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- Nonprofit thinks big to recruit volunteers (Akron Beacon Journal)
Mary Ann Jackson spoke recently at an Akron Area Arts Alliance event about how to recruit and retain volunteers — a topic that's high on the list for a lot of nonprofits right now. With her talk still on my mind, I was interested to run across a news item about the RockCorps.
- Danny Abse wins Wales book of the year - News Wales
BBC NewsDanny Abse wins Wales book of the yearNews Wales, UK - 5 hours agoIn 2003 his New and Collected Poems received the Special Commendation of the Poetry Book Society, and Running Late received the Roland Mathias Prize in ...Widower’s tale wins poet Abse book prize WalesOnlineThe Presence wins a Welsh book award guardian.co.ukTribute to lost wife is the Book of the Year WalesOnlineall 10 news articles
- First writer - Prague Post
Diminutive Margaret Atwood is a literary heavyweight, with numerous awards for her novels, poetry and short stories, many inspired by fairy tales and myths. Margaret Atwood was quite pleased with her hat. After sitting down to a bright courtyard ...
- Block Reports (San Francisco Bay View)
Last week, the end of the San Francisco International Film Festival was a frenzy of last minute interviews with the directors of “Fauberg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans,” the director of “Ezra” and lastly the director of “Ballast,” Lance Hammer, Wednesday.
- Brain Fitness -- Preventing Senior Moments - El Dorado Hills Telegraph
Brain Fitness -- Preventing Senior MomentsEl Dorado Hills Telegraph, CA - 7 hours agoMark your calendars for the Cowboy Poetry Event – the Cowpoke Fall Gathering 2008 on Nov 7-8, 2008. The PBS Brain Fitness show said you shouldn’t just go ...
- Tragic TV presenter Mark Speight hanged himself with his own shoelaces ... - Daily Mail
Children's TV presenter Mark Speight hanged himself by his shoelaces because he was "unable to contemplate life" without his actress fiancee, an inquest heard this morning. Westminster Coroner Dr Paul Knapman said the presenter of the BBC's SMart ...
- Standing Witness: Horacio Moya's 'Senselessness' - New York Sun
Standing Witness: Horacio Moya's 'Senselessness'New York Sun, United States - 2 hours agoIn many ways a black comedy, "Senselessness" is still a political book. Its angry confessional could be the work of an American writer in the vein of Philip ...
- A clear-eyed look - Philadelphia Inquirer
A clear-eyed lookPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 18 hours ago"Whatever else 'Leaves of Grass' may be, it is not poetry as the world uses the term," wrote Burroughs. "It is an inspired utterance. ...
- Local musicians make return to Friday Park Pavilion concert series - Fort Scott Tribune
Local musicians make return to Friday Park Pavilion concert seriesFort Scott Tribune, KS - 5 hours agoDon has written several poetry books and also teaches poetry classes. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas, and also studied at the Kansas City Art ...
- Verses Come From Her Mind, Heart - Tampa Tribune
Verses Come From Her Mind, HeartTampa Tribune, FL - 33 minutes ago"I love to write," Riane says. "When an idea comes into my head, the words just seem to flow out." In 2005, one of her poems, "Winter Is Coming," was ...
- Poetry wanted for market place project (Blyth and Wansbeck Today)
A LOCAL poet is looking to collect words, thoughts and opinions of Blyth Valley residents to feature on the revamped market place. (06/05/2008 16:21:54)
- Sean Wilsey Goes Slow - London Review of Books (subscription)
Sean Wilsey Goes SlowLondon Review of Books (subscription), UK - 54 minutes agoMark Ford’s collections of poetry are Landlocked and Soft Sift. He is a professor of English at University College London. Deborah Friedell is an editor at ...
- WORLD PROUT CONFERENCE: no incense, but some are incensed - OpEdNews
WORLD PROUT CONFERENCE: no incense, but some are incensedOpEdNews, PA - 8 hours agoSunday morning, similar to the Saturday night program, had begun with our culturally diverse entertainment of raucous political poetry expressing anger at ...
- Historical anti-slavery speech the subject of July 4th celebration (Oakland Tribune)
n Alternative celebration will set to music famed anti-slavery proclamation
- Entertainment Calendar - Novato Advance
Entertainment CalendarNovato Advance, CA - 7 hours agoLISTEN AND BE HEARD POETRY CAFE: Rats in the Alley Comedy Improv, ongoing. First Tuesday of every month, 8 pm-10 pm $5. $8 unless otherwise noted. ...
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