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- Every School Every Thursday -- Des Moines West - Des Moines Register
The kindergarten students are working on a unit about poems. Each child has his or her name poem and picture posted in the classroom. The students are also making their own classroom Big Book of Name Poems. Stop by the kindergarten rooms and listen ...
- Landscape’ photographers explore natural boundaries - Bowdoin Orient
EXPANDING HORIZONS: “Landscape Photography: Politics and Poetics,” an exhibit on display in the Center gallery at the Walker Art Building, features artists’ interpretations of nature and juxtaposes different natural and unnatural landscapes to ...
- Forever Young - USA Weekend
USA WeekendForever YoungUSA Weekend - 1 hour agoI got flustered and blurted out that I was an author and had written a book of poetry, which I had. He told me he'd like to see it. ...
- Review: Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Life, by Paul Mariani (The Tennessean)
Readers moved by religion, poetry and their effects on people's lives may be fascinated by this account of English priest-poet Gerard Manley Hopkins by American poet Paul Mariani.
- Cicely Tyson hopes 'Up from the Bottoms' documentary will educate - MLive.com
ALLENDALE -- Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson is a woman on a mission, and she's bringing that mission to West Michigan. "What I would like to do, and what I have tried to do in all the roles I've done, is not only entertain but also educate ...
- 'What We Do Is Secret' follows punk band destined to fail - MLive.com
AP Photo Punk portrayal: Shane West appears as Darby Crash in "What We Do Is Secret." Despite a production schedule that eventually spilled out over a decade, "What We Do Is Secret" bears a hurried look. Perhaps that's tight structure in disguise ...
- Wham bam, thank you Slam - News.com.au
IT'S a novel idea ¿ applying the format of mainstream television contests such as Australian Idol to an underground artform like spoken-word poetry. Hosted in Perth by WritingWA, Australian Poetry Slam ’08 is a battle of the words in which ...
- A familiar face is patrolling the sidelines at Westport High — demanding, cajoling, winning (The Kansas City Star)
Dan Stanley has everything he needs: Gatorade containers; white socks; a manila folder partially covered in hand-written notes; keys to the equipment tool shed near the Westport High School practice field; and a perfect, sunny day for football.
- The Bloomberg Syndrome - Slate
I believe I've discovered a previously unrecognized genre of contemporary writing that deserves commendation for its distinctiveness and frequent excellence. It's practiced mainly by contemporary poets, but it's not poetry. In fact—at least for me ...
- Bad politics in S. Africa - Toledo Blade
Bad politics in S. AfricaToledo Blade, OH - 11 hours agoAnd though the Sussex University-educated president’s use of poetry and prose were refreshing, Mr. Mbeki left many perplexed. ...
- Guide book boosts Manx language (BBC News)
Work to preserve the Manx language is given a boost with the publication of a new guide book.
- IT turns out that Everaldo Creary's soft-and-cuddly, nice-guy veneer may actually be bulletproof armour. And from all ... (The Jamaica Observer)
These days, he's a gracious, appreciative and level-headed Jamaican stage and film star on the rise, who is unapologetic about his gotta-do-what-I-love passion.
- Idaho Falls Author Presents First Published Collection of Poetry - PRLog.Org (press release)
Idaho Falls Author Presents First Published Collection of PoetryPRLog.Org (press release), Romania - 1 hour agoPRLog (Press Release) – Nov 04, 2008 – Davies describes poetry as having to do with relationships “with others and with myself.” Speaking of relationships ...
- Music in Shakespeare’s Island Chaos - New York Times
Music in Shakespeare’s Island ChaosNew York Times, United States - 30 minutes agoAlthough Prospero seems to dominate “The Tempest” by the easy force of will — and the supreme poetry of his finest speeches — Shakespeare divides his ...
- Waking up to a new America - Portsmouth Herald News
Waking up to a new AmericaPortsmouth Herald News, NH - 3 hours agoSo now we’ve lived to see a genuine African-American, the son of an African-African, win the White House in an honest election. We’ve seen the Boston Red ...
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