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- Love, death and hermit crabs (Central Michigan Life)
Poets slammed about love, death and hermit crabs at Poetry Slam on Tuesday night. As part of Hip Hop Week, professional poet Mike McGee and 10 student poets spoke to audiences at the On the Fly Productions-sponsored event as a part of Hip Hop Week. "This poem is actually about the first night I met my girlfriend," said Rochester Hills sophomore Evan Peltier.
- Daily Wail: We All Die Next Wednesday - Anorak
Apparently the LHC will fire an asylum seeker at a paedophile in front of a 6 tonne speed camera at near light-speed velocities - thus creating a creature capable of harming our blameless likkle knifespawn from countries that haven’t even got a ...
- Detroit Slam Team heading to nationals in Wisconsin - Model D
Model DDetroit Slam Team heading to nationals in WisconsinModel D, MI - 3 hours agoOur 2008 Detroit Slam Team will represent Detroit, the Java Exchange and the EchoVerse Poetry Series in national competition this year in Madison, ...
- Five outstanding awards (The Young Witness)
FIVE students from Young Public School have been recognized for their outstanding entries into the ‘Australia My Country’ writing, poetry and art competition conducted annually by the Returned and Services League of Australia.
- Teen angst dominates writer awards - News.com.au
"The work was of an extraordinarily high standard," she said. "I was taken aback by the amount of angst in those pieces of work. Perhaps I have forgotten what it's like to be a teenager." The author of 17 novels said the winners "engaged me and kept ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies - The National
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish diesThe National, United Arab Emirates - Aug 10, 2008Mr Darwish’s life and poetry were tightly bound up in a struggle for a Palestinian national rebirth that seems little closer now than when his first work ...
- College brings back 2Pac: English class at LTCC focuses on rap artist's lyrics (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
The late rapper 2Pac is making a comeback at Lake Tahoe Community College.
- Anthony, N.M., author Ana Castillo talks about life, happiness and her new book (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Editor's note: Ana Castillo, whose titles during her 30-year career include novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, journalist, artist, writer-in-residence, editor, teacher, and activist, now calls Anthony home. Her latest novel, "The Guardians," was just released in paperback by Random House.
- Iranian scholar to review Hafez influence on Goethe - Tehran Times
Iranian scholar to review Hafez influence on GoetheTehran Times, Iran - 7 hours agoStory collections “The Long Street”, “Homesick Tales”, the novel “Shadows”, poem collections “The dark words”, “Wandering in Dreams” and “The Last poem ...
- Olympics: Di Maria winner earns gold for Argentina - guardian.co.uk
Olympics: Di Maria winner earns gold for Argentinaguardian.co.uk, UK - 7 hours agoThis match was a replay of the marvellous final of 1996, in which Nigeria became the first African country to win a major senior international football ...
- Area facility marks assisted living week - Standard Speaker
Area facility marks assisted living weekStandard Speaker, PA - 9 minutes agoJust as he was about to begin, Providence Place resident Mary Harrington presented Eachus with a copy of a poetry book she published. ...
- The best seat in the house - Guardian Unlimited
A realm of Dantean hell ... The auditorium of the Grand theatre, Leeds. Photograph: Don McPhee The Dress Circle . To some, those curlicued golden letters on their varnished wooden plaque, nestling above their womblike staircase, mean privilege and ...
- Adi Samcaracarya and Hindu Renaissance - Indolink
Samkar is one of the greatest thinkers in the history of the world. He is the unrivalled propounder of the Advait Vedanta and one of the most influential thinkers in the entire history of Hinduism. In a very brief life- span of 32 years, he ...
- John Mellencamp still rocks, but ages gracefully - Chicago Sun-Times
John Mellencamp still rocks, but ages gracefullyChicago Sun-Times, United States - 29 minutes agoLater, Mellencamp was able to recover from a strangely placed appearance from comic Joe Hernandez (“Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam”), who read a poem he ...
- Rutgers alum leads poetry series - Scarlet Scuttlebutt
Rutgers alum leads poetry seriesScarlet Scuttlebutt, NJ - 8 hours agoBy MARY ANN BOURBEAU • STAFF WRITER • September 21, 2008 SOUTH BRUNSWICK —Barbara Crooker will lead off the fall series of poetry readings sponsored by the ...
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