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- Rickie Lee Jones: following her fitful muse (Lexington Herald-Leader)
PHILADELPHIA - "Sometimes I listen to my music," Rickie Lee Jones is saying, as she sits in a cafe here. "And I think, 'How is it that you have a job? You really suck.' And then sometimes I listen to it and I say to myself: 'How come everybody in the world doesn't say that you're the greatest?'" The latter conclusion would be more logical. But it hasn't always been shared by the masses. ...
- The Poetics Of Professional Tweeting (WebProNews)
Let’s assume we’re on the same page that says Twitter is good for something. Now let’s romanticize it and equate to a modern limerick; let’s make it vulgar and call it Limerick 2.0. (The number of characters bars it from Haiku status—keep all that meaning under 30 characters and that’s serious art.) What should your little poem—the professional tweeter’s poem—say to the world? read more ...
- Graduate's essay captures 'generation' - Houston Chronicle
Pasadena resident Kristy Vargas knew just how to "Share the Dream," so now she gets to live the dream of going to college. Out of more than 1,300 entries across Southeast Texas, Vargas, 18, is the grand prize winner of the Coca-Cola "Share the Dream ...
- Calligraphy draws student interest - Viet Nam News
Viet Nam NewsCalligraphy draws student interestViet Nam News, Vietnam - 7 hours agoBa’s club has attended several calligraphic exhibitions such as Ho Chi Minh’s Poetry Through Vietnamese-Chinese Calligraphy. Ba hopes the club will hold ...
- Kay Ryan, Outsider With Sly Style, Named Poet Laureate - New York Times
New York TimesKay Ryan, Outsider With Sly Style, Named Poet LaureateNew York Times, United States - 1 hour agoMs. Ryan has carved out a life conducive to poetry writing. She has taught the same remedial English course at the College of Marin in Kentfield, Calif., ...
- OutLoud open mike July 16 with writer Tom Sheehan - Medford Transcript
OutLoud open mike July 16 with writer Tom SheehanMedford Transcript, MA - 57 minutes agoProlific author of fiction (“Death for the Phantom Receiver), nonfiction (“A Collection of Friends: Memoirs”), and poetry (“This Rare Earth and Other ...
- School Daze: Cornerstone festival stays the same, though things ... - The Free Lance-Star
The Free Lance-StarSchool Daze: Cornerstone festival stays the same, though things ...The Free Lance-Star, VA - 28 minutes agoNo, I didn't follow through on my undying dream of living simply among the flower children, writing poetry and wearing patchouli oil. ...
- Outside Edge - The Independent
It's a tradition handed down through generations of football journalists that at every major tournament they must file some beer stories. Who are we to argue? This week's frothy outpourings from Euro 2008 include a Salzburg bar dishing out free ...
- GhanaHomePage stumbles on... with some interesting characters - GhanaHomePage
GhanaHomePage still remains the most popular portal for Ghanaians around the world – the oldest and the best. We all remember the promptness with which the British High Commission in Accra responded to Kwami Agbodza’s free market article accusing ...
- Technologicology: The IgnitePhilly Highlight Reel - Philebrity.com
Technologicology: The IgnitePhilly Highlight ReelPhilebrity.com, PA - 4 hours agoThey sometimes weren’t prepared at all, explaining beautiful photographs taken in abandoned homes with a beer in hand, or read poetry while talking about ...
- Lincoln comes alive in bio for children - Independent Record
So begins a gripping read for middle-graders ahead of the February bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, a big event in publishing for grown-ups but a slice of history in need of some wow for young people. Feiwel and Friends, under the watchful ...
- Cape Fear Profile: Neil Ray touches lives with poetry - Fayetteville Observer
On a surprisingly cool Tuesday night, Neil Ray arrives at an open mic night at Big Shots, a bar and nightclub off Yadkin Road. It’s 8 p.m., and Ray, the evening’s host, is setting up his instruments — congas, xylophone and an African tongue ...
- Less Is More At Music Festivals - Sky News
BBC NewsLess Is More At Music FestivalsSky News, UK - 13 hours agoBasing itself on education, education, education...well, you can visit the literary tent, the poetry tent and the cabaret tent. I spoke to some of the bands ...Franz Ferdinand set for Latitude Radio 1all 4 news articles
- Wine film sweet, familiar with just a hint of poetry - Edmonton Journal
In 1976, a Chardonnay from the Napa Valley won a blind taste test in France, shattering the perceived invincibility of French wine and setting the stage for an American Revolution. It was, as someone says in the comedy-drama Bottle Shock, "a bunch of ...
- EATING CONTEST (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
'Gurgitators' race Some call it gross. Some call it down-right ridiculous.
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