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- State calendar relaunched to raise funds for firefighters (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
CHARLESTON -- Publishers Place Inc. is relaunching its annual calendar, the "Spirit of West Virginia," to raise funds for the state's 424 volunteer fire departments.
- Literary festival to celebrate the written word - Foster's Daily Democrat
Literary festival to celebrate the written wordFoster's Daily Democrat, NH - 1 hour ago"You may not grasp the technicality that went into a beautiful poem, but you will know that the words move you." There is something about New Hampshire that ...
- MADISON: James Whitcomb Riley in Anderson (The Herald Bulletin)
There were reports of womanizing, alcoholism, fraud, scandal and even the selling of patent medicine. Yes, James Whitcomb Riley, the gentle, fondly remembered bard of children’s classics such as “Little Orphant Annie” and “The Raggedy Man,” made quite an impression on Anderson, Indiana.
- Barack Obama has secured - New Vision
New VisionBarack Obama has securedNew Vision, Uganda - 1 hour agoThey don’t embrace change that embraces most Americans; White, Black and Asian. That is why the American system eliminated JF Kennedy, his brother Robert ...
- Meet best-selling teen author Michelle Izmaylov - CNN
Meet best-selling teen author Michelle IzmaylovCNN - 3 hours agoIzmaylov: It's basically about my life, the way I would love it to be in a fantasy world. It's about this girl. She lives an ordinary life ... and ...
- ARTthrough IRONY - Bangkok Post
ARTthrough IRONYBangkok Post, Thailand - 5 hours agoThe pair hooked up back in 1995 after Dragset met Elmgreen at one of the latter's poetry presentations. They started collaborating, albeit to the disdain of ...
- Tall stories (The Virginia Gazette)
Colonial Williamsburg 's fourth annual Storytelling Festival will give guests a chance opportunity to tell their own stories.
- Sex toys focus of Sextoberfest event - Daily Kent Stater
Sex toys focus of Sextoberfest eventDaily Kent Stater, OH - Oct 21, 2008She pulled out a DVD about erotic massages for the crowd to see. "I'm going to tell you something: This DVD will show you how to give a great handjob," ...
- Headlines ... well, just read below - Evansville Courier-Press
As you may know, there's a town in Southern Illinois called Oblong. Another in the central part of the Prairie State bears the name Normal. And so it is that a friend swears he once saw this headline in a local newspaper: "Normal man marries Oblong ...
- AP class offerings open more doors - Hot Springs Star
AP class offerings open more doorsHot Springs Star, SD - 7 hours agoClassics such as “Beowulf,” “The Canterbury Tales,” and “Macbeth” are studied as well as poetry and modern short stories. Students also work on increasing ...
- As roach and cat, clever comic duo is without a point in play - Minneapolis Star Tribune
As roach and cat, clever comic duo is without a point in playMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 20 hours agoHowever, they never get really inside the episodic and reflective poetry, so this work plays out as a 60-minute acting exercise — clever vignettes, ...
- Books: "Capitol Men" (The New Yorker)
During Reconstruction, sixteen black men served as congressmen. They have been scorned as bumbling, corrupt, or ineffectual--former field hands in shiny suits--and even the growing recognition, in recent years, of the shamefulness of the North’s abandonment of Reconstruction has not entirely effaced that caricature. Dray’s book should do . . .
- Six up for ÂŁ60000 writing prize - BBC News
BBC NewsSix up for ÂŁ60000 writing prizeBBC News, UK - 12 hours agoThe prize was inspired by the Swansea-born poet whose first book of poetry was published when he was just 21. The global award is open to any work, ...Young literary stars contend for ÂŁ60000 award guardian.co.ukall 3 news articles
- Tina Howe creates a loving and rich portrait of a family on the move - Norwalk Plus Magazine
Tina Howe creates a loving and rich portrait of a family on the moveNorwalk Plus Magazine - Oct 15, 2008Moreover, filling the play with insight and underlying theme are the moments when Gardner, losing so much of himself but never his love of poetry, quotes, ...
- Harper’s opinion aside, ordinary folk actually do like art - BCLocalNews
Harper’s opinion aside, ordinary folk actually do like artBCLocalNews, Canada - 51 minutes agoRandom Acts of Poetry are currently being committed by some 25 poets across the country, on totally innocent people for no reason other than to put a smile ...
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