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- Homegrown Hip-Hop Festival focuses on Midwestern innovation (Isthmus)
This year, planners of the free, three-day fest hope to illustrate just how much the Midwest contributes to hip-hop across the country, from the small towns of Wisconsin to the clubs and record labels of New York and L.A.
- Schwarzenegger appoints state poet laureate (The Sacramento Bee)
Carol Muske-Dukes, an award-winning author and University of Southern California professor, was appointed Thursday as California poet laureate by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Muske-Dukes, 62, has written seven books of poetry, and her latest, "Sparrow," was a National Book Award finalist in 2003. She has been an English professor since 1992 at USC, where she founded the graduate program in ...
- The Obama phenomenon: a dream can compel people to hold their breath in wonder (Times Online)
Award-winning novelist Ben Okri flew to America to examine the Obama phenomenon at first hand. He discovered ‘one of the most audacious and inspiring stories of our age’
- Those delicate Jesuit sensibilities (Baltimore Sun)
A n economics professor from Loyola University in New Orleans traveled to Baltimore's Loyola last week to give a lecture, and everybody's been apologizing ever since.
- My space: John Squire, artist (Guardian Unlimited)
When I was in the band in the Nineties I lived in Chorlton, Manchester. I went to more parties then because I was younger (I'm 45 now), but I've gone right off them. So I spend a lot of time at home on the farm near Sutton, a village outside Macclesfield.
- New York.- By Vicki James Yiannias - Greek News
New York.- By Vicki James YianniasGreek News, New York - 4 hours agoFifty years ago Mikis Theodorakis set Yiannis Ritsos's poem Epitaphios to music, transforming his own life and Greek popular music forever. ...
- Giller Prize growing in prestige and popularity - Calgary Herald
A database search reveals that "Giller Prize" was mentioned in 407 articles in major Canadian newspapers in 2007, compared with 105 for "Governor General's Literary Award," 66 for "Griffin Poetry Prize," 11 for "Writer's Trust Award" and a mere four ...
- Hanus remembered for love of music - Ennis Daily News
Ennis Daily NewsHanus remembered for love of musicEnnis Daily News, TX - 8 minutes agoHanus: And I love poetry, especially the works of Keats and Shelley. EDN: What do you think of people regarding you as an oddity? ...
- Memorial service held (Sarnia Observer)
There wasn't a vacant seat at the Smith Funeral Home in Sarnia on Monday when a memorial service was held for Barb Short. The room [...]
- Dr Shahzad Qaiser made PM’s special secretary - Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday appointed Dr Shahzad Qaiser as his special secretary. Dr Qaiser’s last assignment was as the tourism secretary. He has also served as the public affairs wing additional secretary and at ...
- The X Factor - Colgate University The Colgate Maroon News
The X FactorColgate University The Colgate Maroon News, NY - 21 hours agoWith them they carry "haunting improvisation," "wonderful life-enriching and affirming music," "abstract lyricism and tonal poetry" and "peaks of ecstasy. ...
- Prolific Japanese writer Masahiko Shimada visits the UI - Media Newswire (press release)
Prolific Japanese writer Masahiko Shimada visits the UIMedia Newswire (press release), NY - 8 minutes agoRecent projects have included two opera librettos and participation in a poetry boxing match. Most recently, Shimada published his serial fiction piece "The ...
- The joy of sharing your favourite obscure books - guardian.co.uk
The joy of sharing your favourite obscure booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoIt was a cold London spring day in Foyle's bookshop on the Charing Cross Road, and the weather had driven me in to the poetry section to see what I might ...
- The Met Shares a Sublime New York Photo Album by Rudy Burckhardt - Village Voice
The Met Shares a Sublime New York Photo Album by Rudy BurckhardtVillage Voice, NY - 4 minutes agoWith its ties to the real world, photography might appear more akin to prose, but, like poetry, it works through a combination of condensation and liberty. ...
- The Press Gang - final curtain set to fall - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Norfolk Eastern Daily PressThe Press Gang - final curtain set to fallNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK - 6 hours agoBut the Press Gang's timeless mix of humour, music, poetry, prose and wry observation on country life has rocked village halls with laughter and applause. ...
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