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- Dan Laxer - CJAD
The Ipsos-Reid polling firm recently found that Canadian dads identify more with Homer Simpson than they do with Dr. Phil. Dan's take on the issue? Here's a Canadian polling firm, trying to gauge the Canadian sense of humour, asking Canadian dads ...
- Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet James Tate - OnMilwaukee.com
Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet James TateOnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee - 4 hours agoJames Tate has also published a novel, Lucky Darryl (1977), and a collection of short stories, Hottentot Ossuary (1974), and edited The Best American Poetry ...
- Ward Glenn hosts 'Moon River' radio poetry hour - San Francisco Chronicle
Ward Glenn hosts 'Moon River' radio poetry hourSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 4 hours agoThe 88-year-old career radio man from Indiana is back on the airwaves, hosting his show "Moon River," a program dedicated entirely to poetry that he has ...
- Thousands flow to Womad
Stuff - Ranging from blunt but beguiling poetry to rich Celtic singing and back again, the band demonstrated just why the genre of performance art exists.
- Destroyer’s Trouble is Listener’s Dream - The Emory Wheel
Tiny Mix TapesDestroyer’s Trouble is Listener’s DreamThe Emory Wheel - 8 hours agoBut unfortunately, the song, as well as some of the later tracks, lacks the characteristic poetry that adds endless depth to Destroyer’s music. ...Trouble in Dreams Tiny Mix Tapesall 2 news articles
- Make this American world worth living in again - Thought Leader
Make this American world worth living in againThought Leader, South Africa - 43 minutes agoMuch of it is marvellous: jazz, rock’n'roll, musicals, literature, poetry, most of the greatest movies ever made, superbly crafted stage plays. ...
- Gary Snyder Wins 2008 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize - Earthtimes
CHICAGO, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Poet Gary Snyder is the winner of the 2008 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Established in 1986 and presented annually by the Poetry Foundation, the award is one of the most prestigious given to American poets ...
- Beckman happy to take the roads less traveled
Bangor Daily News - Smart, eloquent, socially aware kid from the sticks sets out across America to see how the other half lives. ... Revue at the American Legion Hall on High Street in Belfast, a variety show featuring music, comedy, theater and poetry.
- Essex County Chronicles: Coast called to famous poets
Salem News - Fields, who had published two volumes of poetry and a number of biographies of famous writers, had achieved his greatest fame as a partner in the firm of Ticknor, Reed and Fields, publishers of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles ...
- Pocket Change (Soundings)
Jeff Messmer remembers well the Seattle Boat Show in January 2006. He was unveiling a 25-foot tug at one of the biggest boat show on the West Coast, where a thousand vessels vie for the attention of buyers.
- Dr. Seuss would be proud (Arizona Daily Sun)
Assonance, alliteration, rhyme, beat, rhythm ... simile, metaphor and personification -- each element represents a part of poetry.
- Students shine at state speech - York News Times (subscription)
Students shine at state speechYork News Times (subscription), NE - 3 hours agoFor Cross County it was a 1-2 finish in the Class C2 poetry judging for state champ Eric Hengelfelt and silver medalist Rachel Ford. ...
- Belgian writer Claus dies by euthanasia aged 78: publisher (Servihoo)
Veteran Belgian writer Hugo Claus, considered one of the most important contemporary Dutch-language authors, died Wednesday by euthanasia, his publisher announced. He was 78.
- Partnership With 'Web 2.0' Company Makes Creating Sites Easy - Tri State Observer
Partnership With 'Web 2.0' Company Makes Creating Sites EasyTri State Observer, PA - 2 hours agoMembers of TeachersFirst can fill out a simple form to apply for participation in the Building Learners Project (TeachersFirst membership is free). ...
- Dutton’s Bookstore to Close (Santa Monica Mirror)
Once a semester, Toni Courtin, a pre-school teacher at the Brentwood Presbyterian Church Nursery School for 21 years, takes her class on a reading hour excursion to Dutton’s Books on San Vicente.
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