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- Obama Visits Sderot - The Bulletin
Sderot, Israel - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, accompanied by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, visited the shell-shocked Israeli city yesterday. He met with city Mayor Eli Moyal ...
- Profile: Leonard Cohen - Times Online
Leonard Cohen’s habit of going into every concert with a prayer on his lips is hardly surprising. He believes that someone took a shot at him long ago at a concert in France that was attended by rowdy Maoists. As he reflected later: “They’re ...
- Teen reads as sight slips away (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
HALTOM CITY -- DeMarcus Jackson pulls a thick hardcover book from a shelf at the North Oaks Middle School library and flips through it with a sense of urgency.
- Wildwood Catholic High School grads hear advice, encouragement - Atlantic City Press
WILDWOOD - Valedictorian Deven Parker told her fellow graduates Wednesday night that while some may rise to great heights in business or politics, most will find themselves living everyday lives where success is measured by more than fame or riches ...
- Simic stepping aside as U.S. poet laureate (Moldova.org)
A lecture on poetry translation will be the final time Charles Simic speaks as U.S. poet laureate, the Library of Congress said.I've thoroughly enjoyed this past year, Simic said in a news release. The best part of being poet laureate of the United States is working with the fine, dedicated and learned people at the Library (of Congress).Simic, poet laureate since August 2007, will give a ...
- O United Nations - New Nation
There is no denying the fact that the book O United Nations--- written by Sinha M. A. Sayeed in a prosaic poetry fashion, a developing approach in the world of literature, and published by Bangladesh Political Science Association--- merits to be ...
- Full fathom five (Guardian Unlimited)
For WH Auden, "the crack in the tea-cup opens / A lane to the land of the dead." Jorie Graham's poetry is all about the vertiginous (and sometimes heady) experience of falling through the cracks - in reason, in consciousness, in time.
- Rehoboth Beach Writers' Guild sets third annual young writers contest (Cape Gazette)
Delaware Beach Life magazine and The Rehoboth Beach Writers’ Guild are once again joining forces to hold the third annual Writing Contest for Young Writers.
- 'Still Alive! A Temporary Condition' by Herbert Gold - Los Angeles Times
'Still Alive! A Temporary Condition' by Herbert GoldLos Angeles Times, CA - 34 minutes agoAs undergraduates, Ginsberg and Gold shared a school prize for poetry. A Fulbright Exchange Scholarship and the GI Bill sent Gold to Paris, where he wrote ...
- Andrew Motion appointed new chair of the Museums, Libraries and ... - 24dash
24dashAndrew Motion appointed new chair of the Museums, Libraries and ...24dash, UK - 1 hour agoBorn in London and educated at Oxford University, Motion became a lecturer at Hull University (1976-1981), publishing his first collection of poetry in 1977 ...
- Clothing, book drive on Saturday (The Arizona Republic)
New underwear, used clothing and used books for West Valley students will be collected in a special drive Saturday co-sponsored by the Cactus High School National Honor Society and the Peoria United Parent Council.
- Poet's workshop focuses on black writers ages 18 to 90 (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg hosted a week-long poet's workshop called Cave Canem, which focuses on bolstering the craft for black writers.
- From funnyman to folkie - Sandwich Broadsider
From funnyman to folkieSandwich Broadsider, USA - 4 hours agoHe’s also been inspired by an open mike poetry night he organized in Lynn. “It’s been pretty incredible hearing people express themselves 20, ...
- Kay Ryan named U.S. poet laureate (UPI)
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington named Kay Ryan as the library's 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-09.
- Feature Story - Uptown
Feature StoryUptown, Canada - 31 minutes agoWhile most of the poet's earlier shows have consisted of smaller, slam poetry-style pieces linked together to create a full-length performance, ...
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