Australia - 33 minutes agoTrue to their tradition of fluent, attacking football, they move the ball with speed and precision, restoring some poetry to a game that was increasingly ...
- Anubhav shows the surprising truth about Indian marriage (Guardian Unlimited)
Modern Bollywood films can get flippant when it comes to love and sex. But a classic from 1971 cuts straight to the heart of the matter
- Gymnast predicts USA medal sweep in her sport - MSNBC
The world’s top all-around female gymnast predicts that the USA will sweep the medals in her sport at the 2008 Olympic Games. “Some of my toughest competition will come from my own team,” 16-year-old Shawn Johnson told TODAY co-host Meredith ...
- Near Mantua, Italy - guardian.co.uk
Near Mantua, Italyguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoVirgil's influence saturates English poetry: high points of inspiration include Spenser's Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece, Milton's Paradise ...
- Friday | Poetry slam - MiamiHerald.com
Friday | Poetry slamMiamiHerald.com, FL - 19 hours agoIf you're a fan of HBO'S Def Poetry, here are two chances to hear South Florida's elite poetry slam performers before they head off to the 2008 National ...
- Sidedish: Sherman Park gets a new option (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Two more establishments are joining the restaurant scene in Milwaukee.
- General education: building faster, stronger, smarter students - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)
General education: building faster, stronger, smarter studentsEKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription), KY - 1 hour agoIf you're a biochemistry major, you might gag at the idea of discussing British poetry three times a week. And if you're a creative writing major, ...
- On the Limits of Self-Improvement, Part III - Vanity Fair
Vanity FairOn the Limits of Self-Improvement, Part IIIVanity Fair, NY - 2 hours agoSo I am grateful to my colleagues at Vanity Fair for the witty “tough love” initiative that began this process. I quite understand that their main motive ...
- Pulitzer Prize winner named Va.'s poet laureate (WTOP Radio Network)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Tim Kaine appoints University of Mary Washington professor Claudia Emerson as Virginia 's new poet laureate. Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called "Late Wife." The book uses a collection of handwritten letters to reflect on her failed marriage of 19 years and her blossoming relationship with her second husband.
- God, guns and gays - Southern Voice
God, guns and gaysSouthern Voice, GA - 1 hour agoAsk anyone who found comfort in poetry by Walt Whitman after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, or even the camaraderie of an auditorium of lesbians singing ...
- Kids asked for street names for new Filton housing estate - Evening Post
Kids asked for street names for new Filton housing estateEvening Post, UK - 1 hour agoMs Barnes said: "The children were doing a project on poetry and have also been asked to come up with new street names for Cheswick. ...
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