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- BILL MCGRAW: Calif. woman pens a rant-and-rave for the D (Detroit Free Press)
"The Straits" is essentially an epic poem about Detroit. It's perhaps the first epic poem about Detroit, or at least the first of the 21st Century. Kristin Palm describes it as a "docu-poem," as in documentary. The book has two pages of sources, which is unusual for a poem, and she acknowledges: "I don't think of it solely as poetry."
- Christopher Robert Simpson Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who Executive ... - 24-7PressRelease.com
/Cambridge Who's Who/ - Omaha, NE, April 30, 2008, Christopher Robert Simpson, Assistant Family Teacher for Boys Town, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in social services. Mr. Simpson began ...
- Visiting maestro stands flat and rises above - Philadelphia Inquirer
Visiting maestro stands flat and rises abovePhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - May 1, 2008Fray has down cold impressive feats of introspection, poetry, and playing soft beyond belief. He leaned so severely over the keyboard that his lanky frame ...
- Kay Ryan is the new poet laureate - Philadelphia Inquirer
Kay Ryan, award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described "modern hermit," will soon be going to Washington. The Library of Congress announced today that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical poetry has been compared to ...
- 'And When Did You Last See Your Father?' - OhmyNews
My last recollection of my father was the look on his face after I placed him in a nursing home in Miami, Fla. As he was wracked by Parkinson's disease and heart trouble, I was saddened by how far removed he was from the authoritarian and emotionally ...
- Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona and Woody (Time Magazine)
Woody Allen's latest, unveiled at Cannes, nails the art of falling in love and messing things up
- Freetown-Lakeville Middle School student wins annual poetry contest - Middleboro Gazette
Freetown-Lakeville Middle School student wins annual poetry contestMiddleboro Gazette, MA - 1 hour agoHer poem entitled, "World's Smelliest Bird" is a true byproduct of this belief. She said, "With poetry the words seem to come easily to me when I'm writing ...
- Poetic Justice - Spectator.org
Throughout the history of Western Civilization governments have devised all manner of diabolical ways to punish malefactors and scofflaws. Until the 20th century those found guilty of serious crimes at the Old Bailey were subject to any number of ...
- Man admits having sex with 1000 cars - Telegraph.co.uk
Man admits having sex with 1000 carsTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago"I'm a romantic. I write poetry about cars, I sing to them and talk to them just like a girlfriend. I know what's in my heart and I have no desire to change ...
- Summer Guide 2008 - Theater Listings (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Plays are listed by opening date. For theater locations and contact info, see the index at the end of this listing. Â Ongoing Caught in the Net. Ray Cooney's comedy is a sequel to his Run for Your Wife, through May 24 (Comtra). Harvey. The comedy about an alcoholic and his giant imaginary r...
- Charleston Young Author winners head to state conference at ... - Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
Charleston Young Author winners head to state conference at ...Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, IL - 1 hour ago... from non-fiction up to a “mini-novel,” along with poetry and short stories. The contest is an Illinois State Board of Education initiative, ...
- High marks - The Patriot Ledger
High marksThe Patriot Ledger, MA - 18 hours agoColonna is outrageous but never foolish as he imbues his students with the love of WH Auden’s poetry, as well as the music hall songs of Gracie Fields, ...
- First novel shortlisted for top book award - Scoop
An early morning phone call from a friend alerted University creative writing tutor Mary McCallum that her first novel had been shortlisted for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Ms McCallum was today named a finalist in the prestigious fiction ...
- Eric Cantona: Still the king of England? - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukEric Cantona: Still the king of England?Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours agoIt's 11 years since Eric Cantona retired from mixing artistry with mayhem on the football pitch, and blending poetry with mind-blowing madness off it and, ...
- Evening of poetry, music at Twisted Fig in Mansfield reminiscent ... - Mansfield News Journal
Evening of poetry, music at Twisted Fig in Mansfield reminiscent ...Mansfield News Journal, OH - 38 minutes agoLater that afternoon, Vermilya, a grade school teacher who came to poetry late in life, died of a heart attack. The group decided to proceed with the book ...
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