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- Spoken-word poet Jon Goode: A man of his word (CNN.com)
In a small independently owned coffee shop on the corner of one of Atlanta's urban pockets, a group of would-be poets come together at open mic night for an evening of poetry and rhymes.
- TUESDAY'S CALENDAR - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
TUESDAY'S CALENDARThe Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - 17 hours agoAn exhibit of photography, film, painting, clay, glass, jewelry, poetry, theater, music and more by Louisisan artists, honoring communities rebuilding after ...
- Bertsolaritza: Basque Country's "spontaneous poetry" - EiTB
Bertsolaritza: Basque Country's "spontaneous poetry"EiTB, Spain - 3 hours ago... of the bertsolari) is a form of "poetry" that is spontaneously created from a given topic. These topics can be on anything from social problems to love. ...
- American Poet and Lyricist Jimmy D. Robinson Unleashes "MIND JUICE" Worldwide (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----Celebrated American poet and lyricist Jimmy D. Robinson pours out his MIND JUICE on the world-at-large. On August 15, following in the footsteps of Mikhail Gorbachev, Michael Jackson and actor Christopher Lambert, Robinson visited Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
- Art is life for advocate and author Nina Gibans - Cleveland Jewish News
From floor to ceiling, art lines the walls of Nina and Jim Gibans’s spacious Shaker Square condominium. And each piece tells a story, says arts scholar, author and advocate Nina Freedlander Gibans, 76, who recently received a “Judson Smart Living ...
- Emerging artists on shortlist for most valuable poetry prize (Guardian Unlimited)
Higher than usual number of new and nascent poets in the running for Forward award
- Kay Ryan named US poet laureate - United Press International
Kay Ryan named US poet laureateUnited Press International - Jul 17, 2008"Kay Ryan is a distinctive and original voice within the rich variety of contemporary American poetry," Billington said in a statement Thursday. ...
- Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah! - Daily Telegraph
Leonard Cohen is one of the most charismatic voices of our age - and wrote one of its greatest songs. As financial hardship forces his return to the stage, Neil McCormick celebrates a remarkable song and a remarkable man The wit, warmth and wisdom of ...
- Books to travel with: The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester - New Scientist (subscription)
Books to travel with: The Man Who Loved China by Simon WinchesterNew Scientist (subscription), UK - 4 hours agoHowever, the west used to see it as a curiosity, an intellectual backwater: there was some nice art and some poetry worth translating, but the Chinese were ...
- Purely Academic? (RainbowNetwork.com)
Dry ivory tower or rich fruity seam? Little fresher Adrian Gillan has a private tutorial with Gregory Woods, the UK's first Professor of Lesbian and Gay Studies, once described by Anne Widdecombe as "a phenomenal waste of public money". Just what's he learnt about us queers?
- A business with 'a sense of wonder' - The News Journal
A business with 'a sense of wonder'The News Journal, DE - 8 minutes ago"Fantasist" refers to a person who writes or composes fantasies or fantasias in music, poetry or the like. Horner is the entire staff, although he pays ...
- From land to water - how modern architects learnt to love the bridge (Guardian Unlimited)
What makes a great city? One part of any definition almost certainly includes water. And where you have water, human ingenuity insists on spanning it. So, great cities always have bridges and tunnels. It's hilarious, but telling, that Manhattanites stigmatise outsiders as 'bridge and tunnel folk'.
- The Week In Books: A feast of rich and dark materials - The Independent
Monoculture threatens literature just as much as landscape. If featureless plains of soya beans or oilseed rape can ruin not just the charm but the resilience of an eco-system, then a reading culture built around a narrow band of middle-of-the-road ...
- North Shore Calendar - The Salem News
North Shore CalendarThe Salem News, MA - 2 hours ago"Angels and Awakenings," a poetry show, is featured at Monet's Garden Art Cafe, 7 pm, 95 Rantoul St., Beverly. Program starts with open mic. ...
- Movie Review--Wicked Lake - Firefox News
Movie Review--Wicked LakeFirefox News, AZ - 3 hours agoBy Peter Gutiérrez Over the past fifteen years, Peter's work in horror and other genres—short fiction, poetry, criticism, and comics—has appeared in ...
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