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- Morrissey ends Laugharne connection - WalesOnline
Morrissey ends Laugharne connectionWalesOnline, United Kingdom - 9 hours agoMen Behaving Badly star Morrissey, a big fan of Thomas poetry, had ambitions of establishing a hotel and country club group across the UK starting with his ...
- An afternoon of cultural crossover - Coast Reporter
An afternoon of cultural crossoverCoast Reporter, Canada - 2 hours agoTogether, they perform intensely beautiful interpretations of Persian folk songs and classical poetry. Haghighi’s passionate Persian traditional vocals ...
- Food for Thought - Mount Hoyoke News
Food for ThoughtMount Hoyoke News, MA - Sep 11, 2008The collective also stocks books by local authors and a number of independent and local magazines, in addition to traditional offerings like fiction, poetry ...
- Granddaddy heaven (not for the queasy) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - When i was much younger, a feature writer asked me what kind of a funeral I would like for myself. I was game enough to answer a horrible question like that so I said I fancied a burial like those of ancient Filipinos— yes, wrapped in a mat!
- Museum displays historic books - Stuttgart Daily Leader
Museum displays historic booksStuttgart Daily Leader, AR - 6 hours agoWe have a poetry book from Longfellow and "The Jungle Book" in German by Rudyard Kipling. Q. Do you have any elementary school books read in a one-room ...
- Blogging day one of National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
Spoken word artists are naturally a loquacious bunch, so it's only natural that more than a few are sharing their experiences at the National Poetry Slam in Madison this week. The five-day showdown opened on Tuesday with a series of 12 bouts between 48 teams, less than a third of the total in the two preliminary rounds of competition. Poets from several teams competing on this opening night have ...
- Star search - SU The Daily Orange (subscription)
Star searchSU The Daily Orange (subscription), NY - 4 hours agoWith acts ranging from free-form poetry to interpretive mime dancing, this year's 'Cuse Got Talent embodied the artistic diversity Syracuse University has ...
- We Love Everyday People (Chicagoist)
Kevin Coval ’s Everyday People book release makes for cerebral entertainment so nice you can see it twice. Tonight and tomorrow night you can witness the locally born, bred, and based HBO Def Poet in the flesh, performing various selections from his latest poetry collection. Also in on the gig: participants from Louder Than a Bomb , the annual Chicago spoken-word smackdown Coval put ...
- Nerds nerd out for Nerd Slam at National Poetry Slam 2008 - Isthmus Daily Page
Nerds nerd out for Nerd Slam at National Poetry Slam 2008Isthmus Daily Page, WI - 1 hour agoThrongs of poets enter through the double doors, and the result is cacophony as the Nerd Slam gets started at the National Poetry Slam on Thursday. ...Madison finishes third in second qualifying bout at National ... IsthmusDay three scores from National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison Isthmus Daily Pageall 7 news articles
- Dorothy West’s Highlands Home is Landmark on Heritage Trail - Martha's Vineyard Gazette
Dorothy West’s Highlands Home is Landmark on Heritage TrailMartha's Vineyard Gazette, MA - 12 minutes agoThere were speeches, readings and poetry and many recalled stories of the writer’s vibrant life and the porch where she sat to write and greet guests. ...
- Hot buttered foundation of hip hop: Isaac Hayes - Times-Standard
Hot buttered foundation of hip hop: Isaac HayesTimes-Standard, CA - 5 hours agoIt was a 1969 statement about independence - from the three-minute pop song and from the record companies that had transformed and sold African-American ...
- Gallery listings -- Published July 31, 2008 - Stockton Record
Gallery listings -- Published July 31, 2008Stockton Record, CA - 58 minutes agoPence Gallery: Small works juried exhibit, ends today;31; works by African-American artists, through Aug. 22. Reception, 7-9 pm Aug. 8. ...
- Ex-UEA prof Motion suffers writer's block - Evening News Norwich
Former University of East Anglia creative writing head Andrew Motion has revealed how being Poet Laureate gave him a severe case of writer's block. The 55-year-old, who was appointed as Poet Laureate in 1999 and was at the UEA from 1998 until 2003 ...
- Nickelsville emptied in uneventful police sweep; 22 arrested - Seattle Times
Seattle police tell John Clark, seated, that he must vacate the homeless encampment known as Nickelsville. Clark refused to leave and was taken away by police. JOHN LOK / THE SEATTLE TIMES Before police arrived, volunteers and residents worked on ...
- New Chief, Stat: Angela Bassett scrubs in to the cast of ER - Winston-Salem Journal
New Chief, Stat: Angela Bassett scrubs in to the cast of ERWinston-Salem Journal, NC - 12 minutes ago"I remember finding an album by Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis reciting Langston Hughes poetry ... I could do that at my church." Still, Maria Scruggs-Weston, ...
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