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- From bad to verse: Vandals get classroom penance - Times Daily
Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost's former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment. Using "The Road Not Taken" and ...
- "Getting it Write" theme of 2008 JRW conference - Richmond Times Dispatch
"Getting it Write" theme of 2008 JRW conferenceRichmond Times Dispatch, VA - 1 hour agoClaudia Emerson's "Late Wife" won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Adriana Trigiani is best known for her "Big Stone Gap" series. ...
- Inaugural Manukau Poetry Competition (Scoop.co.nz)
Manukau City Council Libraries, in conjunction with the Gadd Family, invite Manukau poets to submit entries in the inaugural Bernard Gadd Memorial Poetry Prize. The annual competition commemorates the late Manukau poet and continues his support of poetry in the city.
- Appreciation: Oakley Hall, writers' champion (San Francisco Chronicle)
With the death of Oakley Hall on Monday, the Bay Area - and, by extension, the United States - lost one of its greatest champions of literature. Novelist, librettist, instructor and administrator, Hall, who lived a robust 87 years, maintained an influence...
- 'Slumberland' by Paul Beatty: Riffs on the fall of the Berlin Wall - Dallas Morning News
'Slumberland' by Paul Beatty: Riffs on the fall of the Berlin WallDallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour agoThe language blurts and shimmers like a drunken genius at a poetry slam. In a nutshell, the plot concerns Darky's quest to locate the elusive musician ...
- Roach wins national competition - Indianapolis Star
Roach wins national competitionIndianapolis Star, United States - 1 hour agoFor his award-winning entry, Devin submitted a poem about how St. Thomas Aquinas has inspired and influenced him. He is in the 10th grade at Roncalli High ...
- Narrow Minded (The Gainesville Sun)
A disturbing genre of Web video flaunts extreme thinness. Is it art or dangerous propaganda'
- S.B. Publisher Claims Photojournalism Award - Santa Barbara Independent
del.icio.us. When it comes to international photojournalism, one name has long reined supreme. Since its inception at the end of World War II, Magnum Photos has been the world’s preeminent photo agency. From Robert Capa’s chilling and uncensored ...
- Student poem chosen for anthology - Sun and Press
Kristen McPeak, a ninth grade student at Maine-Endwell High School, was chosen as a Top Ten Winner in the Creative Communication poetry contest. Kristen's poem, "My Insanity" is included in the Fall 2007 New York edition of "A Celebration of Young ...
- Women proclaim it’s “Time for Our Power!” - Mountain Xpress
Women proclaim it’s “Time for Our Power!”Mountain Xpress, NC - 4 hours agoOther entertainment will include drumming, singing, poetry, dance and comedy. Another key concern is inclusiveness. “We want everyone who wants to attend to ...
- Knee deep in Finns: Naselle Festival celebrates culture and community - Longview Daily News
Knee deep in Finns: Naselle Festival celebrates culture and communityLongview Daily News, WA - 4 hours agoAnother year, she painted rubber boots and cowboy boots, put glass jars inside and planted those with flowers. This year, visitors can keep a bit of ...
- CD COMBINES CHORAL, SPOKEN WORD - Guelph Mercury
CD COMBINES CHORAL, SPOKEN WORDGuelph Mercury, Canada - 4 hours agoThe centrepiece is Notes Towards a Poem That Can Never Be Written, a poem by Margaret Atwood set to music by Timothy Cortis. The large-scale choral piece ...
- Gina Gershon's in a political scandal; Nick Hogan's in solitary: The ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
As if hearing the final nails on the coffin for her presidential campaign wasn't enough, now Hillary Clinton has to hear about husband Bill denying yet another affair. This one is rumored to be with actress Gina Gershon and was implied in a not-so ...
- Poet Laureate Bowering performs at 7th Annual Lucerne Writers ... - Arrow Lakes News
Arrow Lakes NewsPoet Laureate Bowering performs at 7th Annual Lucerne Writers ...Arrow Lakes News, Canada - 1 hour agoEarlier in the week Stuart had conducted “poetry boot camp” with high school students and selections from resulting poems were to be read. ...
- Workers Union Hosts Memorial Concert (R News)
A local workers union is working to make sure Rochester never forgets those who lost their lives to violence. The Monroe County Federation of Social Workers put together a memorial concert Sunday night.
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