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- Chris Bullock blasphemes in a nice way with his Tall City project (Colorado Springs Independent)
Chris Bullock is best known locally for his propulsive keyboard work in the Nicotine Fits, whose Stooges-meet-MC5 energy earned them the Pikes Peak Art Council award for best popular music act in 2007.
- 33 1/3: Patti Smith's Horses - Popmatters.com
One of the most vivid and enduring products of that most exciting time and place in American popular music—New York City in the latter half of the 1970s—Patti Smith’s 1975 debut album Horses is unquestionably among the most academic of all ...
- Grandbois has ear for music - and words (Rocky Mountain News)
Local author Daniel Grandbois talks about how his musical background influences his writing, why he chooses to work in short fiction, and his favorites stories from his new book, "Unlucky Lucky Days."
- Kenneth Goldsmith on Uncreative Writing - The Skinny
Kenneth Goldsmith on Uncreative WritingThe Skinny, UK - 1 hour agoHe teaches at the University of Pennsylvania, and is the editor of UbuWeb, the most comprehensive collection of avant-garde poetry video and music online. ...
- Palestinian poet was a political, cultural icon (Los Angeles Times)
Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry helped make him one of the leading cultural voices for the Palestinian experience, died Saturday in Houston of complications from open heart surgery. He was 67.
- Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival - MSN UK News
PARATY, Brazil (Reuters) - Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for 46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town for the chance to rub literary shoulders with dramatist Tom Stoppard and other famous writers. "This is magnificent," said the 47 ...
- Shady poetry contest gets religion - MLive.com
Shady poetry contest gets religionMLive.com, MI - 8 hours agoThe headline announces it as a "Christian poetry contest," although contest director Audrey Mellon goes on to say that the poems may be written on any ...
- All's fair in this poetry – even the livestock potty - Sacramento Bee
All's fair in this poetry – even the livestock pottySacramento Bee, USA - 3 hours agoBy Carlos Alcalá - calcala@sacbee.com The State Fair, we like to say, is a fair to remember. Poets and versifiers from around the area gave us dozens of ...
- Longtime letter-writer dies - Albany Democrat Herald
Longtime letter-writer diesAlbany Democrat Herald, OR - 2 hours agoAside from the poetry she wrote as a child, Mulkey was known mostly for letters to the editor, which she began sending to the Moberly Monitor-Index in ...
- National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $2,000,000 in Grants for the Big Read (Kansas City InfoZine)
208 grantees include libraries, arts groups, science organizations, colleges, and municipalities; NEA pilots The Big Read Mexico
- Robert Giroux, 94, editor and publisher who guided prominent author, dies (Arizona Daily Star)
Robert Giroux, an editor and publisher who introduced and nurtured some of the major authors of the 20th century and ultimately added his name to one of the nation's most distinguished publishing houses, died Friday in Tinton Falls, N.J. He was 94.
- More readers' favorites, but not for much longer - Kentucky.com
More readers' favorites, but not for much longerKentucky.com, KY - 21 hours ago”A great teen novel that's much deeper and much better than the average teen romance. Read this instead of Gossip Girl.“ 9. Saints at the River by Ron Rash. ...
- Story too hard on funeral homes - La Crosse Tribune
A story on the front page of the July 4 Tribune told what I believe was a completely one-sided and biased story concerning a local funeral home owner and funeral home director being involved in fraud. The article read as if these men knowingly and ...
- SRB: Sam (in) Hunt for Laureateship - Scoop.co.nz
SRB: Sam (in) Hunt for LaureateshipScoop.co.nz, New Zealand - 22 minutes agoWell, if not a clamour a chorus of two; former Listener staff writer Denis Welch took time out from writing his unauthorised biography of Helen Clark to ...
- Poetry reading at Utica library - Utica Observer Dispatch
Poetry reading at Utica libraryUtica Observer Dispatch, NY - 38 minutes agoThe Utica Public Library will sponsor “At a Certain Age,” a poetry reading in the music room on the second floor, at 5 pm Wednesday, July 2. ...
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