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- Arts Minded: Get ready for Art on the Kinni - River Falls Journal (subscription)
Arts Minded: Get ready for Art on the KinniRiver Falls Journal (subscription), WI - 3 hours agoKeynote speaker will be David Lee, first Poet Laureate of Utah and author of 15 books of poetry including “So Quietly the Earth,†“The Porcine Canticles†...
- Angola: Writer Releases New Literary Work (AllAfrica.com)
The Angolan writer Roderick Nehone released last Thursday a book of tales entitled "Uma bÃ'ia na tormenta", which talks about the Angolan daily life, particularly the country's capital city.
- Deconstructing Scotland, its myths - Washington Times
Washington TimesDeconstructing Scotland, its mythsWashington Times, DC - 6 hours agoHe takes as examples the ancient constitution, the ancient poetry of Ossian, and the traditional garb of kilt and plaid. Each of these venerable artifacts ...
- On Poetry: Writers gain strength in co-op (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
It's a thrill for me, too, to discover a writer I admire. It's nice to think that she just sprang full-grown from the head of Zeus, but, like all good things, a writer grows slowly and needs good soil. Writers are the least demanding of artists: they use such primitive tools -- paper, pen (a computer would be nice) and books. They like solitude and silence.
- The Palin Pick: McCain Locks Up the Caribou Vote! - AOL News Newsbloggers
AOL News NewsbloggersThe Palin Pick: McCain Locks Up the Caribou Vote!AOL News Newsbloggers, VA - Aug 29, 2008Would Obama appear as Apollo, god of poetry, with Oprah as Athena, goddess of wisdom, by his side? And what of Scarlett Johansson as Aphrodite? ...
- Bright 'knights' - Electric New Paper
Bright 'knights'Electric New Paper, Singapore - 1 hour agoBut there were also skits, poetry and even a rap. The 100 student leaders, who came from 16 schools, were participating in the Montfort Secondary School's ...
- Bernardine Evaristo - Guardian Unlimited
Bernardine Evaristo: 'Writing? I just fell into it' What was your favourite book as a child and why? I have almost no memory of books before my teenage years. Isn't that strange? I think it's because all my books came from the library so there was no ...
- 'Walking park' to open Saturday - Olympian
• What: Olympia's Southwest Neighborhood Association invites neighbors to the opening of a new "walking park" in the neighborhood Saturday morning. The walking park is not a single park, but four mini-parks to which people in the neighborhood can ...
- Study up on your "Beer 101" with The Livery's Steve Berthel - MLive.com
• Brewer bio: Get to know Steve Berthel • Other stories from The Livery. SAUGATUCK, MI - Just in case you thought we were kidding when we said September was chock full of beer related events, here's another one. The Livery's brewer and owner ...
- COMIC BOOK TATTOO (Book Reporter)
Tori Amos’s eclectic, swirling, piano-laden music could always be considered poetry set to thumping, driving tunes. Her lyrics can be dense, dangerous and hard to follow, but they can also resonate with the clarity of a writer with amazing insight into the human psyche.
- Religious retreats nestled in valley (Poughkeepsie Journal)
NEW LEBANON - At the former Shaker village, where the Taconic Mountains roll into the Berkshires and New York touches Massachusetts, Yaqin Aubert read aloud Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Judaic, Christian and Islamic texts during the Sunday service at the Sufi religious retreat.
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- Poetry group launches first book - This is Malvern
THE first anthology of an amateur Bromyard poetry group will be launched at the Falcon Mews this Wednesday (September 10). The Select Anthology, by Poetry for Pleasure, features the work of nine regular members of the group with subject matter ...
- AuthorHouse Publishing Agreements Up - Inside Indiana Business
AuthorHouse of Bloomington says the number of publishing agreements signed has grown 26 percent for the first two quarters of 2008 compared to last year. The self-publishing provider and marketing services for authors says sales were bolstered by its ...
- Canadian book lovers take to the streets Sunday (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
In Halifax, Budge Wilson will read from Before Green Gables; in Toronto, Giller Prize nominee Austin Clarke will read from More; and in Vancouver, Ian Ferguson reads from How To Be a Canadian at this year's Word on the Street festival.
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