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- Ryan reading to kick off literary season - United Press International
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Kay Ryan , the new poet laureate consultant in poetry to the U.S. Library of Congress, has agreed to open the library's 2008-2009 literary season with a reading. The library said the event is to take place Oct. 16 in the ...
- Arts education helps create well-rounded children - Chronicle
Arts education helps create well-rounded childrenChronicle, Zimbabwe - 4 hours agoBut the sad truth is your child or grandchild is likely to spend more time roaming the streets or taking drugs than in some sort of art class. ...
- Poet lands book deal with major publisher - Pioneer Press
Poet lands book deal with major publisherPioneer Press, MN - 26 minutes agoHe sent poems to Poetry magazine for 15 years before it accepted one. During one "desperate time" in his busy life, he wrote from 2 to 4 am, then went back ...
- Photographer Deborah Luster's murderscapes are a Prospect.1 New Orleans reality check (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Does art have a role in healing New Orleans?
- Final bloodless bullfight draws crowd (The Brownsville Herald)
LA GLORIA - Charlie Ward sits in the VIP section at the Santa Maria bull ring. With the bull pen to his left and the nine-piece mariachi band playing in the stands right above him, he is eye level with the matadors.
- Mind the speed trap - Tribune
Speeding motorists, beware! Beginning today, the traffic police has begun charging enhanced penalty for overspeeding and racing following a notification by the administration. The police had recommended a hike in penalty for traffic violations to ...
- Travel calendar - The Argus
Travel calendarThe Argus, CA - 1 hour agoCowboy Poetry & Musical Festival — Dec. 5-7, Monterey. Live entertainment, a western art and gear sale, dancing, and more. Tickets: 800-722-9652, ...
- 'Dear Noel, is life really not worth living?' - BBC News
BBC News'Dear Noel, is life really not worth living?'BBC News, UK - 18 hours agoYou asked one of your staff to read out the poetry you have written since your accident. You are definitely a man who can feel. ...
- Hafez poetry is imbued with spirituality of Quran: Khorramshahi - MehrNews.com
Hafez poetry is imbued with spirituality of Quran: KhorramshahiMehrNews.com, Iran - 8 hours agoMorality, mysticism and love are all motifs of Hafez’s poetry and many of his sonnets can be considered as moral commandments, he added. ...
- Newmakers: Laura Davis and Margaret Bashaar - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Newmakers: Laura Davis and Margaret BashaarPittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 21 hours agoThe free event will feature poetry readings, music, a silent auction and artwork by local artists to celebrate the release of the magazine's first issue. ...
- Tracking Olympic Torch Relay, PEN Poem Relay lands in North America - CNW Group
TORONTO, April 8 /CNW/ - Raising awareness of rights violations in China through poetry, the PEN Poem Relay is crossing the globe, touching down in North America on April 9. The Pen Poem Relay features the translation and reading of the poem 'June ...
- Trips & Tours (The Sacramento Bee)
Deals to Hawaii, Cowboy poetry, Food cruise
- Poetry beneath their feet: A public display of art and literacy (The Christian Science Monitor)
By Matthew Shaer Staff writer, The Christian Science Monitor St. Paul, Minn. On a damp day this fall, I drove with Marcus Young to Frogtown, a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of downtown St. Paul. Mr. Young, who was born in Hong Kong and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, has spent the past year ...
- Spoken-word artist leads green revolution (Contra Costa Times)
Oakland poet makes the political personal
- Gnome brings cheer to U. Houston library - U-Wire.com
In an attempt to honor a donor, University of Houston's M.D. Anderson Library staffers acquired a friendly-faced gnome to safeguard the library and attend student-related events. In his first year on campus, Dewey the library gnome has acquainted ...
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