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- Seventh Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest Winners Announced (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Benjamin Taylor Lally of Burlington, MA is the winner of the seventh annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, currently one of the largest contests for humor poetry.
- The Collectors - New York Times
The CollectorsNew York Times, United States - 6 hours agoTrilobite expert, tiddlywinks player, mushroom hunter, poetry enthusiast and ardent lover of the museum, Fortey joined the staff of the paleontology ...
- Remembering The Poet Sohrab Sepehri: 1928-1980 - Payvand Iran News
The 80th birthday anniversary of late Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri is being marked in Kashan, Iran. Sohrab Sepehri (October 7, 1928 - April 21, 1980) was a notable modern Persian poet and a painter. He was born in Kashan in Isfahan province of Iran ...
- Hawthorne writer reaches pinnacle (Herald News)
Maria Mazziotti Gillan, who serves as director of the Poetry Center and cultural affairs department of Passaic County Community College in Paterson, is being honored for her literary accomplishments.
- Still golden (The Columbus Dispatch)
If America had the literary culture it ought to have, every city would have a writer like Herbert Gold.
- Edward Said and Mahmoud Darwish (Al-Ahram Weekly)
It is five years today -- Thursday 25 September -- since the death of the Palestinian public intellectual and political activist Edward Said, "the most brilliantly eloquent emissary of Palestine to the outside world" in the words of an equally eloquent and brilliant fellow compatriot -- Mahmoud Darwish.
- SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (SeedQuest)
The Harlan II International Symposium , the successor to a program held 11 years ago in Syria, is dedicated to the late crop evolutionist Jack R. Harlan. It will focus on the importance of using and conserving not just a diversity of species, but also genetic diversity within species.
- Day three at the DNC, the Big Ten Network, Chicago at APT, and more in Madison Miscellany (Isthmus)
Wisconsin politicians and delegates continue to speak up at the DNC in Denver, the World Stem Cell Summit approaches, three UW students killed in early morning car crash, a farewell to Marc Eisen, interviews with Murder By Death, the jukebox at the Malt House, Poetry Slam Inc. issues statement on NPS 2008, Chicago builds presence at APT, Charter picks up Big Ten Network programming, and much ...
- SPOKEN WORD Day One scores from National Poetry Slam 2008 in Madison - Isthmus
SPOKEN WORD Day One scores from National Poetry Slam 2008 in MadisonIsthmus, WI - Aug 6, 2008Nearly two-thirds of the 76 teams in the National Poetry Slam competed in their first bouts on Tuesday night at multiple venues throughout downtown Madison. ...
- Mankiw on Gas Taxes - New York Times Blogs
From Greg Mankiw ’s blog, a link to an interesting speech he gave in which he discussed how differently economists and politicians view the ability of taxes to solve externalities (e.g., gasoline taxes to offset the congestion costs of driving). In ...
- Q&A with the author: Daniel Grandbois - Summit Daily News
Q&A with the author: Daniel GrandboisSummit Daily News, CO - 1 hour agoFrustrated, I switched to poetry when applying to Bennington’s MFA program and was accepted on what was, essentially, my first batch of poems. ...
- A Full Plate - Madison Magazine
Madison MagazineA Full PlateMadison Magazine, WI - 5 hours agoI've always thought our leaders could benefit from reading a little more poetry as well. After all, we are fed by more than food, right? ...
- American who loves Osun Osogbo - The story of Chief Nathaniel B ... - Nigerian Tribune
Nigerian TribuneAmerican who loves Osun Osogbo - The story of Chief Nathaniel B ...Nigerian Tribune, Nigeria - 3 hours agoBy Akintayo Aboderin NO greater love has this American, than he would envision an Osun’s Village and an African and Caribbean Cultural Arts Corridor ...
- City asked to add trolley stops - Gadsden Times (subscription)
City asked to add trolley stopsGadsden Times (subscription), AL - 36 minutes agoArea schoolchildren and the public have the opportunity to enter an essay/poetry writing contest. Winners will receive cash prizes and their essays will be ...
- Poets descend on Fremont for Midland’s second poetry slam - Fremont Tribune
Midland Lutheran College will be rocking again this weekend. The college in Fremont is hosting the Great Plains Poetry Pileup Slam 2, flowing off the success of last year’s inaugural poetry slam at Kimmel Theatre. Thirty poets from around the ...
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