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- Teaching peace through "Highs and Lows" - Mennonite Central Committee
Teaching peace through "Highs and Lows"Mennonite Central Committee - 1 hour agoWith the smaller children, she worked on the basic elements of creative writing, especially poetry. They did acrostic poems and list poems. ...
- Her Own Society (The New Yorker)
In April of 1862, Emily Dickinson wrote to a stranger, initiating a fervent twenty-four-year correspondence, in the course of which they managed to meet only twice. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, thirty-eight, was a man of letters, a clergyman, a fitness enthusiast, a celebrated abolitionist, and a champion of . . .
- Retired scientist recalls life as boy in Brooklyn - Tri-Valley Herald
Retired scientist recalls life as boy in BrooklynTri-Valley Herald, CA - 6 hours agoHe has published and won prizes for his poetry, short stories and essays in a number of venues, including the Ina Coolbrith Circle Poetry Contest, ...
- Bessie Head competition (Mmegi)
The Bessie Head Heritage Trust and Pentagon Publishers have announced the winners of the 2008 Bessie Head Literature Awards.
- Poets: Don’t you wish this bit of satire were true? - About - News & Issues
Poets: Don’t you wish this bit of satire were true?About - News & Issues, NY - 12 hours agoAlas, it still remains the actual truth that there’s not much money in poetry, and most poets practice the art for love and not for pay—witness our article ...
- Poets reflect on National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
The poets long ago left for home, the venues are back to hosting live music, and organizers have returned to their day-to-day lives following National Poetry Slam 2008, which was held in Madison in early August. While SlamCharlotte took home their second consecutive national title, and Urbana Poetry Slam won the inaugural Group Piece title, the competition and accompanying Lyrics on the Lake ...
- 'Palace Council' by Stephen L. Carter: Secrets are murder in this ... - Dallas Morning News
'Palace Council' by Stephen L. Carter: Secrets are murder in this ...Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours agoPalace Council puts a spooky angle over the barbershops and segregated hotels of Harlem by introducing a secret society that is based on Miltonic poetry, ...
- Opinion: Germans See Themselves in Obama (Newsweek)
Why did Germans receive Barack Obama's speech so enthusiastically?
- Upcoming Cherry Hill Library events - Cherry Hill Courier Post
Upcoming Cherry Hill Library eventsCherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 8 minutes agoSpeaking of Poetry, 2 to 3:30 pm Aug. 8. Poets and fans of the genre are welcome to join the discussion group. For more information, call Katie Hardesty at ...
- Godfather of punk rock coming to the Monkey - Everything Alabama
Not everyone knows the importance of Jonathan Richman. But the 57-year-old former frontman of The Modern Lovers has been called one of the godfathers of punk rock, penning songs like "Roadrunner" and "Pablo Picasso." On Saturday, Jonathan Richman and ...
- Latest blog posts - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.ukLatest blog postsguardian.co.uk, UK - 39 minutes agoThe Williams comes from a sequence of Brueghel poems, and if you like the Icarus, it's worth reading the lot. Of course, where the overlap between poetry ...
- Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' - South Coast Today
Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope'South Coast Today, MA - Jul 19, 2008Steel is a leader of a genre that generated $1.37 billion in book sales in 2006, outselling every market category except religion/inspirational, ...
- Protesters say police used overkill; cops say anarchists had rocks - Rocky Mountain News
Protesters say police used overkill; cops say anarchists had rocksRocky Mountain News, CO - 2 hours agoAn old man recited poetry into Keith Valentine's camera. A couple of people talked about racism in America. Bands played. Valentine's camera caught the ...
- Middle East - Radio France Internationale
Middle EastRadio France Internationale, France - Aug 11, 2008Palestinians mourned the death of Mahmoud Darwish - widely considered their national poet - after his death Saturday. A state funeral is planned for ...
- A journey across the US in song (BBC News)
The BBC's Kevin Connolly reflects on our endless fascination for the US, fuelled by songs about its towns and cities.
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