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- The great 1857 fiasco - Times of India
The great 1857 fiascoTimes of India, India - 19 minutes agoIt seemed like a political event rather than a poetry session in honour of the martyrs of the mutiny,'' recalls Fazli. The commemoration panel also formed a ...
- Poet Bareilwi gets first Firaq Gorakhpuri award - Thaindian.com
Poet Bareilwi gets first Firaq Gorakhpuri awardThaindian.com, Thailand - 2 hours agoAgra, June 16 (IANS) Noted Urdu poet Wasim Bareilwi, a regular feature at poetry soirees since the 1960S, has been given the first Firaq Gorakhpuri ...
- Hallelujah, it's Leonard! - Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON - The man of the hour -- Leonard Cohen -- won't be here. But hundreds of his most dedicated fans, including 250 international visitors, will celebrate the career of the iconic singer-songwriter / writer this week in Edmonton. The biannual ...
- Winners Announced for 14th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story ... - PRWeb
Jan Breen is the winner of the 14th annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. This contest awards $3,000 in prizes for the best original short stories, essays or other short prose, including a top prize of $1 ...
- Concord > { a vagabond's verses } - Concord Monitor
The book is slim and softbound and completely unembellished. No introduction, no author's note, no explanation except for the briefest summary on the back cover. Whether by intent or (more likely) budget, the plainness only adds to the rich flavor ...
- Downstreaming from Twickenham - Gray's Sporting Journal
Downstreaming from TwickenhamGray's Sporting Journal - 1 hour agoNobody discusses the poetry of double-hauling or the Latin of anything. Two days into the float, and Michael’s in love. His aimer de le Jean Day is a ...
- Angelou to celebrate her 80th birthday in Atlanta (Marietta Daily Journal)
ATLANTA - Maya Angelou may be 80, but she doesn't party like it. The author-poet-dancer-singer-activist will celebrate her birthday in Atlanta on Sunday with a star-studded gala including a red carpet and a celebrity guest list.
- Award nomination for courageous teen - Leamington Observer
Award nomination for courageous teenLeamington Observer, UK - 7 hours agoDaniel has already received many awards and trophies for his poetry, raising money for African villages through paid performances, as well as finding it the ...
- What's Happening: South Shore, Boston and beyond - Daily News Tribune
What's Happening: South Shore, Boston and beyondDaily News Tribune, MA - 25 minutes agoExhibits: Verse-maker: Poetry and Mary Baker Eddy. Sensational Press: Radical Response examines the influence of The Christian Science Monitor. ...
- Ottawa author on Trillium short list - Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa author on Trillium short listOttawa Citizen, Canada - 4 hours agoOttawa's Rob Winger has been short-listed for a Trillium Book Award for Poetry for Muybridge's Horse, a biographical poem that follows the career of ...
- The Meaning of Karadzic - Huffingtonpost.com
With a dark character. Such poetry failed to win renown for the ambitious Karadzic. Psychiatry, too, disappointed. He turned to wild financial schemes; in the 1980s, he was convicted of embezzlement and fraud. Then politics and plotting, leading to ...
- Mothers and others (WorldNet Daily)
My old friend "Ginny" – wife, mother, grandmother, artist – called right after dinner the other evening, sounding like she was in tears, the way she was the time she wrapped their family car around a tree and she turned to me, the non-driving advice maven, for comfort and encouragement.
- Poet Salinas dies at 70 Fresnan pioneer in Mexican-American literary scene. (The Fresno Bee)
Luis Omar Salinas, an influential poet associated with Philip Levine and other Fresno poets, managed a successful literary career and enjoyed the support of family in Sanger.
- The browser (Guardian Unlimited)
Orwell blogging, murderous dictators and poetry, and starving writers
- Latitude: Highlights and music line-up - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Latitude: Highlights and music line-upNorfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK - 7 hours agoWinner of the Forward Poetry prize who has made waves since the publication of his Look We Have Coming to Dover! His work describes the experience of the ...
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