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- 22nd Oregon Book Awards draws a strong field (The Oregonian)
A strong field of fiction writers leads the finalists for the 22nd annual Oregon Book Awards, to be awarded Nov. 9 at a ceremony at the Portland Art Museum.
- The Medium Tiny Talents - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsThe Medium Tiny TalentsNew York Times Blogs, NY - 15 minutes ago(“This site really is a labor of love,” writes Crack on his.) You’d think the shoestring budget would mean bad videos, but usually the reverse is true: host ...
- Piney Woods Philosopher: Saluting a driving force - Southwest Virginia Today
Piney Woods Philosopher: Saluting a driving forceSouthwest Virginia Today, VA - 2 hours agoHe started teaching Piney Celtic Breton, and that was of immense value to Piney years later when he translated Irish poetry for a New York publisher. ...
- Poet Ahmed Faraz buried in Islamabad - guardian.co.uk
Poet Ahmed Faraz buried in Islamabadguardian.co.uk, UK - 56 minutes agoFaraz, 77, was best known for his progressive political poetry, with his poem Mohasara (The Siege), written in criticism of Pakistan's political regime, ...Ahmed Faraz’s death widely condoled The News - InternationalAhmad Faraz's death widely condoled The PostFêted poet Ahmed Faraz laid to Rest Pakistan TimesDaily Times - Associated Press of Pakistanall 25 news articles
- Nigh-No-Place, By Jen Hadfield (Independent)
The work of Ted Hughes has only recently begun to influence poets in significant numbers, most notably Alice Oswald and now Jen Hadfield, whose Nigh-No-Place is in the running for this year's Forward Prize. Not that Hadfield's restless eco-poetics sound especially like Hughes. There is a backpacker feel to the volume's twin locations of Canada and Shetland, yet the writing is rooted in both ...
- When Shakespeare Rambles (Backstage.com)
September 09, 2008 By Deloss Brown Whoa, put down that club! I know Shakespeare doesn't ramble. Every word he puts on the page is to the point, and actors and directors ignore that at their peril.
- Seven Missteps on the Road to Ambiguity - Poynter.org
Seven Missteps on the Road to AmbiguityPoynter.org, FL - 20 hours agoFor less skilled and experienced writers, however, ambiguity may not be a prize at all, or even an intended effect of the prose. ...
- New York City: By Foot, Bus, Boat and Air - City Guide Magazine
City Guide MagazineNew York City: By Foot, Bus, Boat and AirCity Guide Magazine, NY - 57 minutes agoTake the Harlem Gospel & Jazz tour, or experience an African-American Heritage tour. 212-391-0900; www.harlemspirituals.com After leaving Harlem, ...
- Backstage Pass: - Meridian Star
SCOOBA – The Sucarnochee Revue is coming to East Mississippi Community College on Friday, July 18. The Revue, a celebration of musicians from the Black Belt region of Mississippi and Alabama, played to a sell-out crowd last summer during its first ...
- Here's to that ever-rewarding standard, the sonnet (Toronto Star)
Ah, the sonnet. It's the Scrabble of poetic forms – irresistible to many a writer who enjoys the challenge of wordplay within set rules.
- Our regular review of the reviews - Telegraph.co.uk
Our regular review of the reviewsTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour agoJohn Cornwell in The Financial Times, however, thought the book 'a feast of a narrative, poetry, myth and even culinary curiosities'.
- Book Review: Postcards from the Asylum by Karen Knight (Blogcritics.org)
It’s intense, sometimes terrifying, and sometimes exuberant, but never does the work become despairing. Karen Knight is one of Australia's most respected poets. She's won a wide number of awards and grants, and has been a writer in residence both in Australia and overseas. Her previous poetry book, Under the One Granite Roof, took on the subject matter of Walt Whitman's period on the ...
- Bringing the past alive, strings attached - The Age
Bringing the past alive, strings attachedThe Age, Australia - 2 hours agoBut they don't have time to study Greek, or poetry — there is no time for this, because the past is the past. "But then I have boys or girls coming to me ...
- Mourning parents target suicide sites - The Washington Times
Suzanne Gonzales loved wearing red with white polka dots so much that she had her prom dress custom-made in her favorite pattern. Later, as a 19-year-old student at Florida State University, she wore a red-and-white polka dot scarf as she dashed ...
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