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- Teacher at juvenile hall among Golden Bell award winners - Marin Independent-Journal
Teacher at juvenile hall among Golden Bell award winnersMarin Independent-Journal, CA - 1 hour agoMore than anything, it's that lifelong love of learning that he wants to share with his students. "I have a rich academic life," Jones said. ...
- AWOL Album Release Party and BBQ Dinner Fundraiser - Creative Coast Initiative
AWOL Album Release Party and BBQ Dinner FundraiserCreative Coast Initiative, GA - 3 hours agoThe proceeds will benefit AWOL's upcoming trip to Washington DC in July to participate in the Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam.
- Children's book deals with school disaster (The Morning Sun)
Betty Spencer has written some poetry in her time but she had never penned a book. Now the 73-year-old Mt. Pleasant resident has not only authored a book she's had it published.
- That face to watch - This is London
This is LondonThat face to watchThis is London, UK - 30 minutes agoIn his spare time Smith plays the piano and flute and reads a lot of poetry. He raves about Carol Anne Duffy's collection Rapture, which documents the highs ...
- Announcing the teams competing at the National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison (Isthmus)
Hundreds of spoken work performers from around the United States, along with a handful from Canada and Europe, are in the midst of preparations for this year's National Poetry Slam, which be held in Madison over the first week of August. Competing in teams of four or five members apiece, each will take the stage and give their best through a series of bouts at the competition. Altogether they ...
- Nirvana at the Newberry Book Fair - Chicago Tribune
The best way to spend a summer day? Glad you asked: Let us suggest the 24th annual Newberry Book Fair, held within the blessedly air-conditioned confines of one of the most austerely beautiful buildings in Chicago, the Newberry Library at 60 W ...
- Who's Townshend slams iTunes as 'heartless' (Macworld UK)
The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has blasted Apple's iTunes Store as "brilliant, but heartless". "Artists can no longer sell the products of their genius because the internet supplies it virtually for free. What can be sold is that genius in the flesh," Jenkins thrills.
- Merrill takes home top prize in poetry contest - Yuma Daily Sun
April is the month of showers but this year it created a flood of emotion in the form of poetry. In April, Arizona Western College and The Sun's publication 33:10 came together to sponsor the first annual Poetry Contest in Yuma. Charlotte Merrill won ...
- THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD (Kirkus Reviews)
Beautiful illustrations are the highlight of this otherwise unremarkable collection of 19 Christmas-themed “poems.” Repeated lines and stanzas make it clear that these are actually the lyrics of Christmas songs: “Let’s have a jolly good Christmas, / Let’s have a jolly good time.
- No holds Bard in bid for ancient title - Peterborough Today
No holds Bard in bid for ancient titlePeterborough Today, UK - 2 hours agoThe event, to crown someone the Chief Bard of the Fens, was a fun weekend to inspire both young and old, through stories, poetry, art and performance, ...
- Appreciation: Oakley Hall, writers' champion - San Francisco Gate
With the death of Oakley Hall on Monday, the Bay Area - and, by extension, the United States - lost one of its greatest champions of literature. Novelist, librettist, instructor and administrator, Hall, who lived a robust 87 years, maintained an ...
- Luncheon Supports Women's Cause (Garden City News)
A gala Book and Author Luncheon was held at the Swan Club on May 2nd by the Garden City branch of the American Association of University Women.
- Two interpretations - The Nation, Pakistan
Two interpretationsThe Nation, Pakistan, Pakistan - 3 hours agoShawki, among other things, reinterpreted the great Arab love story Laila Majnoon. Poetry cannot be translated. So it is best rendered in English in prose. ...
- Author will talk about sustainability at writers' series event - Newport News Times
Author will talk about sustainability at writers' series eventNewport News Times, OR - 1 hour agoJensen's two-volume non-fiction work, “Endgame,” earned him the title of 2006 Person of the Year, an honor presented by Press Action, an online publication ...
- Studying (Sign) Languages Abroad - Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher EdStudying (Sign) Languages AbroadInside Higher Ed, DC - 1 hour agoLearning the fourth-most commonly taught language (other than English) at American colleges and universities – American Sign Language? But not nonexistent. ...
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