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- Day two scores from National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison - Isthmus
Day two scores from National Poetry Slam 2008 in MadisonIsthmus, WI - 8 hours agoAP AP As was the case on Tuesday, slam team members published online reports about theirs and others’ bouts. Joining in the commentary for the second night ...
- Authors grieve over David Foster Wallace's apparent suicide (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The literary world is in grief for David Foster Wallace, author of "Infinite Jest," who apparently killed himself last week.
- Authors grieve over Wallace's apparent suicide - 6abc.com
Authors grieve over Wallace's apparent suicide6abc.com, PA - 8 hours ago"He was a wonderful writer, a generous friend, and a singular talent." A native of Ithaca, NY, Wallace was often compared to Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo ...
- Child brides and grooms stirring condemnation in Saudi Arabia - Arizona Daily Star
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — An 11-year-old boy gave out invitations to his classmates for a big event his family was planning this summer — and it wasn't his birthday party. It was his wedding to a 10-year-old cousin. Muhammad al-Rashidi's marriage ...
- Close to home - Guardian Unlimited
Alice Munro is among the major writers of English fiction of our time. She's been accorded armfuls of super-superlatives by critics in both North America and Britain, she's won many awards, and she has a devoted international readership. Among ...
- From a Red Sox fan to Cubs fans - Chicago Tribune
From a Red Sox fan to Cubs fansChicago Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoYes, there would be poetry in winning a World Series after more than 100 years of not winning. But, sorry, we own poetry too. As John Cheever said, ...
- Local's script now a film - Arizona Daily Star
Local's script now a filmArizona Daily Star, AZ - 1 hour agoYou have to do it fast — with poetry, you know, not prose. "One thing's for sure. If you care about the people involved in an adventure, the adventure is ...
- Live Last Night: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Washington Post
Live Last Night: Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsWashington Post, United States - 32 minutes ago(If a high school kid were to turn in the lyrics to one of Cave's songs for a poetry assignment, he'd surely have a mandated visit with the school counselor ...
- War of the Words (Idaho Press-Tribune)
BOISE -- "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never" -- ouch!Poets throughout the Treasure Valley showed how versatile words could be at the Poetry Slam DeLux, hosted by local poetry organization Big Tree Arts, in downtown Boise Monday. "A poetry slam is the competitive sport of performance poetry. Performance poetry is poetry written with the intent to perform it," said David ...
- Elegy’ is sensitive depiction of man’s last chance at love - Daily Gazette
“Elegy” is such a beautiful word. It at once encompasses and transcends sorrow, sadness and regret. It is, properly speaking, a lament — a word and feeling one comprehends with a tremor of recognition. The longer one lives, the more profound is ...
- Martin Scorsese, Youssou N'Dour Join International Arts Initiative - PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a star-studded gala last night at Lincoln Center hosted by CEO Patrick Heiniger, Rolex announced the six master artists who will serve as mentors in the fourth cycle of its international philanthropic ...
- Who will wear the Miss Crookston crown? - Crookston Daily Times
Who will wear the Miss Crookston crown?Crookston Daily Times, MN - 1 hour agoFor hobbies, she enjoys sports, writing poetry and reading. She considers anything to do with children her big passion. "I love playing with my nieces and ...
- Sikander Abu Zafar remembered - The Daily Star
Sikander Abu Zafar rememberedThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 2 hours agoSyed Mohammad Shahed said, “In the '40s, poetry tended to be mostly romantic, very few spoke of the common people. Sikander Abu Zafar's poems were an ...
- BVU celebrates peace - Storm Lake Pilot Tribune
BVU celebrates peaceStorm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA - 7 hours agoThere were some concerns of African American students sitting under a tree where caucasions sat. The following day some nooses were hung from the tree. ...
- His Irish Eyes Are Shining on America Now (New York Times)
The playwright Ronan Noone has moved to American subjects after the series of Irish ensemble plays that kicked off his career.
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